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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MALA SINGH SARDAR
Contact: 70****9042
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- LGD code
- 331703
- Pincode
- 723143
- Post office
- Rangadih
- Population
- 38
- Households
- 9
- Literacy rate
- 52.6%
- Sex ratio
- 652 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 22
Census 2011 · in context
How Erka compares
By population, Erka ranks #89 of 90 villages in Balarampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.6%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Erka
- 52.6%
- Balarampur mandal
- 48.7%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
652
−295 vs mandal average
- Erka
- 652
- Balarampur mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
4.2
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Erka
- 4.2
- Balarampur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Erka at a glance
Erka is a village of 38 people in 9 households (Census 2011) in Balarampur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 89th-largest of 90 villages in Balarampur block. Literacy is 53%, 4 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 652 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723143, served by Rangadih post office; the LGD village code is 331703. The sarpanch is MALA SINGH SARDAR, and the village votes in Bandwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Labsen Baskey. The population is estimated at 45 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Erka
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 363.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Erka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Erka
- LGD code
- 331703
- Pincode
- 723143
- Post office
- Rangadih
- Population (Census 2011)
- 38
- Population (projected 2026)
- 45
- Households
- 9
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 652
- Literacy rate
- 52.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bandwan
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Labsen Baskey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MALA SINGH SARDAR
- Block / Mandal
- Balarampur
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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
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