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Karimpur is a census town, near the bank of river Jalangi, in Karimpur I CD block in the Tehatta subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]
Geography
Location
Karimpur is located at Template:Coord.[2] It has an average elevation of Template:Convert. It is Template:Cvt from Kolkata and is located at the bank of the River Jalangi.
Area overview
Nadia district is made up of mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as the Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature.[3] The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. The Jalangi River forms the district/subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary with Bangladesh.[4] The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural. 97.15% of the population lives in the rural areas and 2.85% lives in the urban 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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Karimpur had a total population of 9,661, of which 4,930 (51%) were males and 4,731 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 775. The total number of literate persons in Karimpur was 7,616 (85.71% of the population over 6 years).[6]
Civic administration
Police station
Karimpur police station has jurisdiction over a portion of Karimpur I CD block.[7][8] The total area covered by the police station is Template:Cvt and the population covered is 117,879 (2001 census). Template:Convert of the Bangladesh-India border is within the PS area.[9]
Education
Karimpur has three high schools: Karimpur Jagannath High School, Karimpur Girls High School and Jamsherpur B.N High School. One undergraduate college named Karimpur Pannadevi College is there.
Health
Karimpur has one rural hospital and many dispensaries. Some specialist doctors visit on a specific day each week in different clinics. The emergency health facilities are limited: the district hospital is about Template:Cvt away at the district headquarter, Krishnanagar.
Communication
The town is situated near the international border of India-Bangladesh (Template:Cvt from the town). West Bengal state highway 11 crosses through it. There is a bus route from Krishnanagar to Karimpur and another from Berhampore to Karimpur.
External links
References
- ↑ District Wise List of Statutory Towns. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Karimpur
- ↑ Gangopadhyay, Basudev, Paschimbanga Parichay, 2001, Template:In lang, p. 70, Sishu Sahitya Sansad
- ↑ District Census Handbook, Nadia, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 Nadia. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ↑ 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 Nadia. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ↑ Nadia District Police. West Bengal Police. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ Karimpur Police Station Details. Nadia Police. Retrieved 17 May 2017.