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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA BAURI
Contact: 96****1565
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- LGD code
- 330938
- Pincode
- 723131
- Post office
- Manbazar
- Population
- 216
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 50%
- Sex ratio
- 1274 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 113
Census 2011 · in context
How Bamra compares
By population, Bamra ranks #102 of 114 villages in Purulia - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.0%
−5.1% vs mandal average
- Bamra
- 50.0%
- Purulia - I mandal
- 55.1%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,274
+331 vs mandal average
- Bamra
- 1,274
- Purulia - I mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.4
Same as the mandal average
- Bamra
- 5.4
- Purulia - I mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bamra at a glance
Bamra is a village of 216 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - I block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 102nd-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - I block. Literacy is 50%, 5 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,274 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 723131, served by Manbazar post office; the LGD village code is 330938. The sarpanch is SUNITA BAURI, and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 255 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dimdiha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamra · this village | 216 | 50% | — |
| Dimdiha · Purulia - I | 4,266 | 51% | — |
| Bhul · Purulia - I | 4,147 | 48% | — |
| Ghagharjuri · Purulia - I | 3,092 | 50% | — |
| Tentlo · Purulia - I | 2,082 | 43% | — |
| Kukurgarya · Purulia - I | 1,533 | 59% | — |
| Sibdi · Purulia - I | 1,214 | 58% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bamra
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 63.54
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8
- Forest area (ha)
- 2.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bamra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bamra
- LGD code
- 330938
- Pincode
- 723131
- Post office
- Manbazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 216
- Population (projected 2026)
- 255
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1274
- Literacy rate
- 50.0%
- 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
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 723131
- BhalubasaManbazar - I mandal2,789 pop
- ChepuaManbazar - I mandal2,209 pop
- JharbagdaManbazar - I mandal2,162 pop
- DamdaManbazar - I mandal2,161 pop
- DighiManbazar - II mandal2,110 pop
- PunrraManbazar - I mandal1,890 pop
- BariManbazar - I mandal1,888 pop
- DangardiManbazar - II mandal1,828 pop
- JamtariaManbazar - II mandal1,813 pop
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View all 60+ →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)