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Chanddandaha is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the Bishnupur II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area overview
The Alipore Sadar subdivision is a most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 15 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.[1][2][3]
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
Chanddandaha is located at Template:Coord. It has an average elevation of Template:Convert.
Nadabhanga, Kanganbaria, Bora Gagangohalia, Barkalikapur, Chanddandaha and Patharberia (a little away) form a cluster of census towns, as per the map of the Bishnupur II CD block on page 233 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.[4]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Chanddandaha had a total population of 5,656, of which 2,896 (51%) were males and 2,760 (49%) were females. There were 523 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Chanddandaha was 4,283 (83.44% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Chanddandaha covered an area of 2.3108 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 15.5 km roads. It had 900 domestic electric connections and 25 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, 3 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools. Three commodities it produced were brush, muri (puffed rice) and jewellery box. It had offices of 1 nationalised bank and 1 non-agricultural credit society.[6]
Transport
A short stretch of local roads link Chanddandaha to the National Highway 12.[7]
Education
Vidyanagar Multipurpose School is a coeducational institution affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.[8]
Vidyanagar Girls School is girls only institution affiliated with the West Board of Secondary Education.[9]
Vidyanagar College was established at Vidyanagar in 1963.[10]
Healthcare
Amtala Rural Hospital, with 50 beds, at Amtala, is the major government medical facility in the Bishnupur II CD block.[11]
References
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ↑ Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ↑ District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas. Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ↑ District Census Handbook South Twentyfour Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ↑ District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ↑ Google maps
- ↑ Vidyanagar Multipurpose School. Schoolspedia. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ Vidyanagar Balika Vidyalaya. Schoolspedia. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ Vidyanagar College. College Search. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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