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Agar

Para mandal
Pincode 723155
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Agar is a very small village in Para mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of only 14 people in 2 households. It has a literacy rate of 85.7% and is located at 23.486°N, 86.559°E with PIN code 723155.

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NASIBA PARWEEN
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LGD code
330071
Pincode
723155
Post office
Para
Population
14
Households
2
Literacy rate
85.7%
Sex ratio
1800 ♀/1000♂
Workers
4
Distance to district centre
19 km
Distance to mandal centre
5 km
Distance to Kolkata
211 km
Distance to Hyderabad
1080 km
Nearest railway station
Anara · <1 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Old Railway Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Agar compares

By population, Agar ranks #117 of 132 villages in Para mandal.

Literacy rate
%
85.7%
+30.0% vs mandal average
Agar
85.7%
Para mandal
55.7%
Purulia district
55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,800
+856 vs mandal average
Agar
1,800
Para mandal
944
Household size
people per home
7.0
+1.5 vs mandal average
Agar
7.0
Para mandal
5.5

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Agar at a glance

Agar is a village of 14 people in 2 households (Census 2011) in Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 117th-largest of 132 villages in Para block. Literacy is 86%, 30 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,800 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Purulia district centre, 53 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, under 1 km from Anara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723155, served by Para post office; the LGD village code is 330071. The nearest hospital or health centre is Old Railway Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is NASIBA PARWEEN, and the village votes in Para assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nadiar Chand Bouri. The population is estimated at 17 in 2026, up 21% since the 2011 Census.

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Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Agar · this village1486%
Rautara · Para1,87052%0 km N
Anara · Raipur93068%0 km N
Bahara · Para2,24155%0 km N
Ganahar · Para00 km N
Anara · Para5,51754%0 km N
Bagatbari · Raghunathpur - I1,47362%3.4 km E

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Agar

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
No
Tube well / borewell
No
Electricity for homes
Yes
Electricity for farms
No
Power hours (summer)
10
Power hours (winter)
12
Primary school
0
Middle school
0
Secondary school
0
Senior secondary
0
Degree college
0
Commercial bank
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
No
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
All-weather road
No
Total area (ha)
97.2
Irrigated area (ha)
0
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Agar

LGD code
330071
Pincode
723155
Post office
Para
Population (Census 2011)
14
Population (projected 2026)
17
Households
2
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1800
Literacy rate
85.7%
Coordinates
23.48613°N, 86.55884°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Purulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Para
Member of Parliament
Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
Member of Legislative Assembly
Nadiar Chand Bouri
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
NASIBA PARWEEN
Block / Mandal
Para
Getting there

How to reach Agar

Mandal centre
Para · ≈ 4.7 km
≈ 10 min by car · 11 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Purulia · ≈ 19 km
≈ 40 min by car · 47 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 10,362 people
Ghatiali · ≈ 53 km
≈ 1 h 49 min by car · 2 h 10 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Kolkata211 kmcapital
  • Hyderabad1080 km
  • Delhi1094 km
  • Chennai1333 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationAnara<1 km
  • Hospital / PHCOld Railway Hospital<1 km
  • ATM / bankIndusInd Bank36 km
  • Petrol pumppetrol pump27 km
  • CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University26 km
  • Police stationJharia Police Station32 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)
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