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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dhobari is a village in Kashipur mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,042 in 211 households. The literacy rate is 65.7%, and the village is situated at 23.448°N, 86.723°E with PIN code 723121.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANJANA BAURI
Contact: 81****1055
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- LGD code
- 330642
- Pincode
- 723121
- Post office
- Adra
- Population
- 1,042
- Households
- 211
- Literacy rate
- 65.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1031 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 379
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 194 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1091 km
- Nearest railway station
- Metyal Sahar · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chaudhuri Diagnostics & Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhobari compares
By population, Dhobari ranks #59 of 209 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.7%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Dhobari
- 65.7%
- Kashipur mandal
- 60.8%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,031
+67 vs mandal average
- Dhobari
- 1,031
- Kashipur mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Dhobari
- 4.9
- Kashipur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhobari at a glance
Dhobari is a village of 1,042 people in 211 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 59th-largest of 209 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 66%, 5 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,031 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Purulia district centre, 52 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 5 km from Metyal Sahar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723121, served by Adra post office; the LGD village code is 330642. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chaudhuri Diagnostics & Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is ANJANA BAURI, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 1,166 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhobari
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 168.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhobari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhobari
- LGD code
- 330642
- Pincode
- 723121
- Post office
- Adra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,042
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,166
- Households
- 211
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1031
- Literacy rate
- 65.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.44778°N, 86.72331°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
- ANJANA BAURI
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
Getting there
How to reach Dhobari
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 52 km
≈ 1 h 46 min by car · 2 h 6 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata194 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1091 km
- Delhi1110 km
- Chennai1338 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMetyal Sahar5 km
- Hospital / PHCChaudhuri Diagnostics & Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank Kulti33 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil24 km
- CollegeCareer Building Private ITI25 km
- Police stationAsansol South Police Station37 km
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Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)