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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LAKSHMINARAYAN MANDI
Contact: 99****9880
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- LGD code
- 330672
- Pincode
- 723121
- Post office
- Adra
- Population
- 2,110
- Households
- 404
- Literacy rate
- 57%
- Sex ratio
- 927 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 690
Census 2011 · in context
How Kalidaha compares
By population, Kalidaha ranks #16 of 209 villages in Kashipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.0%
−3.8% vs mandal average
- Kalidaha
- 57.0%
- Kashipur mandal
- 60.8%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
927
−37 vs mandal average
- Kalidaha
- 927
- Kashipur mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kalidaha
- 5.2
- Kashipur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kalidaha at a glance
Kalidaha is a village of 2,110 people in 404 households (Census 2011) in Kashipur block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 16th-largest of 209 villages in Kashipur block. Literacy is 57%, 4 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723121, served by Adra post office; the LGD village code is 330672. The sarpanch is LAKSHMINARAYAN MANDI, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 2,488 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kalidaha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalidaha · this village | 2,110 | 57% | — |
| Lohat · Kashipur | 1,210 | 46% | — |
| Manjhopra · Kashipur | 723 | 61% | — |
| Siada · Kashipur | 656 | 65% | — |
| Chhelia · Kashipur | 640 | 57% | — |
| Namo Panchmahuli · Kashipur | 636 | 43% | — |
| Upar Panchmahuli · Kashipur | 588 | 48% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kalidaha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 594.08
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 93.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 10
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kalidaha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kalidaha
- LGD code
- 330672
- Pincode
- 723121
- Post office
- Adra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,110
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,488
- Households
- 404
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 927
- Literacy rate
- 57.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LAKSHMINARAYAN MANDI
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)