Amlajora

Amlajora
Census Town
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Coordinates: 23°27′58″N87°23′01″E / 23.466199°N 87.383495°E / 23.466199; 87.383495 Coordinates: 23°27′58″N87°23′01″E / 23.466199°N 87.383495°E / 23.466199; 87.383495
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Area
• Total	7.3168 km2 (2.8250 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,856
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713212
Telephone code	0341
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman-Durgapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Durgapur Purba
Website	paschimbardhaman.co.in

Amlajora is a census town in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

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Cities and towns in the southern and eastern portions of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural centre, A: airport, B: barrage, H: historical site
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Amlajora is located at 23°27′58″N87°23′01″E / 23.466199°N 87.383495°E / 23.466199; 87.383495 .

Arra, Bamunara, Gopalpur and Amlajora form a cluster of census towns in the western portion of Kanksa CD block and adjacent to Durgapur Municipal Corporation area. ^[1]

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The sole municipal corporation in the Durgapur subdivision is located at Durgapur and the subdivision has 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map). ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Amlajora had a total population of 5,856 of which 2,935 (50%) were males and 2,921 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 660. The total number of literate persons in Amlajora was 3,625 (69.77% of the population over 6 years). ^[3]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Amlajora covered an area of 7.3168 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 59 km roads, the protected water-supply involved hand pump. It had 548 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had one dispensary/ health centre, one maternity and child welfare centre, one charitable hospital/ nursing home, and 16 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were six primary schools, one middle school, one secondary school, one senior secondary school. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had one public library. It had the branch offices of two nationalised banks. ^[4]

Education

Amlajorah High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1947. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 18 computers and a library with 518 books. ^[5]

Healthcare

Panagarh Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Panagarh, is the major government medical facility in the Kanksa CD block. ^[6]

References

1. "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Map of Kanksa CD Block, page 281. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
3. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
4. "District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 1179-1210; Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 1179; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 1188; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 1191; Statement IV: Medical Facilities, Page 1196; Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 1200; Statement VI:Industry and Banking, Page 1209. Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
5. "Amlajorah High School". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
6. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 12 May 2020.