Onda, Bankura

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Onda
Village
Onda Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Onda Onda (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°08′31.2″N87°12′07.2″E / 23.142000°N 87.202000°E / 23.142000; 87.202000 Coordinates: 23°08′31.2″N87°12′07.2″E / 23.142000°N 87.202000°E / 23.142000; 87.202000
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,933
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	722144 (Onda)
Telephone/STD code	03242
Lok Sabha constituency	Bishnupur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Onda
Website	bankura.gov.in

Onda is a village in Onda CD block in the Bankura Sadar subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Places in Bankura Sadar subdivision in Bankura district
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: hill centre, T: temple, B: barrage
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Onda is located at 23°08′31.2″N87°12′07.2″E / 23.142000°N 87.202000°E / 23.142000; 87.202000 .

Area overview

The map alongside shows the Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east. The western portions are characterised by undulating terrain with many hills and ridges. The area is having a gradual descent from the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The soil is laterite red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and sal wood. Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but the soil continues to be lateritic. There are coal mines in the northern part, along the Damodar River. ^[1] It is a predominantly rural area with 89% of the population living in rural areas and only 11% living in the urban areas. ^[2]

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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Onda had a total population of 5,933 of which 3,005 (51%) were males and 2,928 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 557. The total number of literates in Onda was 4,130 (76.82% of the population over 6 years). ^[3]

Civic administration

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Onda CD block are located at Onda. ^[4]

Police station

Onda police station has jurisdiction over Onda CD block. The area covered is 499.41 km² and the population covered was 220,572. ^{[5] [6]}

Transport

Ondagram railway station is on the Kharagpur-Bankura-Adra line of South Eastern Railway. ^[7]

National Highway 14, (old numbering NH 60), running from Morgram to Kharagpur, passes through Onda. ^[8]

Education

Onda High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1942. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 10 computers, a library with 1,536 books and a playground. ^[9] This is one of the fourteen schools in Bankura district in which the opening of an Olchiki medium section (for Santali language) from class V was sanctioned in 2012. ^[10]

Onda Girls High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1959. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. The school has 15 computers and a library with 1,000 books. ^[11]

Onda Thana Mahavidyalaya was established in 2007 at Murakata. Affiliated with the Bankura University, it offers honours courses in Bengali, Sanskrit, English and history, and a general course in arts. ^{[12] [13]}

Healthcare

Onda Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at PO Medinipurgram, is the major government medical facility in the Onda CD block. There are primary health centres at Ratanpur (with 10 beds), Nakaijuri (Ghorasol) (with 10 beds), Ramsagar (with 10 beds), Santore (Garh Kotalpur) (with 10 beds) and Nikunjapur (with 10 beds). ^{[14] [15]}

Onda superspecialty hospital was inaugurated in 2016. ^{[16] [17]}

References

1. "District Census Handbook Bankura" (PDF). pages 13-17. Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
2. "District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling". Table 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 23 April 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
4. "District Census Handbook: Bankura" (PDF). Map of Bankura with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
5. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
6. "Onda PS". Bankura District Police. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
7. "68089 Midnapore-Adra Memu". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
8. "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
9. "Onda HS". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
10. "Education of Bankura". District administration. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
11. "Onda Girls HS". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
12. "Onda Thana Mahavidyalaya". OTM. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
13. "Onda Thana Mahavidyalaya". College Admission. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
14. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
15. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
16. "Purulia, Bankura to get three super specialty Govt hospitals". Hindustan Times, 23 July 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
17. "WB CM Inaugurates Jangal Mahal Utsab". All India Trinamool Congress. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2020.