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Bhangar Raghunathpur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Bhangar police station in the Bhangar I CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
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 towns. 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.[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
Bhangar Raghunathpur is located at Template:Coord. It has an average elevation of Template:Convert.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bhangar Raghunathpur had a total population of 6,037, of which 3,025 (50%) were males and 3,012 (50%) were females. There 835 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons was 3,875 (74.49% of the population over 6 years).[4]
According to the 2001 Census of India, Bhangar Raghunathpur had a population of 5,009. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. It has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 65% and female literacy of 53%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.[5]
Civic administration
Police station
Bhangar police station covers an area of 121.87 sq km and has jurisdiction over the Bhangar I and Bhangar II CD blocks.[6][7]
CD block HQ
The headquarters of the Bhangar II CD block are located at Bhangar.[8]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bhangar Raghunathpur covered an area of 1.51 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank and service reservoir. It had 531 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, a hospital, a dispensary/ health centre, a family welfare centre, a maternity and child welfare centre and a maternity home were available 1.5 km away, a veterinary hospital was available 2 km away, 7 medicine shops were there in the town. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school and 1 general degree college. Among the commodities it produced were: grill, utensils, tobacco.[9]
Transport
Bhangar Raghunathpur is on the State Highway 3.[10]
Education
Bhangar Mahavidyalaya, established in 1997, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Arabic, education, history, philosophy, political science and geography, and general courses in arts, science and commerce.[11][12]
Healthcare
Nalmuri Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Nalmuri, is the major government medical facility in the Bhangar I CD block.[13]
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.
- ↑ CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ↑ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ↑ Sonarpur police station. West Bengal police. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 South 24 Parganas. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ↑ BDO Offices under South 24 Parganas District. West Bengal Public Library Network, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 18 October 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
- ↑ Bhangar Mahavidyalay. BM. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ↑ Bhangar Mahavidyalaya. College Duniya. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ↑ Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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