Bankura
Bankura is a town in West Bengal state of India and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also one of the districts of West Bengal.
As on December 2024, the current population of Bankura is 1.5 lakhs out of which 76.5 thousands are males and rest 74 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 967 females per 1000 males. There are around 12.1 thousands teenagers in Bankura. It has literacy rate of 79% which means around 1.18 lakhs persons can read and write. Total 33.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.2 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 32.6 thousands households in Bankura, which means every family has 5 members on average. The town has working population of 54.2 thousands.
Schools
Bankura has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Punisole Board High School
- Vivekananda Siksha Niketan High School
- Kamalpur Netaji High School
- Balsi High School
- Bogdahara Siddikiya High School
Hospitals
Bankura has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
- Khatra Block Primary Health Center
- Tungcharra Sub-Center
- Supur Sub-Center
- Dalangora Sub-Center
- Gopinathpur Sub-Center
Banks
Bankura has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of Baroda Bankura BR., West Bengal
- Bank of Baroda Borjora
- Bank of Baroda Bankura
- Bank of Baroda Shashpur
- Bandhan Bank Ganti
Bankura District
Bankura is one of the 23 districts of West Bengal, spread in an area of 6882 square kilometers. It is divided into 22 Subdivisions and 22 blocks. As on 31st December 2024, the current population of Bankura district is 39.39 lakhs, which includes urban population of 3.28 lakhs and rural population of 36.1 lakhs. The sex ratio of district is 957 females per 1000 males. There are 8.4 lakhs houses in the district which means every household has around 5 members. There are around 4.19 lakhs teenagers in district. It has literacy rate of 62% which means around 24.45 lakhs persons can read and write. The district has working population of 16.06 lakhs. Total 12.86 lakhs people belonging to scheduled caste and 4.04 lakhs scheduled tribe people live in the district.
Subdivisions in Bankura district
Bankura district has total 22 Subdivision.
- Saltora
- Mejhia
- Gangajalghati
- Chhatna
- Indpur
- Bankura - I
- Bankura - II
- Barjora
- Sonamukhi
- Patrasayer
- Indus
- Kotulpur
- Jaypur
- Vishnupur
- Onda
- Taldangra
- Simlapal
- Khatra
- Hirbandh
- Ranibundh
- Raipur
- Sarenga
Blocks in Bankura district
Bankura district has total 22 blocks.
- Bankura-I
- Bankura-II
- Barjora
- Chhatna
- Gangajal Ghati
- Hirbandh
- Indpur
- Indus
- Jaypur
- Khatra-I
- Kotulpur
- Mejhia
- Onda
- Patrasayer
- Raipur-I
- Ranibundh
- Saltora
- Sarenga
- Simlapal
- Sonamukhi
- Taldangra
- Vishnupur
Bankura Zilla Panchayat
Shri Mrityunjoy Murmu is the President (Adhyaksha) of Zilla Panchayat Bankura, who can be contacted at email address sabhadhipati.bnk@gmail.com and mobile number 96357xxx07. The office landline number is 03242-25**70. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Shri Partha De, who can be reached at email address secretaryzp07@gmail.com and mobile number 94759xxx23. The office address is Office OF The Bankura Zilla Parishad, PO + PS - Bankura, Pincode - 722101. You can reach there by taking a bus till Tambuli Bandh bus stop which is less than a km away. The office has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.There are twenty computers, four laptops, twenty printers and ten scanners available for various works.Bankura Zilla Panchayat consists of total 22 Panchayat Samiti.