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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kartick Sana
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- LGD code
- 320789
- Pincode
- 713424
- Post office
- Shyamsundar
- Population
- 1,054
- Households
- 227
- Literacy rate
- 72.5%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 370
- Distance to district centre
- 214 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 236 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 306 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1065 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ghogha · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Pothia · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bora compares
By population, Bora ranks #67 of 112 villages in Raina - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.5%
+0.6% vs mandal average
- Bora
- 72.5%
- Raina - I mandal
- 71.9%
- Purba Bardhaman district
- 68.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
−42 vs mandal average
- Bora
- 916
- Raina - I mandal
- 958
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bora
- 4.6
- Raina - I mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bora at a glance
Bora is a village of 1,054 people in 227 households (Census 2011) in Raina - I block, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, the 67th-largest of 112 villages in Raina - I block. Literacy is 73%, about the same as the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. It lies 214 km from the Purba Bardhaman district centre, 4 km from Milki, the nearest town, 11 km from Ghogha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 713424, served by Shyamsundar post office; the LGD village code is 320789. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Pothia, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Kartick Sana, and the village votes in Raina assembly constituency, represented by MLA Subhash Patra. The population is estimated at 1,243 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bora
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 114.44
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 100
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bora
- LGD code
- 320789
- Pincode
- 713424
- Post office
- Shyamsundar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,054
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,243
- Households
- 227
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 72.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.11442°N, 87.20456°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bardhaman Purba
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raina
- Member of Parliament
- Sharmila Sarkar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Subhash Patra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kartick Sana
- Block / Mandal
- Raina - I
Getting there
How to reach Bora
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata306 kmcapital
- Delhi1065 km
- Hyderabad1246 km
- Chennai1522 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGhogha11 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Pothia4 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank, Hussainabad27 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur23 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station26 km
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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