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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Uchali is a village in Purulia - I mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal, with a population of 657 across 110 households. The village has a literacy rate of 66.5% and is identified by PIN code 723102.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHANDMANI KORA MUDI
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- LGD code
- 330970
- Pincode
- 723102
- Post office
- Dulmi-nadiha
- Population
- 657
- Households
- 110
- Literacy rate
- 66.5%
- Sex ratio
- 893 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 264
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 219 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1051 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tamna railway station · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Anwar Jamal · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Uchali compares
By population, Uchali ranks #77 of 114 villages in Purulia - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.5%
+11.4% vs mandal average
- Uchali
- 66.5%
- Purulia - I mandal
- 55.1%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
893
−50 vs mandal average
- Uchali
- 893
- Purulia - I mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Uchali
- 6.0
- Purulia - I mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uchali at a glance
Uchali is a village of 657 people in 110 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - I block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 77th-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - I block. Literacy is 67%, 11 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 893 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Purulia district centre, 28 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 2 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 330970. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Anwar Jamal, 4 km away. The sarpanch is CHANDMANI KORA MUDI, and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 735 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Uchali
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 99.96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Uchali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Uchali
- LGD code
- 330970
- Pincode
- 723102
- Post office
- Dulmi-nadiha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 657
- Population (projected 2026)
- 735
- Households
- 110
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 893
- Literacy rate
- 66.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.28412°N, 86.36711°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
- CHANDMANI KORA MUDI
- Block / Mandal
- Purulia - I
Getting there
How to reach Uchali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata219 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1051 km
- Delhi1090 km
- Chennai1304 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTamna railway station2 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand5 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Anwar Jamal4 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump (Tata Route)3 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University9 km
- Police stationJharia Police Station51 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Uchali
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- 📚District LibraryLibrary4.9 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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