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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chhatalalpur is a village in Puncha mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, comprising 473 residents in 101 households. The literacy rate stands at 55.4%, and the village is situated at 23.213°N, 86.627°E with postal code 723151.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Aparna Kalindi
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- LGD code
- 331040
- Pincode
- 723151
- Post office
- Puncha
- Population
- 473
- Households
- 101
- Literacy rate
- 55.4%
- Sex ratio
- 971 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 258
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 192 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1067 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kustaur · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rotary Lalpur Eye Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhatalalpur compares
By population, Chhatalalpur ranks #71 of 109 villages in Puncha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.4%
−3.9% vs mandal average
Chhatalalpur55.4%
Puncha mandal59.3%
Purulia district55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
971
−5 vs mandal average
Chhatalalpur971
Puncha mandal976
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
Chhatalalpur4.7
Puncha mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhatalalpur at a glance
Chhatalalpur is a village of 473 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Puncha block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 71st-largest of 109 villages in Puncha block. Literacy is 55%, 4 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Purulia district centre, 50 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 28 km from Kustaur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723151, served by Puncha post office; the LGD village code is 331040. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rotary Lalpur Eye Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Aparna Kalindi, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 529 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chhatalalpur
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 246.88
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 174.68
- Forest area (ha)
- 24.87
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chhatalalpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chhatalalpur
- LGD code
- 331040
- Pincode
- 723151
- Post office
- Puncha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 473
- Population (projected 2026)
- 529
- Households
- 101
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 971
- Literacy rate
- 55.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.21272°N, 86.62664°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Aparna Kalindi
- Block / Mandal
- Puncha
Getting there
How to reach Chhatalalpur
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 50 km
≈ 1 h 42 min by car · 2 h 1 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata192 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1067 km
- Delhi1116 km
- Chennai1311 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKustaur28 km
- Hospital / PHCRotary Lalpur Eye Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India26 km
- Petrol pumpSun Filling Station28 km
- CollegeMajhihira D.el.ed college17 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station25 km
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- 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)