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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KT
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KABITA TUDU
Contact: 83****4331
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- LGD code
- 330597
- Pincode
- 723132
- Post office
- Panchakotraj
- Population
- 983
- Households
- 192
- Literacy rate
- 65.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1014 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 454
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 201 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1082 km
- Nearest railway station
- Adra Junction · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chaudhuri Diagnostics & Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Banshraya compares
By population, Banshraya ranks #60 of 209 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.7%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Banshraya
- 65.7%
- Kashipur mandal
- 60.8%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,014
+50 vs mandal average
- Banshraya
- 1,014
- Kashipur mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Banshraya
- 5.1
- Kashipur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banshraya at a glance
Banshraya is a village of 983 people in 192 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 60th-largest of 209 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 66%, 5 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Purulia district centre, 58 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 9 km from Adra Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723132, served by Panchakotraj post office; the LGD village code is 330597. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chaudhuri Diagnostics & Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is KABITA TUDU, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 1,100 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banshraya
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 429.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 36.54
- Forest area (ha)
- 162.75
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banshraya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banshraya
- LGD code
- 330597
- Pincode
- 723132
- Post office
- Panchakotraj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 983
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,100
- Households
- 192
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1014
- Literacy rate
- 65.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.42704°N, 86.63054°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KABITA TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
Getting there
How to reach Banshraya
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 58 km
≈ 1 h 59 min by car · 2 h 22 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata201 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1082 km
- Delhi1103 km
- Chennai1331 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAdra Junction9 km
- Hospital / PHCChaudhuri Diagnostics & Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India39 km
- Petrol pumppetrol pump30 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University31 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station41 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)