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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Atrai is a village in Hemtabad mandal, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. It has a population of 1,004 across 226 households, with a literacy rate of 59.9%. The village is located at coordinates 25.719°N, 88.282°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRAFULLA BARMAN
Contact: 78****9115
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- LGD code
- 309855
- Pincode
- 733134
- Post office
- Raiganj
- Population
- 1,004
- Households
- 226
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Sex ratio
- 984 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 354
- Distance to district centre
- 12 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 37 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 350 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1141 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kaliyaganj · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hemtabad Rural Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Atrai compares
By population, Atrai ranks #56 of 116 villages in Hemtabad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.9%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Atrai
- 59.9%
- Hemtabad mandal
- 58.3%
- Uttar Dinajpur district
- 49.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+28 vs mandal average
- Atrai
- 984
- Hemtabad mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
4.4
Same as the mandal average
- Atrai
- 4.4
- Hemtabad mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Atrai at a glance
Atrai is a village of 1,004 people in 226 households (Census 2011) in Hemtabad block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, the 56th-largest of 116 villages in Hemtabad block. Literacy is 60%, 2 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Uttar Dinajpur district centre, 15 km from Rejinagar, the nearest town, 10 km from Kaliyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 733134, served by Raiganj post office; the LGD village code is 309855. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hemtabad Rural Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is PRAFULLA BARMAN, and the village votes in Harirampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Biplab Mitra. The population is estimated at 1,123 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atrai · this village | 1,004 | 60% | — |
| Turibar · Hemtabad | 1,644 | 62% | 2 km W |
| Uttar Kotagaon · Hemtabad | 548 | 70% | 2.5 km E |
| Anantakota · Hemtabad | 1,354 | 57% | 2.9 km S |
| Dhantair · Hemtabad | 559 | 64% | 2.9 km N |
| Ramnathpara · Hemtabad | 855 | 60% | 3 km S |
| Bhogram · Hemtabad | 1,979 | 62% | 2.9 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Atrai
- 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)
- 11
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 133.29
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 57.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Atrai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Atrai
- LGD code
- 309855
- Pincode
- 733134
- Post office
- Raiganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,004
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,123
- Households
- 226
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 984
- Literacy rate
- 59.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.71856°N, 88.28231°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balurghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Harirampur
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Majumdar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Biplab Mitra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRAFULLA BARMAN
- Block / Mandal
- Hemtabad
Getting there
How to reach Atrai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata350 kmcapital
- Delhi1141 km
- Hyderabad1372 km
- Chennai1636 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaliyaganj10 km
- Bus stopRupahar Bus Stand22 km
- Hospital / PHCHemtabad Rural Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankহেমতাবাদ3 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump10 km
- CollegeKaliyaganj Sarala Sundari School11 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF54 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Atrai
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Tarasundari templeTemple4.9 km ↗
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)