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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sunair is a village in Hemtabad mandal, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. It has a population of 644 across 140 households with a literacy rate of 52.8%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LOVELY PARVIN
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- LGD code
- 309828
- Pincode
- 733134
- Post office
- Raiganj
- Population
- 644
- Households
- 140
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Sex ratio
- 922 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 433
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 42 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 354 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1141 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kaliyaganj · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hemtabad Rural Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sunair compares
By population, Sunair ranks #81 of 116 villages in Hemtabad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.8%
−5.5% vs mandal average
Sunair52.8%
Hemtabad mandal58.3%
Uttar Dinajpur district49.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
922
−34 vs mandal average
Sunair922
Hemtabad mandal956
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
Sunair4.6
Hemtabad mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sunair at a glance
Sunair is a village of 644 people in 140 households (Census 2011) in Hemtabad block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, the 81st-largest of 116 villages in Hemtabad block. Literacy is 53%, 6 points below the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Uttar Dinajpur district centre, 12 km from Rejinagar, the nearest town, 13 km from Kaliyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 733134, served by Raiganj post office; the LGD village code is 309828. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hemtabad Rural Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is LOVELY PARVIN, and the village votes in Harirampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Biplab Mitra. The population is estimated at 720 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sunair
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 151.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 45
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sunair
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sunair
- LGD code
- 309828
- Pincode
- 733134
- Post office
- Raiganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 644
- Population (projected 2026)
- 720
- Households
- 140
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 922
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.75452°N, 88.29411°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balurghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Harirampur
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Majumdar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Biplab Mitra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LOVELY PARVIN
- Block / Mandal
- Hemtabad
Getting there
How to reach Sunair
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata354 kmcapital
- Delhi1141 km
- Hyderabad1375 km
- Chennai1640 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaliyaganj13 km
- Hospital / PHCHemtabad Rural Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankহেমতাবাদ5 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump13 km
- CollegeKaliyaganj Sarala Sundari School14 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF51 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Sunair
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Tarasundari templeTemple1.5 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)