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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BASANTI MAHALI
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- LGD code
- 330521
- Pincode
- 723156
- Post office
- Murardih
- Population
- 606
- Households
- 133
- Literacy rate
- 57.6%
- Sex ratio
- 987 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 204
- Distance to district centre
- 106 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 52 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 164 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1152 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chinpai · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dubrajpur Rural Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jashpur compares
By population, Jashpur ranks #44 of 103 villages in Santuri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.6%
+0.8% vs mandal average
Jashpur57.6%
Santuri mandal56.8%
Purulia district55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
987
+25 vs mandal average
Jashpur987
Santuri mandal962
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
Jashpur4.6
Santuri mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jashpur at a glance
Jashpur is a village of 606 people in 133 households (Census 2011) in Santuri block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 44th-largest of 103 villages in Santuri block. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 106 km from the Purulia district centre, 16 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 6 km from Chinpai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723156, served by Murardih post office; the LGD village code is 330521. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dubrajpur Rural Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is BASANTI MAHALI, and the village votes in Saltora assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandana Bauri. The population is estimated at 714 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jashpur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 120.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jashpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jashpur
- LGD code
- 330521
- Pincode
- 723156
- Post office
- Murardih
- Population (Census 2011)
- 606
- Population (projected 2026)
- 714
- Households
- 133
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 987
- Literacy rate
- 57.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.77431°N, 87.43015°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bankura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saltora
- Member of Parliament
- Arup Chakraborty
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandana Bauri
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BASANTI MAHALI
- Block / Mandal
- Santuri
Getting there
How to reach Jashpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata164 kmcapital
- Delhi1152 km
- Hyderabad1170 km
- Chennai1408 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChinpai6 km
- Bus stopপাওয়ার হাউস মোর5 km
- Hospital / PHCDubrajpur Rural Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank18 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump18 km
- CollegeBengal Institute of Technology and Management25 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post24 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Jashpur
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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)