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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bamandi is a small village in Bundwan mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 268 across 60 households. The village has a literacy rate of 56.7% and is assigned PIN code 723129.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RITA KORA MUDI
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- LGD code
- 332357
- Pincode
- 723129
- Post office
- Bundwan
- Population
- 268
- Households
- 60
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Sex ratio
- 861 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 163
- Distance to district centre
- 46 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 195 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1037 km
- Nearest railway station
- Asanboni · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bundwan BPHC · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bamandi compares
By population, Bamandi ranks #104 of 134 villages in Bundwan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.7%
+4.2% vs mandal average
- Bamandi
- 56.7%
- Bundwan mandal
- 52.5%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
861
−129 vs mandal average
- Bamandi
- 861
- Bundwan mandal
- 990
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Bamandi
- 4.5
- Bundwan mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bamandi at a glance
Bamandi is a village of 268 people in 60 households (Census 2011) in Bundwan block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 104th-largest of 134 villages in Bundwan block. Literacy is 57%, 4 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 861 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Purulia district centre, 59 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 28 km from Asanboni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723129, served by Bundwan post office; the LGD village code is 332357. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bundwan BPHC, 3 km away. The sarpanch is RITA KORA MUDI, and the village votes in Bandwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Labsen Baskey. The population is estimated at 300 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bamandi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 27.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bamandi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bamandi
- LGD code
- 332357
- Pincode
- 723129
- Post office
- Bundwan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 268
- Population (projected 2026)
- 300
- Households
- 60
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 861
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Coordinates
- 22.90038°N, 86.49687°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhargram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bandwan
- Member of Parliament
- Kalipada Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Labsen Baskey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RITA KORA MUDI
- Block / Mandal
- Bundwan
Getting there
How to reach Bamandi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata195 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1037 km
- Delhi1126 km
- Chennai1274 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAsanboni28 km
- Hospital / PHCBundwan BPHC3 km
- ATM / bankIndian Bank28 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil21 km
- CollegeITI18 km
- Police stationTraffic Police Chowki31 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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