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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHAKTIPADA MAHATO
Contact: 95****0119
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- LGD code
- 330106
- Pincode
- 723155
- Post office
- Para
- Population
- 657
- Households
- 101
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 221
Census 2011 · in context
How Sidhabari compares
By population, Sidhabari ranks #86 of 132 villages in Para mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.6%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Sidhabari
- 53.6%
- Para mandal
- 55.7%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+35 vs mandal average
- Sidhabari
- 979
- Para mandal
- 944
Household size
people per home
6.5
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Sidhabari
- 6.5
- Para mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sidhabari at a glance
Sidhabari is a village of 657 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Para block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 86th-largest of 132 villages in Para block. Literacy is 54%, 2 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723155, served by Para post office; the LGD village code is 330106. The sarpanch is BHAKTIPADA MAHATO, and the village votes in Para assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nadiar Chand Bouri. The population is estimated at 775 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sidhabari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 149.55
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sidhabari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sidhabari
- LGD code
- 330106
- Pincode
- 723155
- Post office
- Para
- Population (Census 2011)
- 657
- Population (projected 2026)
- 775
- Households
- 101
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Para
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nadiar Chand Bouri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHAKTIPADA MAHATO
- Block / Mandal
- Para
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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)