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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANIMA MANDAL
Contact: 73****7553
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- LGD code
- 330776
- Pincode
- 723130
- Post office
- Hura (Puruliya)
- Population
- 817
- Households
- 142
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1007 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 469
Census 2011 · in context
How Jiara compares
By population, Jiara ranks #81 of 209 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.1%
−7.7% vs mandal average
- Jiara
- 53.1%
- Kashipur mandal
- 60.8%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,007
+43 vs mandal average
- Jiara
- 1,007
- Kashipur mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Jiara
- 5.8
- Kashipur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jiara at a glance
Jiara is a village of 817 people in 142 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 81st-largest of 209 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 53%, 8 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723130, served by Hura (Puruliya) post office; the LGD village code is 330776. The sarpanch is ANIMA MANDAL, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 963 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jiara
- 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)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 274.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 58.48
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jiara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jiara
- LGD code
- 330776
- Pincode
- 723130
- Post office
- Hura (Puruliya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 817
- Population (projected 2026)
- 963
- Households
- 142
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1007
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANIMA MANDAL
- Block / Mandal
- Kashipur
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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
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