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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Amandi is a village in Purulia-I mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,058 in 206 households. It has a literacy rate of 64.8% and is situated at coordinates 23.390°N, 86.277°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA BAURI
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- LGD code
- 330932
- Pincode
- 723103
- Post office
- Namopara
- Population
- 1,058
- Households
- 206
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Sex ratio
- 869 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 647
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 21 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 232 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1051 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gourinathdham · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Purullia Leprosy Home & Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amandi compares
By population, Amandi ranks #51 of 114 villages in Purulia - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.8%
+9.7% vs mandal average
- Amandi
- 64.8%
- Purulia - I mandal
- 55.1%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
869
−74 vs mandal average
- Amandi
- 869
- Purulia - I mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Amandi
- 5.1
- Purulia - I mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amandi at a glance
Amandi is a village of 1,058 people in 206 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - I block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 51st-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - I block. Literacy is 65%, 10 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 869 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Purulia district centre, 23 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, under 1 km from Gourinathdham railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723103, served by Namopara post office; the LGD village code is 330932. The nearest hospital or health centre is Purullia Leprosy Home & Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SUNITA BAURI, and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 1,183 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amandi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 21
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 157.83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.24
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amandi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amandi
- LGD code
- 330932
- Pincode
- 723103
- Post office
- Namopara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,058
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,183
- Households
- 206
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 869
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.38975°N, 86.27697°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sudip Kumar Mukherjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITA BAURI
- Block / Mandal
- Purulia - I
Getting there
How to reach Amandi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata232 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1051 km
- Delhi1076 km
- Chennai1309 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGourinathdham<1 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand11 km
- Hospital / PHCPurullia Leprosy Home & Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM32 km
- Petrol pumppetrol pump11 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University7 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station41 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 723103
- DimdihaPurulia - I mandal4,266 pop
- GaraphusharaPurulia - I mandal4,244 pop
- BhulPurulia - I mandal4,147 pop
- Palanja (P) (New J.L.-6)Purulia - II mandal3,142 pop
- GhagharjuriPurulia - I mandal3,092 pop
- BaragramJaipur mandal2,811 pop
- RudraPurulia - I mandal2,659 pop
- ChirkaPurulia - I mandal2,398 pop
- HatuaraPurulia - II mandal2,353 pop
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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)