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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Rahardaga is a village in Jaipur mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,203 in 191 households and a literacy rate of 58.1%. It is located at 23.413°N, 86.133°E with postal code 723201.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHAJAHARI MAHATO
Contact: 99****1342
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- LGD code
- 329847
- Pincode
- 723201
- Post office
- Garjaipur
- Population
- 1,203
- Households
- 191
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Sex ratio
- 910 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 523
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 247 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1041 km
- Nearest railway station
- Garh Jaipur · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kotshila Rural Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rahardaga compares
By population, Rahardaga ranks #33 of 112 villages in Jaipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.1%
+10.0% vs mandal average
Rahardaga58.1%
Jaipur mandal48.1%
Purulia district55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
910
−24 vs mandal average
Rahardaga910
Jaipur mandal934
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.8 vs mandal average
Rahardaga6.3
Jaipur mandal5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rahardaga at a glance
Rahardaga is a village of 1,203 people in 191 households (Census 2011) in Jaipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 33rd-largest of 112 villages in Jaipur block. Literacy is 58%, 10 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Purulia district centre, 16 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 1 km from Garh Jaipur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723201, served by Garjaipur post office; the LGD village code is 329847. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kotshila Rural Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is BHAJAHARI MAHATO. The population is estimated at 1,346 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rahardaga
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 106.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 45
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rahardaga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rahardaga
- LGD code
- 329847
- Pincode
- 723201
- Post office
- Garjaipur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,203
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,346
- Households
- 191
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 910
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.41324°N, 86.13267°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHAJAHARI MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Jaipur
Getting there
How to reach Rahardaga
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata247 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1041 km
- Delhi1062 km
- Chennai1304 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGarh Jaipur1 km
- Hospital / PHCKotshila Rural Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM27 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil24 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University22 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station46 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
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