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Habra is a city and a municipality in Barasat sadar subdivision[1] of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Habra is located at Template:Coord.[2] It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42.6509 feet).
Area overview
The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower Ganges Delta.[3] The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.[4] 54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas.[5]
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.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Habra had a total population of 147,221, of which 74,592 (51%) were males and 72,629 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 11,696. The total number of literate persons in Habra was 121,952 (89.98% of the population over 6 years).[6]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Habra Urban Agglomeration had a total population of 304,584, of which 154,863 (51%) were males and 149,723 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 23,023. The total number of literate persons in Habra UA was 256,313 (91.03% of the population over 6 years).[7] The constituents of Habra Urban Agglomeration were Habra (M), Ashoknagar Kalyangarh (M), Bara Bamonia (CT), Guma (CT), Anarbaria (CT) and Khorddabamonia (CT).[8]
As of 2001 India census,[9] Habra had a population of 127,695. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Habra has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 74%. In Habra, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Administration
Police station
Habra police station is one of the most important police stations in Nototal have 24 wards. aipality, Gobardanga municipality and Habra I CD Block.[10]
Others
Habra I (community development block) is headquartered at Prafulla Nagar, Habra. Habra Telephone Exchange is also headquartered at Habra. Habra is one of the 100 selected cities in India which will be developed as a smart city within 2022 though this has been in question recently when Govt of India published an updated list and Habra did not appear in that apparently.[11]
Transport
Railway System
Education
- Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (Banipur)[12]
- St. Stephen's School
- Stratford Day School
- Sree Chaitanya College
- Sree Chaitanya Mahavidyalaya
- Banipur Mahilaa Mahavidyalaya
- Techno India College, Banipur
See also
- Habra I CD Block
- Habra II CD Block
- Map of Habra I CD Block on Page 289 of District Census Handbook. It also shows the location of Habra.[13]
- Bongaon
- Barasat
- Barrackpore
- Basirhat
References
- ↑ District-wise list of statutory towns Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Habra
- ↑ District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ Bengal District Gazetteers: 24 Parganas{{#if:LSS O’Malley|, LSS O’Malley}. Concept Publishing Company(2009). ISBN 9788172681937
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ↑ Urban Agglomeration/ Cities having population above 1 lakh. Government of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ Constituents of Urban Agglomeration having population of 1 lakh and bove. Government of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ↑ North 24 Parganas Dist. Police. District Police. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ Reference
- ↑ Index. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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