Alipurduar Railway Junction

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Alipurduar Junction Railway Station
Census Town
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Alipurduar Junction Railway Station
Location in West Bengal, India
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Alipurduar Junction Railway Station
Alipurduar Junction Railway Station (India)
Coordinates: 26°31′31″N89°32′37″E / 26.525342°N 89.543589°E / 26.525342; 89.543589
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
District Alipurduar
Area
  Total7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total10,733
  Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration WB
Lok Sabha constituency Alipurduars (ST)
Vidhan Sabha constituency Alipurduars
Website www.alipurduar.org

Alipurduar Junction is a census town in the Alipurduar I CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Geography

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Dheklapara TG
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Bandapani TG
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Jaldhaka River
Torsha River
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Forest
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Jaldapara
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Park
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Aryaman TE
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Sonapur
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Totopara
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Pachkalguri
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Birpara TG
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Alipurduar
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Birpara
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Sisha Jumrha
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Paschim Jitpur
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Parangarpar
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Madarihat
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Jateswar
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Jagijhora Barabak
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Falakata
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Chechakhata
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Places and tea estates in the western portion of Alipurdar subdivision (including Madarihat-Birpara, Falakata and Alipuduar I CD blocks) in Alipurduar district
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate
Abbreviations used in names – TG for Tea Garden (town/village), TE for Tea Estate
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Alipuduar Railway Junction is located at 26°31′31″N89°32′37″E / 26.525342°N 89.543589°E / 26.525342; 89.543589 .

Area overview

Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the Dooars in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the Himalayas in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the urban areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns; 20.62% of the population lives in rural areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district. [1] [2] [3]

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, Alipurduar Railway Junction had a total population of 10,733 of which 5,370 (50%) were males and 5,363 (50%) were females. There were 902 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Alipurduar Railway Junction was 8,755 (89.06% of the population over 6 years). [4]

As of 2001 India census, [5] Alipurduar Jnc. had a population of 15,895. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Alipurduar Rly.Jnc. has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar Railway Junction covered an area of 7.2 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 18 km roads, with both closed and open drains, the protected water supply involved service reservoir, tank, pond, lake, tubewell, borewell. It had 2,000 domestic electric connections, 500 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 22 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Alipurduar 2.5 km away. It had 1 special school for the disabled. Among the social, recreational, cultural facilities it had 2 stadiums, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library, 1 reading room. It has the branch office of 1 nationalised bank. [6]

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Dheklapara Tea Garden is a village in the Madarihat Birpara CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Bandapani Tea Garden is a village and a gram panchayat in the Madarihat Birpara CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India.

References

  1. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, page 13 Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  4. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  6. "District Census Handbook Jalpaiguri, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 451-453: Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 454-455: Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 456-457: Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 458-459: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 460—463: Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 464: Statement VI:Industry and Banking. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 26 June 2020.