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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chak Baria
| native_name =
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| other_name =
| settlement_type = Census Town
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| imagesize = 300px
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
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| coordinates = {{coord|22.4231|N|88.5054|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..West Bengal Flag(INDIA).png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| subdivision_type3 = CD block
| subdivision_name3 = [[Sonarpur (community development block)|Sonarpur]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 1.57
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| elevation_m = 9
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_total = 4914
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=5 July 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = [[English language|English]]<ref name="wblangoff"/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 743330
| area_code = +91 33
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-19 to [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-22, [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-95 to [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-99
| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Sonarpur Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonarpur Dakshin]]
| website = {{URL|www.s24pgs.gov.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Chak Baria''' is a [[census town]] within the jurisdiction of the [[Sonarpur]] police station in the [[Sonarpur (community development block)|Sonarpur]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in the [[Baruipur subdivision]] of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
| width=350| height=250| zoom=10
| coord={{coord|22|29|0|N|88|31|0|E}}| float=left|caption='''Cities and towns in the northern part of Baruipur subdivision (including Sonarpur, Bhangar I & II CD blocks) in South 24 Parganas district''' M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
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|mark-coord2={{coord|22|25|10|N|88|21|25|E}} | label-pos2=left|label2=Danga | numbered2=CT| mark-title2= [[Danga, Sonarpur]] (CT)
|mark-coord3={{coord|22|26|0|N|88|22|25|E}} | label-pos3=right|label3=Ramchandrapur | numbered3=CT| mark-title3= [[Ramchandrapur, Sonarpur]] (CT)
|mark-coord4={{coord|22|24|35|N|88|27|13|E}} | label-pos4=right|label4=Bidyadharpur | numbered4=CT| mark-title4= [[Bidyadharpur]] (CT)
|mark-coord5={{coord|22|25|20|N|88|30|30|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5=Kalikapur | numbered5=CT| mark-title5= [[Kalikapur, Sonarpur]] (CT)
|mark-coord6={{coord|22|26|15|N|88|31|10|E}} | label-pos6=right|label6=Chak Baria | numbered6=CT| mark-title6= Chak Baria (CT)|shape-color6=black| label-size6=13|label-color6=black 
|mark-coord7={{coord|22|23|45|N|88|29|30|E}} | label-pos7=left|label7=Sahebpur | numbered7=CT| mark-title7= [[Sahebpur]] (CT)
|mark-coord8={{coord|22|26|55|N|88|25|5|E}} | label-pos8=top|label8=Rajpur Sonarpur| numbered8=M| mark-title8= [[Rajpur Sonarpur]] (M) |shape-color8=#800000
|mark-coord9={{coord|22|26|50|N|88|23|48|E}} | label-pos9=left|label9= Narendrapur| numbered9=N| mark-title9= [[Narendrapur]] (N)|shape-color9=#C42222
|mark-coord10={{coord|22|24|25|N|88|26|5|E}} | label-pos10=left|label10= Subhashgram| numbered10=N| mark-title10= [[Subhashgram]] (N)|shape-color10=#C42222
|mark-coord11={{coord|22|30|40|N|88|35|38|E}} | label-pos11=left|label11=Maricha | numbered11=CT| mark-title11= [[Maricha, Bhangar]] (CT)
|mark-coord12={{coord|22|31|10|N|88|30|34|E}} | label-pos12=left|label12= Bhangar Raghunathpur | numbered12=CT| mark-title12= [[Bhangar Raghunathpur]] (CT)
|mark-coord13={{coord|22|30|25|N|88|37|0|E}} | label-pos13=right|label13= Gobindapur| numbered13=CT| mark-title13= [[Gobindapur, Bhangar]] (CT)
|mark-coord14={{coord|22|30|10|N|88|27|32|E}} | label-pos14=right|label14= Bantala| numbered14=R| mark-title14= [[Bantala]] (R)|shape-color14=#C42222
|mark-coord15={{coord|22|34|35|N|88|35|12|E}} | label-pos15=right|label15= Uttar Kasipur| numbered15=R| mark-title15= [[Uttar Kasipur]] (R)|shape-color15=#C42222
|mark-coord16={{coord|22|29|35|N|88|36|4|E}} | label-pos16=right|label16= Nalmuri| numbered16=R| mark-title16= [[Nalmuri]] (R)|shape-color16=#C42222
|mark-coord17={{coord|22|32|48|N|88|38|22|E}} | label-pos17=right|label17= Jirongachhi| numbered17=R| mark-title17= [[Jirongachhi]] (R)|shape-color17=#C42222
|mark-coord18={{coord|22|25|20|N|88|25|7|E}} | label-pos18=right|label18= Harinavi| numbered18=N| mark-title18= [[Harinavi]] (N)|shape-color18=#C42222}}

===Area overview===
Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 10 [[census town]]s. The entire district is situated in the [[Ganges Delta]] and the northern part of the subdivision is a flat plain bordering the metropolis of [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas |work = Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory |work= Page 13, Physiography| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas | work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 | publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 | access-date = 5 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

===Location===
Chak Baria is located at {{coord|22.4231|N|88.5054|E|format=dms}}. It has an average elevation of {{convert|9|m}}.

[[Kalikapur, Sonarpur|Kalikapur]], Chak Baria and [[Sahebpur]] form a cluster of census towns in the Sonarpur CD block, as per the map of Sonarpur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory |work= Page 257 - Map of Sonarpur CD block | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 8 November 2019}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Chak Baria had a total population of 4,914, of which 2,520 (51%) were males and 2,394 (49%) were females. There were 634 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Chak Baria was 3,440 (80.37% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 8 November 2019}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Chak Baria covered an area of 1.5729 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved borewell and service reservoir. It had 150 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 family welfare entre and 1 veterinary hospital 1 km away. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. It had the branch office of 1 non-agricultural credit society.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 999-1006 Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 1006-1010; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 1010-1015; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1015-1019; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1019-1027 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1027- 1029: Statement VI:Industry and Banking | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 9 November 2018}}</ref>

==Social scenario==
People living in this part of rural Bengal, particularly the Muslims and those belonging to the scheduled castes, are the most backward educationally, as well as in socio-economic terms.<ref name="education">{{cite web | url = http://www.sishubikashcollegeofeducation.org/about-us.php| title = Sisubikash College of Education | publisher = SCE | access-date = 1 January 2020}}</ref>

==Transport==
Sonarpur-Chak Baria Road links Chak Baria to the [[State Highway 1 (West Bengal)|State Highway 1]].<ref name="google">Google maps</ref>

[[Kalikapur railway station]] is located nearby.<ref name="google"/>

==Education==
Sishubikash College of Education, at Chakberia-Mokrampur More, is a minority institution conducted by the Society for Islamic Education. It offers a 2-years B Ed course.<ref name="education"/>

Sishubikash Academy is a private unaided Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1985. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. It has a library with 5,000 books and 20 computers.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.icbse.com/schools/sishu-bikash-academy-z5zvr4 | title = Sishu Bikash Academy | publisher = ICBSE | access-date = 5 January 2020}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Sonarpur Rural Hospital, with 25 beds, at [[Rajpur Sonarpur]], is the major government medical facility in the Sonarpur CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 7 January 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

{{South 24 Parganas}}
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]

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