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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kumarol is a village in Raiganj mandal, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, with a population of 874 spread across 181 households. Its literacy rate is 50.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANESUL ALI
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- LGD code
- 309655
- Pincode
- 733134
- Post office
- Raiganj
- Population
- 874
- Households
- 181
- Literacy rate
- 50.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1137 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 202
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 339 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1125 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jhitkia · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sudha Nursing Home · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kumarol compares
By population, Kumarol ranks #160 of 222 villages in Raiganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.6%
−3.1% vs mandal average
- Kumarol
- 50.6%
- Raiganj mandal
- 53.7%
- Uttar Dinajpur district
- 49.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,137
+196 vs mandal average
- Kumarol
- 1,137
- Raiganj mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kumarol
- 4.8
- Raiganj mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kumarol at a glance
Kumarol is a village of 874 people in 181 households (Census 2011) in Raiganj block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, the 160th-largest of 222 villages in Raiganj block. Literacy is 51%, 3 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,137 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Uttar Dinajpur district centre, 1 km from Sangram, the nearest town, 1 km from Jhitkia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 733134, served by Raiganj post office; the LGD village code is 309655. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sudha Nursing Home, 6 km away. The sarpanch is ANESUL ALI, and the village votes in Itahar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mosaraf Hussen. The population is estimated at 978 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kumarol
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 86.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 28.07
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Kumarol
- LGD code
- 309655
- Pincode
- 733134
- Post office
- Raiganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 874
- Population (projected 2026)
- 978
- Households
- 181
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1137
- Literacy rate
- 50.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.61379°N, 88.06789°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balurghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Itahar
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Majumdar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mosaraf Hussen
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANESUL ALI
- Block / Mandal
- Raiganj
Getting there
How to reach Kumarol
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata339 kmcapital
- Delhi1125 km
- Hyderabad1348 km
- Chennai1615 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJhitkia1 km
- Bus stopRupahar Bus Stand8 km
- Hospital / PHCSudha Nursing Home6 km
- ATM / banksbi7 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump26 km
- CollegeTarangapur Teachers Training College(D.EL.ED)24 km
- Police stationPolice station51 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, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)