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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dhamua
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| settlement_type = Census Town
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| coordinates = {{coord|22.2875|N|88.3962|E|display=inline,title}}
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| 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 = [[Magrahat II]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 4.53
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| elevation_m = 8
| population_total = 10055
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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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 = 743610
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91 3174
| 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 = [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar (SC)]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Magrahat Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Magrahat Purba (SC)]]
| website = {{URL|www.s24pgs.gov.in}}
| footnotes =
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'''Dhamua''' is a [[census town]] and a [[gram panchayat]] within the jurisdiction of the [[Magrahat]] police station in the [[Magrahat II]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in the [[Diamond Harbour subdivision]] of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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===Area overview===
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 [[census town]]s. The entire district is situated in the [[Ganges Delta]] and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an Open Street Map, while we are using coordinates as in Google maps.<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 }}</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===
Dhamua is located at {{coord|22.2875|N|88.3962|E|display=inline}}

[[Uttar Kalas]], [[Dihi Kalas]], [[Swangrampur]] and after a small gap [[Magrahat]] and [[Bilandapur]] form a cluster of census towns in the south-east corner of the Magrahat II CD block, as per the map of the Magrahat II CD block in the ''District Census Handbook'' for the South 24 Parganas. Dhamua, [[Shyampur, Magrahat|Shyampur]] and [[Nainan]] form another cluster of census towns closeby in the Magrahat II CD block.<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 419 - Map of Magrahat II CD block | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 19 November 2019}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Dhamua had a total population of 10,055 of which 5,166 (51%) were males and 4,889 (49%) were females. There were 1,110 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Dhamua was 6,988 (78.12% 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 = 16 November 2019}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Dhamua covered an area of 4.5279 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 21 km roads, the protected water supply involved overhead tank. It had 1,623 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 2 maternity and child welfare centres. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Moukhali 1 km away, the nearest general degree college at [[Baruipur]] 16 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 public library, 1 reading room. Three important commodities it produced were: silver ornaments, [[zari]] saris and surgical instruments. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank and 1 private commercial bank.<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 = 19 November 2018}}</ref>

==Transport==
Sasanka Sekhar Manna Road links Dhamua to the [[State Highway 1 (West Bengal)|State Highway 1]]. The Sirakol-Sherpur Road and Sherpur Dhamua Road links it to the [[National Highway 12 (India)|National Highway 12]]. The Dhamua-Magrahat Road links it to [[Magrahat]].<ref>Google maps</ref>

[[Dhamua railway station]] is on the [[Sealdah South lines|Sealdah–Diamond Harbour line]] of the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/sealdah-diamond-harbour-local-34814/17067/325/8018#st | title = 34814 Sealdah-Diamond Harbour Local | work = Time Table | publisher = India Rail Info | access-date = 17 November 2019}}</ref>

===Commuters===
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005-06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328319153 | title = Commuting and Metropolitan Development of Kolkata |first= Bhaswati|last= Mondal| access-date = 27 December 2019}}</ref>

==Education==
Alida Bagnar High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational school established in 1950. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.icbse.com/schools/alida-bagnar-high-pvn9k8| title = Alida Bagnar High School | publisher = ICBSE | access-date = 26 November 2019}}</ref>

Dhamua Balika Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium girls only school established in 1964. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://directory.edugorilla.com/school/dhamua-balika-vidyalaya-magrahat-2-south-24-parganas-fee-structure-syllabus-address-admission-form-contact-number/ | title = Dhamua Balika Vidyalaya | publisher = EduGorilla | access-date = 26 November 2019}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Magrahat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at [[Magrahat]], is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat II CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/Hospitals.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics - Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 26 November 2019 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{South 24 Parganas}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district]]

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