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Amlajora is a census town in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
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Arra, Bamunara, Gopalpur and Amlajora form a cluster of census towns in the western portion of Kanksa CD block and adjacent to Durgapur Municipal Corporation area.[1]
Urbanisation
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The sole municipal corporation in the Durgapur subdivision is located at Durgapur and the subdivision has 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[2]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Amlajora had a total population of 5,856 of which 2,935 (50%) were males and 2,921 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 660. The total number of literate persons in Amlajora was 3,625 (69.77% of the population over 6 years).[3]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Amlajora covered an area of 7.3168 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 59 km roads, the protected water-supply involved hand pump. It had 548 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home, 16 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 6 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. Among the social, recreational, culturual facilities it had 1 public library. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks.[4]
Education
Amlajorah High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1947. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 18 computers and a library with 518 books.[5]
Healthcare
Panagarh Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Panagarh, is the major government medical facility in the Kanksa CD block.[6]
References
- ↑ District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
- ↑ 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
- ↑ District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal.
- ↑ Amlajorah High School. Schools.org.in.
- ↑ Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal.