Polba | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Polba Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Polba Polba (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°57′41″N88°18′24″E / 22.9615°N 88.3066°E /22.9615; 88.3066 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,626 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 712514 (Polba) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03213 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hooghly |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Chunchura |
| Website | hooghly |
Polba is a village inPolba Dadpur CD Block inChinsurah subdivision ofHooghly district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
The area is composed of flatalluvial plains that form a part of theGangetic Delta.[1]
Polba police station has jurisdiction over a part ofPolba Dadpur CD Block.[2][3]
In theChandannagore subdivision, 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7census towns. The single municipal corporation isChandernagore Municipal Corporation. The municipalities areTarakeswar Municipality,Bhadreswar Municipality andChampdany Municipality.[4] Of the three CD Blocks in the Chandannagore subdivision,Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural,Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, andSingur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur andDhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural.[5] The municipal areas are Industrialized. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
As per the2011 Census of India, Polba had a total population of 6,626 of which 3,333 (50%) were males and 3,293 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 628. The total number of literates in Polba was 4,643 (77.41% of the population over 6 years).[6]
Polba is onPandua-Bandel Road. Mogra-Polba Road and Polba-Alinagar Road also meet at Polba.[7]
Polba Mahavidyalaya, a general degree college, was established at Polba in 2005. It is affiliated with theUniversity of Burdwan and offers honors courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history and philosophy.[8][9]
There is a rural hospital (with 30 beds) at Polba.[10]
