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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RUPALI GHOSH
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- LGD code
- 319820
- Pincode
- 713125
- Post office
- Bhatar
- Population
- 1,161
- Households
- 264
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 573
Census 2011 · in context
How Sotkhali compares
By population, Sotkhali ranks #79 of 107 villages in Bhatar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.4%
+3.7% vs mandal average
- Sotkhali
- 67.4%
- Bhatar mandal
- 63.7%
- Purba Bardhaman district
- 68.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
+6 vs mandal average
- Sotkhali
- 968
- Bhatar mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.4
Same as the mandal average
- Sotkhali
- 4.4
- Bhatar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sotkhali at a glance
Sotkhali is a village of 1,161 people in 264 households (Census 2011) in Bhatar block, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, the 79th-largest of 107 villages in Bhatar block. Literacy is 67%, 4 points above the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 713125, served by Bhatar post office; the LGD village code is 319820. The sarpanch is RUPALI GHOSH, and the village votes in Bhatar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Soumen Karfa. The population is estimated at 1,369 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sotkhali
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 116.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 93.03
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sotkhali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sotkhali
- LGD code
- 319820
- Pincode
- 713125
- Post office
- Bhatar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,161
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,369
- Households
- 264
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 67.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bardhaman-Durgapur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatar
- Member of Parliament
- Kirti Azad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Soumen Karfa
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RUPALI GHOSH
- Block / Mandal
- Bhatar
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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