Barrackpore II

Barrackpore II
ব্যারাকপুর II সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Community development block
Barrackpore II

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 22°41′N 88°25′E / 22.69°N 88.42°E / 22.69; 88.42Coordinates: 22°41′N 88°25′E / 22.69°N 88.42°E / 22.69; 88.42
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Area
 • Total 30.22 km2 (11.67 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 217,171
 • Density 7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Literacy (2011)
 • Total literates 165,866 (84,53%)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 033
Vehicle registration WB-23, WB-24, WB-25, WB-26
Lok Sabha constituency Barrackpore
Vidhan Sabha constituency Noapara, Khardaha
Website north24parganas.nic.in

Barrackpore II (also spelled Barrackpur II) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Titagarh, Khardah and Ghola police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Karna Madhabpur. It is located 8 km from Barasat, the district headquarters.

Geography

Location

Muragachha, a census town in Barrackpore II block, is located at 22°41′N 88°25′E / 22.69°N 88.42°E / 22.69; 88.42.

Barrackpore II CD Block is bounded by Barrackpore I CD Block in the north, Amdanga and Barasat I CD Blocks in the east and Chinsurah-Mogra CD Block in Hooghly district, across the Hooghly River, in the west. The Barrackpore industrial belt with municipalities such as New Barrackpur, Panihati, Khardaha, Titagarh and Barrackpore is in the south and west.[1][2][3]

Area

Barrackpore II CD Block has an area of 30.22 km2.[4]

Physical features

North 24 Parganas district is part of the Gangetic delta, lying east of the Hooghly River. The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels. The rivers in the district were formerly distributaries of the Ganges but their mouths have long been filled up and blocked. The area is described as a sort of a drowned land broken by swamps. Land in the north-east of the district is higher than that of the rest of the district. The sturdy peasants raise crops of rice, jute and sugarcane from the alluvial soil. There are clumps of palm and fruit trees in which village homesteads nestle. Industrial activity is concentrated in the narrow strip of land along the Hooghly River. The south-eastern part of the district gradually merges into the Sunderbans.[5] Parts of the metropolitan city of Kolkata extend over southern part of the district.

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayats of Barrackpore II block/ panchayat samiti are:Bandipur, Bilkanda–II, Patulia, Bilkanda–I, Mohanpur and Sewli.[6]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Barrackpur II CD Block had a total population of 217,171, of which 51,874 were rural and 165,297 were urban. There were 111,282 (51%) males and 105,889 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 20,953. Scheduled Castes numbered 53,987 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 4,906.[7]

As per 2001 census, Barrackpore II block has a total population of 158,778 out of which 82,573 were males and 76,205 were females. Barrackpore II block registered a population growth of -25.44 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 22.40 per cent.[4] Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.[8]

Census towns and large villages

There are several census towns in Barrackpore II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Babanpur (P) (8,942), Jafarpur (19,062), Mohanpur (9,096), Teleni Para (17,781), Chak Kanthalia (11,108), Ruiya (17,661), Patulia (16,979), Bandipur (8,115), Talbandha (17,802), Bikanda (6,081), Muragachha (13,249), Teghari (8,491) and Chandpur (10,930).[7]

Large villages in Barrackpore II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Chhota Kanthalia (4,052), Surjyapur (5,714), Dopere (5,276), Dhangadihila (5,827) and Iswaripur (5,155).[7]

Literacy

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Barrackpur II CD Block was 165,866 (84.53% of the population over 6 years) out of which 88,801 (54%) were males and 77,065 (46%) were females.[7]

As per 2011 census, literacy in North 24 Parganas district was 84.06 (including urban areas outside the CD Blocks).[9] Literacy in West Bengal was 77.08% in 2011.[10] Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.[10]

Language

Bengali is the local language in these areas.[1] People also speak Hindi in the Barrackpore industrial belt.[11]

