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Upendra Nagar observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Upendra Nagar
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Patharpratima mandal is Boser Ghari Kamdevnagar Bishalakshmi Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Upendra Nagar itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
Upendra Nagar is a village in Patharpratima mandal, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. The village has a population of 4,915 across 1,093 households, with a literacy rate of 74.4%. It is located at coordinates 21.782°N, 88.453°E and uses PIN code 743371.
By population, Upendra Nagar ranks #26 of 92 villages in Patharpratima mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Upendra Nagar is a village of 4,915 people in 1,093 households (Census 2011) in Patharpratima block, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, the 26th-largest of 92 villages in Patharpratima block. Literacy is 74%, 3 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 940 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the South 24 Parganas district centre, 21 km from Kumarapara, the nearest town, 22 km from Namkhana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 743371, served by Pathar Pratima post office; the LGD village code is 335395. The nearest hospital or health centre is Madhabnagar Rural Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Patharpratima assembly constituency, represented by MLA Samir Kumar Jana. The population is estimated at 5,498 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sridharnagar →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upendra Nagar · this village | 4,915 | 74% | — |
| Banashyam Nagar · Patharpratima | 5,347 | 73% | 3.1 km NW |
| Achintya Nagar · Patharpratima | 6,181 | 70% | 3.5 km N |
| Rakhalpur · Patharpratima | 6,076 | 73% | 3.5 km SW |
| Paschim Sripatinagar · Patharpratima | 6,342 | 75% | 4.5 km NE |
| Purba Sripatinagar · Patharpratima | 4,077 | 71% | 5.3 km NE |
| Chhoto Banashyam Nagar · Patharpratima | 5,124 | 72% | 5.5 km W |
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.
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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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