Chaktor observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Chaktor is a village in Para mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with 282 residents in 43 households. The village has a literacy rate of 63.1% and PIN code 723155.
By population, Chaktor ranks #102 of 132 villages in Para mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chaktor is a village of 282 people in 43 households (Census 2011) in Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 102nd-largest of 132 villages in Para block. Literacy is 63%, 7 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,089 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Purulia district centre, 42 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 11 km from Kustaur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723155, served by Para post office; the LGD village code is 330054. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lokeswarananda Eye Foundation, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SULEKHA BOURI, and the village votes in Para assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nadiar Chand Bouri. The population is estimated at 315 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaktor · this village | 282 | 63% | — |
| Hurra · Para | 502 | 62% | 1 km E |
| Bhatdi · Para | 629 | 53% | 1.1 km W |
| Shukmay Chak · Para | 0 | — | 1.9 km SE |
| Panruka · Latehar | 147 | 46% | 2.4 km S |
| Panruka · Para | 807 | 55% | 2.4 km S |
| Rameshwardi · Para | 268 | 65% | 2.3 km SE |
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.
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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