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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bindol is a village in Raiganj mandal, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. It has a population of 1,486 across 344 households with a literacy rate of 74.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JINNATUN KHATUN
Contact: 62****7797
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- LGD code
- 309615
- Pincode
- 733156
- Post office
- Bindole
- Population
- 1,486
- Households
- 344
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Sex ratio
- 937 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 430
- Distance to district centre
- 6 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 42 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 356 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1130 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bamangram · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hemtabad Rural Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bindol compares
By population, Bindol ranks #101 of 222 villages in Raiganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.2%
+20.5% vs mandal average
- Bindol
- 74.2%
- Raiganj mandal
- 53.7%
- Uttar Dinajpur district
- 49.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
937
−4 vs mandal average
- Bindol
- 937
- Raiganj mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Bindol
- 4.3
- Raiganj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bindol at a glance
Bindol is a village of 1,486 people in 344 households (Census 2011) in Raiganj block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, the 101st-largest of 222 villages in Raiganj block. Literacy is 74%, 21 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Uttar Dinajpur district centre, 11 km from Rejinagar, the nearest town, 16 km from Bamangram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 733156, served by Bindole post office; the LGD village code is 309615. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hemtabad Rural Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is JINNATUN KHATUN, and the village votes in Itahar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mosaraf Hussen. The population is estimated at 1,662 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bindole →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bindol · this village | 1,486 | 74% | — |
| Baje Bindol · Raiganj | 2,294 | 36% | 1.7 km W |
| Mannagar · Raiganj | 315 | 57% | 1.9 km N |
| Bahor · Raiganj | 2,840 | 51% | 1.9 km W |
| Kailadangi · Raiganj | 2,714 | 54% | 2.2 km N |
| Bahin Paharpur · Hemtabad | 2,571 | 55% | 2.6 km E |
| Maldua · Hemtabad | 384 | 54% | 3.3 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bindol
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 55.82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bindol
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bindol
- LGD code
- 309615
- Pincode
- 733156
- Post office
- Bindole
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,486
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,662
- Households
- 344
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 937
- Literacy rate
- 74.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.77097°N, 88.18482°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balurghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Itahar
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Majumdar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mosaraf Hussen
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JINNATUN KHATUN
- Block / Mandal
- Raiganj
Getting there
How to reach Bindol
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata356 kmcapital
- Delhi1130 km
- Hyderabad1368 km
- Chennai1636 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBamangram16 km
- Bus stopBotolbari17 km
- Hospital / PHCHemtabad Rural Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankহেমতাবাদ8 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump20 km
- CollegeKaliyaganj Sarala Sundari School21 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF43 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bindol
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Bhairabi templeTemple<1 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)