Ranipur Colliery observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Ranipur Colliery
Named places of worship on record
Ranipur Colliery is a village in Neturia mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,873 spread across 351 households. The literacy rate is 72.2%, among the higher in the mandal. It is located at 23.669°N, 86.796°E.
By population, Ranipur Colliery ranks #7 of 123 villages in Neturia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ranipur Colliery is a village of 1,873 people in 351 households (Census 2011) in Neturia block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 7th-largest of 123 villages in Neturia block. Literacy is 72%, 18 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 892 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Purulia district centre, 40 km from Barra, the nearest town, 4 km from Chourashi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723133, served by Raghunathpur (Puruliya) post office; the LGD village code is 330444. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nibedita Rural Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is ANJU DEVI, and the village votes in Asansol Dakshin assembly constituency, represented by MLA Agnimitra Paul. The population is estimated at 2,095 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Saltore →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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