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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ranipur is a village in Purulia - I mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, located at 23.952°N, 87.620°E. The village has a population of 396 across 75 households, with a literacy rate of 52%. It is served by PIN code 723102.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEBI SAHIS
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- LGD code
- 330994
- Pincode
- 723102
- Post office
- Dulmi-nadiha
- Population
- 396
- Households
- 75
- Literacy rate
- 52%
- Sex ratio
- 970 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 231
- Distance to district centre
- 133 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 141 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 171 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1159 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kunuri · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Puranagram Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ranipur compares
By population, Ranipur ranks #94 of 114 villages in Purulia - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.0%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Ranipur
- 52.0%
- Purulia - I mandal
- 55.1%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
970
+27 vs mandal average
- Ranipur
- 970
- Purulia - I mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Ranipur
- 5.3
- Purulia - I mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ranipur at a glance
Ranipur is a village of 396 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - I block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 94th-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - I block. Literacy is 52%, 3 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. It lies 133 km from the Purulia district centre, 15 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 4 km from Kunuri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723102, served by Dulmi-nadiha post office; the LGD village code is 330994. The nearest hospital or health centre is Puranagram Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is DEBI SAHIS, and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 467 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ranipur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 11
- 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
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 120.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 5.36
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ranipur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ranipur
- LGD code
- 330994
- Pincode
- 723102
- Post office
- Dulmi-nadiha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 396
- Population (projected 2026)
- 467
- Households
- 75
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 970
- Literacy rate
- 52.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.95217°N, 87.61970°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
- DEBI SAHIS
- Block / Mandal
- Purulia - I
Getting there
How to reach Ranipur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata171 kmcapital
- Delhi1159 km
- Hyderabad1198 km
- Chennai1435 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKunuri4 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand24 km
- Hospital / PHCPuranagram Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank11 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump11 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University31 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post51 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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