This paper ardently deals with the assessment of comparatively best water sources from hand pumps in 04 blocks of Bankura Districts in West Bengal. The water quality was tested according to the guidelines provided by APHA (1998). A total of 228 hand pumps drinking water out of selected 230 were analyzed for important physicochemical parameters to select suitable hand pumps for further use in a rural water supply scheme (Dual Use Solar Pump Pipe Water Supply) of PHED, Bankura. Different parameters like physical parameters i.e., pH, turbidity and total dissolved solids (TDS) and chemical parameters i.e., alkalinity, total hardness, iron and fluoride were analyzed for assessment of drinking water. Results showed that turbidity of 19.74%, total dissolved solids of 0.44%, total hardness of 4.39%, iron of 67.98% and fluoride of 0.88% selected hand pumps were not in the permissible ranges specified by the BIS standards of drinking water.