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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Shukmay Chak is a village in Para mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal. The village is located at coordinates 23.490°N, 86.441°E with PIN code 723155.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SULEKHA BOURI
Contact: 81****5466
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- LGD code
- 330046
- Pincode
- 723155
- Post office
- Para
- Population
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Workers
- 0
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 222 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1071 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bagalia · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Lokeswarananda Eye Foundation · 8 km
Shukmay Chak at a glance
Shukmay Chak is a revenue village in Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal. It lies 21 km from the Purulia district centre, 43 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 9 km from Bagalia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723155, served by Para post office; the LGD village code is 330046. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lokeswarananda Eye Foundation, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SULEKHA BOURI, and the village votes in Para assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nadiar Chand Bouri.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shukmay Chak
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 21.25
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 21.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shukmay Chak
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shukmay Chak
- LGD code
- 330046
- Pincode
- 723155
- Post office
- Para
- Population (Census 2011)
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Coordinates
- 23.49008°N, 86.44079°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
- SULEKHA BOURI
- Block / Mandal
- Para
Getting there
How to reach Shukmay Chak
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata222 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1071 km
- Delhi1083 km
- Chennai1327 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBagalia9 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand19 km
- Hospital / PHCLokeswarananda Eye Foundation8 km
- ATM / bankIndusInd Bank33 km
- Petrol pumppetrol pump20 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University18 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station28 km
Same pincode
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- Jaynagar Alias Udaypur
- Jhanpara
- Tetalda
- Rahardi
- Chitra
- Hariharpur
- Bahara
- Pareshya
- Donrda
- Rigudi
- Barairga
- Bagalia
- Deuli
- Kaliasota
- Nadiha
- Ranipur
- Bhanuridi
- Amchatar
- Gurguria
- Rautara
- Parasiri
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- Bamanbad
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- Tadgram
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)