Diamond Harbour | |
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Coordinates: 22°11′28″N88°11′26″E / 22.1910091°N 88.1904741°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Division | Presidency |
District | South 24 Parganas |
Headquarters | Diamond Harbour |
Government | |
• CD Blocks | Falta, Magrahat I, Magrahat II, Diamond Harbour I, Diamond Harbour II, Mandirbazar, Mathurapur I, Mathurapur II, Kulpi |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Jaynagar (SC), Mathurapur (SC), Diamond Harbour |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Kulpi, Raidighi, Mandirbazar (SC), Magrahat Purba (SC), Magrahat Paschim, Diamond Harbour, Falta |
Area | |
• Total | 1,259.68 km2 (486.37 sq mi) |
Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,125,758 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali [1] [2] |
• Additional official | English [1] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Telephone code | +91 3174 |
Vehicle registration | WB-97, WB-98 |
Website | www |
Diamond Harbour subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions: [3]
Subdivision | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | Urban Population % (2011) | Rural Population % (2011) |
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Alipore Sadar | Alipore | 427.43 | 1,490,342 | 59.85 | 40.15 |
Baruipur | Baruipur | 1,355.44 | 2,396,643 | 31.05 | 68.95 |
Canning | Canning | 1,103.73 | 1,140,562 | 12.37 | 87.63 |
Diamond Harbour | Diamond Harbour | 1,264.68 | 2,125,758 | 14.61 | 85.39 |
Kakdwip | Kakdwip | 1,389.93 | 1,008,653 | 0 | 100 |
South 24 Parganas | Alipore | 9,960,00 | 8,161,961 | 25.58 | 74.42 |
26.04% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Diamond Harbourr subdivision.
Diamond Harbour subdivision has 11 police stations, 9 community development blocks, 9 panchayat samitis, 99 gram panchayats, 890 mouzas, 839 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 35 census towns. The municipality is at Diamond Harbour. The census towns are: Ajodhyanagar, Sirakol, Uttar Bishnupur, Ghola Noapara, Usthi, Barijpur, Uttar Kusum, Kalikapota, Bamna, Dhamua, Shyampur, Nainan, Uttar Kalas, Dihi Kalas, Swangrampur, Bilandapur, Magrahat, Chandpur (M), Bangsidharpur (M), Purba Bishnupur, Berandari Bagaria, Dhola, Hasimnagar, Baneshwarpur, Chandpala Anantapathpur, Fatepur, Masat, Sangrampur, Mohanpur, Durganagar, Patdaha, Krishna Chandrapur, Mathurapur, Purba Ranaghat, Lalpur, [3] [4] [5] [6]
Police stations in Diamond Harbour subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: [3] [7]
Police station | Area covered (km2) | Border (km) | Municipal town/ city | CD Block |
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Usthi | n/a | - | - | Magrahat I |
Magrahat | 135.184 | - | - | Magrahat II |
Mandirbazar | 128.07 | - | - | Mandirbazar |
Kulpi | 166,63 | - | - | Kulpi |
Dholahat | 312.67 | - | - | Kulpi, Mathurapur I, Kakdwip, Patharpratima |
Falta | 135.58 | - | - | Falta |
Diamond Harbour | n/a | - | Diamond Harbour | Diamond Harbour I, Diamond Harbour II |
Diamond Harbour Women | n/a | - | Diamond Harbour | Diamond Harbour I |
Ramnagar | n/a | - | - | Diamond Harbour II |
Parulia Coastal | n/a | - | - | Diamond Harbour I, Diamond Harbour II |
Mathurapur | 115 | - | - | Mathurapur I |
Raidighi | 230.5 | - | - | Mathurapur II |
Community development blocks in Diamond Harbour subdivision are: [3] [8] [9]
CD Block | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy Rate % | Census Towns |
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Magrahat I | Usthi | 119.04 | 269,494 | 20.48 | 0.08 | 40.44 | 57.78 | 77.41 | 9 |
Magrahat II | Magrahat | 136.93 | 304,744 | 34.61 | 0.05 | 48.60 | 50.01 | 77.41 | 8 |
Mandirbazar | Mandirbazar | 118.07 | 214,040 | 42.49 | 0.01 | 62.03 | 37.65 | 75.89 | 3 |
Kulpi | Kulpi | 210.83 | 283,197 | 29.67 | 0.11 | 58.87 | 40.60 | 75.49 | 2 |
Falta | Harindanga | 130.68 | 249,561 | 24.15 | 0.03 | 64.86 | 35.00 | 77.17 | 4 |
Diamond Harbour I | Diamond Harbour | 68.43 | 135,160 | 18.63 | 0.01 | 47.72 | 52.16 | 75.72 | 4 |
Diamond Harbour II | Sarisha | 95.59 | 190,801 | 26.55 | 0.04 | 59.77 | 39.68 | 76.91 | 1 |
Mathurapur I | Mathurapur | 147.3 | 169,263 | 35.18 | 0.25 | 59.44 | 40.41 | 73.93 | 4 |
Mathurapur II | Baribhanga Abad | 227.45 | 280,839 | 28.23 | 2.10 | 82.08 | 15.37 | 77.77 | - |
The subdivision contains 99 gram panchayats under 9 community development blocks: [10] [11]
South 24 Parganas district had a literacy rate of 77.51% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Alipore Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 81.14%, Baruipur subdivision 77.45%, Canning subdivision 70.98%, Diamond Harbour subdivision 76.26% and Kakdwip subdivision 82.04% [12]
Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in South 24 Parganas district, with data for the year 2013-14: [12]
Subdivision | Primary School | Middle School | High School | Higher Secondary School | General College, Univ | Technical / Professional Instt | Non-formal Education | |||||||
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Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | |
Alipore Sadar | 531 | 53,719 | 34 | 4,455 | 50 | 16,471 | 91 | 66,813 | 5 | 8,122 | 6 | 3,094 | 1,379 | 53,429 |
Baruipur | 883 | 132,649 | 65 | 8,954 | 50 | 26,443 | 128 | 129,195 | 8 | 27,657 | 7 | 6,735 | 3,116 | 138,507 |
Canning | 532 | 81,697 | 59 | 9,181 | 29 | 10,515 | 55 | 57,921 | 4 | 5,490 | 1 | n/a | 2,105 | 96,622 |
Diamond Harbour | 1,212 | 116,407 | 61 | 6,680 | 98 | 38,470 | 145 | 113,147 | 7 | 20,061 | 5 | 1,774 | 3,140 | 137,378 |
Kakdwip | 598 | 53,058 | 45 | 5,654 | 48 | 20,383 | 82 | 56,192 | 3 | 5,420 | 1 | 100 | 1,844 | 78,897 |
South 24 Parganas district* | 3,756 | 437,530 | 264 | 34,924 | 275 | 118,282 | 501 | 423,268 | 27 | 66,750 | 20 | 11,703 | 11,584 | 504,833 |
.* Does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation
The following institutions are located in Diamond Harbour subdivision:
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in South 24 Parganas district. [25]
