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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bungera is a village in Purulia - I mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 571 across 117 households. The village has a literacy rate of 65.5% and is identified by PIN 723102.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RASMANI HANSDA
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- LGD code
- 331017
- Pincode
- 723102
- Post office
- Dulmi-nadiha
- Population
- 571
- Households
- 117
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1092 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 275
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 212 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1050 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tamna railway station · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pichasi Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bungera compares
By population, Bungera ranks #82 of 114 villages in Purulia - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.5%
+10.4% vs mandal average
- Bungera
- 65.5%
- Purulia - I mandal
- 55.1%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,092
+149 vs mandal average
- Bungera
- 1,092
- Purulia - I mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Bungera
- 4.9
- Purulia - I mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bungera at a glance
Bungera is a village of 571 people in 117 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - I block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 82nd-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - I block. Literacy is 66%, 10 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,092 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Purulia district centre, 34 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 8 km from Tamna railway station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723102, served by Dulmi-nadiha post office; the LGD village code is 331017. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pichasi Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is RASMANI HANSDA , and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 639 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bungera
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 166.33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 61.66
- Forest area (ha)
- 7.4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bungera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bungera
- LGD code
- 331017
- Pincode
- 723102
- Post office
- Dulmi-nadiha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 571
- Population (projected 2026)
- 639
- Households
- 117
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1092
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.22122°N, 86.41318°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
- RASMANI HANSDA
- Block / Mandal
- Purulia - I
Getting there
How to reach Bungera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata212 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1050 km
- Delhi1098 km
- Chennai1300 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTamna railway station8 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand13 km
- Hospital / PHCPichasi Hospital4 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump (Tata Route)11 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University17 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station44 km
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- KotloiPurulia - I mandal3,151 pop
- SimuliaPurulia - I mandal2,659 pop
- PindraPurulia - II mandal2,512 pop
- Bhandar PuaraPurulia - I mandal2,490 pop
- DurkuPurulia - I mandal2,315 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
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