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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khamrua is a village in Itahar mandal, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, with a population of 747 in 165 households. It has a literacy rate of 69.3%, among the higher rates in the area.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BILKIS PERVIN
Contact: 90****7462
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- LGD code
- 310225
- Pincode
- 733128
- Post office
- Itahar
- Population
- 747
- Households
- 165
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Sex ratio
- 844 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 284
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 321 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1138 km
- Nearest railway station
- Raiganj · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Itahar Rural Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khamrua compares
By population, Khamrua ranks #137 of 217 villages in Itahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.3%
+19.1% vs mandal average
Khamrua69.3%
Itahar mandal50.2%
Uttar Dinajpur district49.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
844
−105 vs mandal average
Khamrua844
Itahar mandal949
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
Khamrua4.5
Itahar mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khamrua at a glance
Khamrua is a village of 747 people in 165 households (Census 2011) in Itahar block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, the 137th-largest of 217 villages in Itahar block. Literacy is 69%, 19 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 844 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Uttar Dinajpur district centre, 15 km from Singia, the nearest town, 18 km from Raiganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 733128, served by Itahar post office; the LGD village code is 310225. The nearest hospital or health centre is Itahar Rural Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is BILKIS PERVIN, and the village votes in Gazole assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chinmoy Deb Barman. The population is estimated at 836 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khamrua
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 238.01
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 157.08
- Forest area (ha)
- 1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khamrua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khamrua
- LGD code
- 310225
- Pincode
- 733128
- Post office
- Itahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 747
- Population (projected 2026)
- 836
- Households
- 165
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 844
- Literacy rate
- 69.3%
- Coordinates
- 25.45550°N, 88.14847°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
- BILKIS PERVIN
- Block / Mandal
- Itahar
Getting there
How to reach Khamrua
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata321 kmcapital
- Delhi1138 km
- Hyderabad1343 km
- Chennai1604 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRaiganj18 km
- Bus stopRupahar Bus Stand13 km
- Hospital / PHCItahar Rural Hospital3 km
- ATM / banksbi20 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump27 km
- CollegeTarangapur Teachers Training College(D.EL.ED)23 km
- Police stationPolice station59 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)