Bhalu observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Bhalu is a village in Bundwan mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal. It has a population of 1,307 across 265 households with a literacy rate of 60.5%. The village is located at coordinates 22.935°N, 86.522°E and uses PIN code 723129.
By population, Bhalu ranks #17 of 134 villages in Bundwan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalu is a village of 1,307 people in 265 households (Census 2011) in Bundwan block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 17th-largest of 134 villages in Bundwan block. Literacy is 61%, 8 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Purulia district centre, 58 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 33 km from Asanboni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723129, served by Bundwan post office; the LGD village code is 332348. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bundwan BPHC, 7 km away. The sarpanch is FULU MAJHI, and the village votes in Bandwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Labsen Baskey. The population is estimated at 1,462 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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