Human Development Report

According to Census 2001, 54% of the population of North 24 Parganas district lived in the urban areas. The district had 1,571 inhabited villages spread over 22 community development blocks. In the urban area there were 27 municipalities, 20 census towns, 7 urban outgrowths and one town under Cantonment Board. The North 24 Parganas district Human Development Report opines that in spite of agricultural productivity in North 24 Parganas district being rather impressive 81.84% of rural population suffered from shortage of food. The number of families living below the poverty line varied widely from block to block. Even in some municipal areas, such as Baduria, Gobardanga, Taki, Basirhat, Bangaon and Habra surveys have revealed large percentage of people living in poverty. Several poverty alleviation schemes are under implementation mostly at the block level. North 24 Parganas district with a population density of 2,192 persons per square km, was the third densest in West Bengal, after Kolkata and Howrah. The high density of population in the district is largely because of large scale migration of refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan, particularly in the period 1947 to 1955. In 2004, life expectancy at birth of a female was 71 years and that of a male was 66 years. With a literacy rate of 68.74% in 2001, the district was second only to Kolkata in the state in literacy. There were 6,139 habitations in the rural areas of North 24 Parganas. Out of these 2,331 habitations have primary schools within the villages and another 3,334 habitations have primary schools within 1 km. There are 474 habitations with primary schools beyond 1 km from the village. There were 258 high schools in the rural areas of the district.[12]

Barrackpore II CD Block had a population density of 1,981 persons per km2. It was ranked 2 amongst the 22 CD Blocks (after Barasat I with a density of 2079 persons per km2) for density of population in 2001. It had a literacy rate of 79.84%, rank 1. Male literacy rate was 85.60% and female literacy rate was 73.51%. Percentage distribution of main workers in Barrackpore II CD Block was cultivators 7.72, agricultural labourers 4.36, household industry workers 3.07 and other workers 84.15 (non-agricultural, non-household). 30.12% of households in this CD Block lived below poverty line.[12]

In the Barrackpore II CD Block 3 villages had secondary schools and for 71.53% villages a college was more than 5 km away. Barrackpore II had 9 high schools with 7,066 students and 184 teachers. It had 4 higher secondary schools with 4,542 students and 156 teachers.[12]

In Barrackpore II CD Block, 100% of the villages had electricity for domestic use, 76.19% villages had paved approach roads, 95.24% villages had primary schools, 28.57% villages had maternity and child welfare centres, and 100% villages had drinking water. The tube well is the source of drinking water in 1,244 out of 1,572 villages in the district. In Barrackpore II CD Block, 20 villages had tube wells for drinking water and 1 village used tank water. Barrackpore II CD Block had 68 km surfaced roads and 360 km unsurfaced roads.[12]

North 24 Parganas is one of the leading districts in the formation and development of self-help groups. In Barrackpore II there were 127 such groups. The major activities done by these groups were paper bag making, tailoring, animal husbandry, goat rearing, jute ornaments and jute products and ready-made garments. Barrackpore II CD Block had 3 health centres and 31 sub-centres.[12]

External links

Kolkata/Northern fringes travel guide from Wikivoyage

References

  1. 1 2 "Barrackpur II Block". onefivenine. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "North 24 Parganas District". Map Gallery – CD Blocks. North 24 Parganas district administration. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hooghly District". Map. Hooghly district administration. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Census of India 2001, Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal, Table - 4". North Twenty Four Parganas District (11). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  5. ↑ LSS O’Malley. "Bengal District Gazzetteers: 24 Parganas". p 1-4. Google Books. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. ↑ From Barrackpore subdivision page.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  9. ↑ "District Census 2011". Population Census 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Provisional population tables and annexures" (PDF). Census 2011:Table 2(3) Literates and Literacy rates by sex. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee may buy peace with party on Barrackpore seat". The Times of India, 5 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "District Human Development Report: North 24 Parganas" (PDF). Intro Pp 3, 6, 8, 22, 38, 202; Block specific Pp 20, 22, 27, 28, 31, 86, 89, 123, 145, 151, 189. Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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