Pithajora is a village in Purulia - II mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal. It has a population of 2,717 across 542 households with a literacy rate of 55.4%.
By population, Pithajora ranks #15 of 114 villages in Purulia - II mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pithajora is a village of 2,717 people in 542 households (Census 2011) in Purulia - II block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 15th-largest of 114 villages in Purulia - II block. Literacy is 55%, 1 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Purulia district centre, 42 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 7 km from Kustaur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723126, served by Anara RS post office; the LGD village code is 329938. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lokeswarananda Eye Foundation, 9 km away. The sarpanch is LACHHAMI RAJAK, and the village votes in Purulia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudip Kumar Mukherjee. The population is estimated at 3,039 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Belma →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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