Subdivision | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Other State Govt Deptts | Local bodies | Central Govt Deptts / PSUs | NGO / Private Nursing Homes | Total | Total Number of Beds | Total Number of Doctors | Indoor Patients | Outdoor Patients | |||
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Hospitals | Rural Hospitals | Block Primary Health Centres | Primary Health Centres | ||||||||||
Alipore Sadar | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | 48 | 65 | 1,159 | 199 | 33,498 | 633,233 |
Baruipur | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | - | 2 | - | 66 | 94 | 1,045 | 201 | 48,114 | 1,266,244 |
Canning | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 15 | 26 | 351 | 49 | 22,467 | 666,377 |
Diamond Harbour | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | - | - | - | 68 | 95 | 1077 | 169 | 65,051 | 1,325,535 |
Kakdwip | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | 20 | 36 | 458 | 73 | 28,707 | 405,501 |
South 24 Parganas district | 4 | 21 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 5 | - | 217 | 316 | 4,090 | 691 | 197,837 | 4,397,890 |
Note: The district data does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The number of doctors exclude private bodies.
Medical facilities in Diamond Harbour subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) [26]
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [27]
Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [28]
Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds) [29]
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, the areas under the Kulpi CD Block will form the Kulpi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . The Mathurapur II CD Block and six gram panchayats under the Mathurapur I CD Block: Abad Bhagawanpur, Debipur, Krishna Chandrapur, Lalpur, Shankarpur and Nalua, will together form the Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . The other four gram panchayats under the Mathurapur I CD Block and the areas under the Mandirbazar CD Block will together form the Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . The areas under the Magrahat II CD Block will form the Magrahat Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . The Magrahat Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) will be formed by the areas covered by the Magrahat I CD Block and the Netra gram panchayat under the Diamond Harbour I CD Block. The other seven gram panchayats under the Diamond Harbour I CD Block, the Diamond Harbour Municipality and six gram panchayats under the Diamond Harbour II CD Block: Khordo, Patra, Mathur, Sarisha, Kamarpol and Nurpur, will together form the Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . The other two gram panchayats under the Diamond Harbour II CD Block: Bhadura Haridas and Kalatalahat, and the Falta CD Block will define the extent of the Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . The legislative assembly constituencies of Mandirbazar and Magrahat Purba will be reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. Magrahat Purba legislative assembly constituency will be a legislative assembly segment of the Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) , which will be reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. The legislative assembly constituencies of Kulpi, Raidighi, Mandirbazar and Magrahat Paschim will be legislative assembly segments of the Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) , which will be reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. Diamond Harbour and Falta legislative assembly constituencies will legislative assembly segments of the Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency) . [30]
South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side of the district there is the urban fringe of Kolkata, and on the other the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans.
Kakdwip subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Raydighi Abad is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Raydighi police station in the Mathurapur II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Sarisha is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Diamond Harbour police station in the Diamond Harbour II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Usthi is a census town and a gram panchayat 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.
Parulia is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Diamond Harbour police station in the Diamond Harbour I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Dhola is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Kulpi police station in the Kulpi CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Mandirbazar is a village within the jurisdiction of the Mandirbazar police station in the Mandirbazar CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Baribhanga Abad is a village within the jurisdiction of the Raidighi police station in the Mathurapur II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Sirakol is a census town and a gram panchayat 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.
Ajodhyanagar 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.
Uttar Kusum is a census town and a gram panchayat 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.
Kalikapota is a census town and a gram panchayat 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.
Nainan is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Dihi Kalas is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Baneswarpur is a village 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.
Chandpur is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Mandirbazar police station in the Mandirbazar CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Purba Ranaghat is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Mathurapur police station in the Mathurapur I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Lalpur is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Mathurapur police station in the Mathurapur I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Krishnapur is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Mandirbazar police station in the Mandirbazar CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.