Kakdwip | |
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Subdivision | |
Coordinates: 21°52′45″N88°11′29″E / 21.8791446°N 88.1912992°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Division | Presidency |
District | South 24 Parganas |
Headquarters | Kakdwip |
Area | |
• Total | 1,389.95 km2 (536.66 sq mi) |
Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,008,653 |
• Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali [1] [2] |
• Additional official | English [1] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 743347 |
Telephone code | +91 3210 |
Vehicle registration | WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99 |
Lok Sabha constituencies | Mathurapur (SC) |
Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Patharpratima, Kakdwip, Sagar |
Website | www |
Kakdwip 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) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
12.36% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Kakdwip subdivision.
Kakdwip subdivision has 8 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 217 mouzas and 202 inhabited villages. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Police stations in Kakdwip 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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Kakdwip | 91 | - | - | Kakdwip, Namkhana |
Harwood Point Coastal* | 169 | - | - | Kakdwip |
Namkhana | 95.26 | - | - | Namkhana |
Fraserganj Coastal | 34.07 | - | - | Namkhana |
Sagar | 225.3 | - | - | Sagar |
Gangasagar Coastal | 77.72 | - | - | Sagar |
Patharpratima | 293.96 | - | - | Patharpratima |
Gobardhanpur Coastal | 207 | - | - | Patharpratima |
Note:Certain portions of Kakdwip subdivision are within the jurisdiction of Dholahat PS in Diamond Harbour subdivision
.*Newly added
Community development blocks in Kakdwip subdivision are: [3] [8] [9]
CD Block | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy Rate % | Census Towns |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kakdwip | Ganespur | 252.74 | 281,963 | 22.95 | 0.80 | 82.37 | 17.09 | 77.93 | - |
Namkhana | Namkhana | 370.61 | 182,830 | 25.85 | 0.41 | 85.97 | 13.88 | 85.72 | - |
Sagar | Rudranagar | 282.11 | 212,037 | 26.53 | 0.40 | 87.88 | 11.73 | 84.21 | - |
Patharpratima | Ramganga | 241.9 | 331,823 | 22.95 | 0.80 | 88.91 | 10.72 | 82.11 | - |
The subdivision contains 42 gram panchayats under 4 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 (data in numbers) 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 Kakdwip 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. [18]
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 Kakdwip subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) [19]
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [20]
Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [21]
Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds) [22]
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, the areas under the Patharpratima CD Block forms the Patharpratima (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . The Kakdwip CD Block, along with two gram panchayats under the Namkhana CD Block: Budhakhali and Narayanpur, will form the Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . The other five gram panchayats under the Namkhana CD Block along with the areas covered by the Sagar CD Block will form the Sagar (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency) . All the three legislative assembly constituencies will be legislative assembly segments of the Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) , which will be reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. [23]
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.
Alipore Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Baruipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Diamond Harbour subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Canning subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Namkhana is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal state of India.
Patharpratima is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Kakdwip is a town of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. It is the headquarters of the Kakdwip subdivision.
Kakdwip is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Sagar is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Gangasagar is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Sagar police station in the Sagar CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Namkhana is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the Namkhana CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Narayanpur is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the Namkhana CD block in the Kakdwip 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.
Rudranagar is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Sagar police station in the Sagar CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Harinbari is a village within the jurisdiction of the Sagar police station in the Sagar CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Fraserganj is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the Namkhana CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Patharpratima is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Patharpratima police station in the Patharpratima CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Gobardhanpur is a village within the jurisdiction of the Patharpratima police station in the Patharpratima CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ramganga is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Patharpratima police station in the Patharpratima CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.