Gagda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
By population, Gagda ranks #49 of 109 villages in Puncha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gagda is a village of 852 people in 166 households (Census 2011) in Puncha block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 49th-largest of 109 villages in Puncha block. Literacy is 56%, 3 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,024 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Purulia district centre, 52 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 25 km from Chharra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723151, served by Puncha post office; the LGD village code is 331037. 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 953 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Napara →
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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