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Balarambati is a census town in Singur CD Block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Balarambati is located at Template:Coord.[1]
The area is composed of flat alluvial plains that form a part of the Gangetic Delta.[2]
Urbanisation
In Chandannagore subdivision 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7 census towns. The single municipal corporation is Chandernagore Municipal Corporation. The municipalities are Tarakeswar Municipality, Bhadreswar Municipality and Champdany Municipality.[3] Of the three CD Blocks in Chandannagore subdivision, Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural, Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and Singur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural.[4] The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Balarambati had a total population of 5,068 of which 2,558 (50%) were males and 2,510 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 454. The total number of literates in Balarambati was 4,122 (89.34% of the population over 6 years).[4]
Transport
Balarambati is on the State Highway 2 (also known as the Baidyabati-Tarakeswar Road).[5] Balarambati railway station on Howrah-Bardhaman chord serves the locality.
Education
Madhubati Surabala Vidyamandir is a co-educational high school in Balaramabati. It was established in 1947. It has arrangements for teaching from Class VI to X.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Hooghly. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ↑ District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ↑ Google maps
- ↑ Madhubati Surabala Vidyamandir. TargetStudy. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ Madhubati Surabala Vidyamandir. ICBSE. Retrieved 6 October 2018.