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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Amruhasa is a village in Balarampur mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 993 and 175 households. The village has a literacy rate of 35.4% and is situated at coordinates 23.113°N, 86.249°E, with PIN code 723143.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DINANATH SINGH BHUMIJ
Contact: 80****4026
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- LGD code
- 331680
- Pincode
- 723143
- Post office
- Rangadih
- Population
- 993
- Households
- 175
- Literacy rate
- 35.4%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 397
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 225 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1030 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barabhum · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Nimdih · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amruhasa compares
By population, Amruhasa ranks #49 of 90 villages in Balarampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.4%
−13.3% vs mandal average
- Amruhasa
- 35.4%
- Balarampur mandal
- 48.7%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
+27 vs mandal average
- Amruhasa
- 974
- Balarampur mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Amruhasa
- 5.7
- Balarampur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amruhasa at a glance
Amruhasa is a village of 993 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Balarampur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 49th-largest of 90 villages in Balarampur block. Literacy is 35%, 13 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Purulia district centre, 24 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 4 km from Barabhum railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723143, served by Rangadih post office; the LGD village code is 331680. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Nimdih, 17 km away. The sarpanch is DINANATH SINGH BHUMIJ, and the village votes in Bandwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Labsen Baskey. The population is estimated at 1,111 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amruhasa
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 224.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 134
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amruhasa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amruhasa
- LGD code
- 331680
- Pincode
- 723143
- Post office
- Rangadih
- Population (Census 2011)
- 993
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,111
- Households
- 175
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 35.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.11292°N, 86.24937°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bandwan
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Labsen Baskey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DINANATH SINGH BHUMIJ
- Block / Mandal
- Balarampur
Getting there
How to reach Amruhasa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata225 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1030 km
- Delhi1091 km
- Chennai1281 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarabhum4 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Nimdih17 km
- ATM / bankBandhan Bank25 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump (Tata Route)25 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University29 km
- Police stationTraffic Police Chowki33 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)