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Ghola Noapara

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Settlement type Census Town
Country India
State
District
Subdivision

Ghola Noapara is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

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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 towns. 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.[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

Ghola Noapara is located at Template:Coord

Usthi, Ghola Noapara, Barijpur and Uttar Kusum form a cluster of census towns in the Magrahat I CD block. Uttar Bishnupur, Kalikapota and Bamna are a little away from this cluster. This is as per the map of the Magrahat I CD block on page 445 in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Ghola Noapara had a total population of 6,210 of which 3,252 (52%) were males and 2,958 (48%) were females. There were 1,062 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Ghola Noapara was 3,839 (74.57% of the population over 6 years).[5]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Ghola Noapara covered an area of 0.9306 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 435 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 veterinary hospital, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home and 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Uttar Kusum 2 km away.[6]

Transport

Ghola Noapara is on the Usthi-Magrahat Road.[7]

Education

Ghola Noapara Girls High Madrasa is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1969. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[8]

Healthcare

Baneswarpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Baneswarpur is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat I CD block.[9]

References

  1. District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas. Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. 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 18 November 2019.
  5. CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  6. District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  7. Google maps
  8. Ghola Noapara Girls High Madrasa. ICBSE. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  9. Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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