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Kalikapur Barasat

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Settlement type Census Town
Country India
State
District
Subdivision

Kalikapur Barasat is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Jaynagar police station in the Jaynagar I CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

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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 southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 20 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain. Archaeological excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago.[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

Kalikapur Barasat is located at Template:Coord. It has an average elevation of Template:Convert.

Raynagar, Kalikapur Barasat, Baharu, Uttarparanij, Alipur and Uttar Durgapur, all in the Jaynagar I CD block, are adjacent to Jaynagar Majilpur. Nimpith and Tulshighata, both in the Jaynagar II CD block, are very close to Jaynagar Majilpur. These nine locations (eight census towns and a municipal city) virtually form a cluster.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kalikapur Barasat had a total population of 6,104, of which 3,103 (51%) were males and 3,001 (49%) were females. There were 502 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kalikapur Barasat was 4,999 (89.24% of the population above 6 years).[5]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Kalikapur Barasat covered an area of 1.3994 km2. Among the physical aspects, there is a railway station at Dakshin Barasat 0.5 km away. Among the civic amenities, it had 5 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tank, pond, lake, hand pumps. It had 593 domestic electric connections, 18 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 family welfare centre in the town and a nursing home 0.5 km away. Among the educational facilities it had was 1 primary school, the nearest middle school, secondary school, senior secondary school at Barasat 0.5 km away. It had the branch of 1 nationalised bank.[6]

Transport

Kalikapur Barasat is on the State Highway 1.[7]

Dakshin Barasat railway station is located nearby.[7]

Healthcare

Padmerhat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Padmerhat, is the major government medical facility in the Jaynagar I CD block.[8]

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 30 November 2019.
  5. CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 21 October 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 28 November 2019.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Google maps
  8. Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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