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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kasba is a village in Itahar mandal, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, with a population of 800 across 172 households and a literacy rate of 52.3%. The village has one college, one school, and one temple.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ROFIJUDDIN SEKH
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- LGD code
- 310302
- Pincode
- 733128
- Post office
- Itahar
- Population
- 800
- Households
- 172
- Literacy rate
- 52.3%
- Sex ratio
- 942 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 253
- Distance to district centre
- 358 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 304 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 8 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1179 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhakuria · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Mina Majumder Seva Mandir Pvt. Ltd · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kasba compares
By population, Kasba ranks #131 of 217 villages in Itahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.3%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Kasba
- 52.3%
- Itahar mandal
- 50.2%
- Uttar Dinajpur district
- 49.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
942
−7 vs mandal average
- Kasba
- 942
- Itahar mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kasba
- 4.7
- Itahar mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kasba at a glance
Kasba is a village of 800 people in 172 households (Census 2011) in Itahar block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, the 131st-largest of 217 villages in Itahar block. Literacy is 52%, 2 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. It lies 358 km from the Uttar Dinajpur district centre, 5 km from Balia, the nearest town, under 1 km from Dhakuria railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 733128, served by Itahar post office; the LGD village code is 310302. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school. The sarpanch is ROFIJUDDIN SEKH, and the village votes in Gazole assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chinmoy Deb Barman. The population is estimated at 943 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kasba
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 69.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42
- Forest area (ha)
- 2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kasba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kasba
- LGD code
- 310302
- Pincode
- 733128
- Post office
- Itahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 800
- Population (projected 2026)
- 943
- Households
- 172
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 942
- Literacy rate
- 52.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.50444°N, 88.37217°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Maldaha Uttar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gazole
- Member of Parliament
- Khagen Murmu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chinmoy Deb Barman
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ROFIJUDDIN SEKH
- Block / Mandal
- Itahar
Getting there
How to reach Kasba
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata8 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1179 km
- Delhi1309 km
- Chennai1353 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhakuria<1 km
- Bus stopSahid Nagar Bus Stop<1 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Mina Majumder Seva Mandir Pvt. Ltd<1 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank ATM1 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum3 km
- CollegeIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science main gate (Raman Gate)<1 km
- Police stationJadavpur Police Station<1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kasba
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kasba
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Jadavpur N.K. Pal Adarsha SikshayatanSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Adarsha Balika ShikshayatanSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Shishu Siksha NiketanSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Jadavpur VidyapithSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science main gate (Raman Gate)College<1 km ↗
- 🎓Jadavpur University Gate 3College<1 km ↗
- 🏫RD Memorial SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Electrical Engineering DepartmentCollege<1 km ↗
- 🎓High Tension LaboratoryCollege<1 km ↗
- 🏫South City International SchoolSchool1.1 km ↗
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- 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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)