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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Nawada is a small village in Bhatar mandal, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, with a population of 378 across 70 households. The village has a literacy rate of 54%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANJALI SAREN MAHULI
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- LGD code
- 319856
- Pincode
- 713128
- Post office
- Gushkara
- Population
- 378
- Households
- 70
- Literacy rate
- 54%
- Sex ratio
- 862 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 167
- Distance to district centre
- 82 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 83 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 151 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1235 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rejinagar · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Amtala Rural Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nawada compares
By population, Nawada ranks #102 of 107 villages in Bhatar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.0%
−9.7% vs mandal average
- Nawada
- 54.0%
- Bhatar mandal
- 63.7%
- Purba Bardhaman district
- 68.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
862
−100 vs mandal average
- Nawada
- 862
- Bhatar mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
5.4
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Nawada
- 5.4
- Bhatar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nawada at a glance
Nawada is a village of 378 people in 70 households (Census 2011) in Bhatar block, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, the 102nd-largest of 107 villages in Bhatar block. Literacy is 54%, 10 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 862 women per 1,000 men. It lies 82 km from the Purba Bardhaman district centre, 3 km from Edrakpur, the nearest town, 21 km from Rejinagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 713128, served by Gushkara post office; the LGD village code is 319856. The nearest hospital or health centre is Amtala Rural Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is ANJALI SAREN MAHULI, and the village votes in Bhatar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Soumen Karfa. The population is estimated at 446 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nawada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 42.68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nawada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nawada
- LGD code
- 319856
- Pincode
- 713128
- Post office
- Gushkara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 378
- Population (projected 2026)
- 446
- Households
- 70
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 862
- Literacy rate
- 54.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.92580°N, 88.45082°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bardhaman-Durgapur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatar
- Member of Parliament
- Kirti Azad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Soumen Karfa
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANJALI SAREN MAHULI
- Block / Mandal
- Bhatar
Getting there
How to reach Nawada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata151 kmcapital
- Delhi1235 km
- Hyderabad1266 km
- Chennai1481 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRejinagar21 km
- Hospital / PHCAmtala Rural Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankState bank of india HLC BRANCH26 km
- Petrol pumpIndian oil16 km
- CollegeRaja Birendra Chandra College42 km
- Police stationBhagwangola Police Station47 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
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