Alipore Sadar | |
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_in_South_24_Parganas_(West_Bengal).svg) Location of Alipore Sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district | |
| Coordinates:22°32′21″N88°19′38″E / 22.5391712°N 88.3272782°E /22.5391712; 88.3272782 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Headquarters | Alipore |
| Government | |
| • CD Blocks | Thakurpukur Maheshtala,Budge Budge I,Budge Budge II,Bishnupur I,Bishnupur II |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Diamond Harbour,Jadavpur,Kolkata Dakshin |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Satgachhia,Bishnupur,Kasba,Jadavpur,Tollyganj,Behala Purba,Behala Paschim,Maheshtala,Budge Budge,Metiaburuz |
| Area | |
• Total | 427.28 km2 (164.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,490,342 |
| • Density | 3,488.0/km2 (9,033.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 891,971 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 81.14 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 956♂/♀ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | s24pgs |
Alipore Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of theSouth 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. The entire district is situated in theGanges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of theHooghly River, is analluvial stretch, with industrial development.[3][4][5]
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South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions:[6]
| Subdivision | Headquarters | Area (km2) | Population (2011) | Urban Population % | Rural Population % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
18.26% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Alipore Sadar subdivision.
Alipore Sadar subdivision has 5 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 43 gram panchayats, 268mouzas, 243 inhabited villages, 3 municipalities and 36census towns. The municipalities are atMaheshtala,Budge Budge andPujali. The census towns are:Joka,Chata Kalikapur,Ganye Gangadharpur,Rameswarpur,Asuti,Hanspukuria,Kalua,Ramchandrapur,Samali,Uttar Raypur,Balarampur,Buita,Benjanhari Acharial (P),Abhirampur,Nischintapur,Birlapur,Chak Kashipur,Chak Alampur,Bowali,Dakshin Raypur,Poali,Daulatpur,Bhasa,Bishnupur,Kanyanagar,Nahazari,Nadabhanga,Kanganbaria,Bora Gagangohalia,Chanddandaha,Barkalikapur,Patharberia,Ramkrishnapur,Amtala,Kriparampur andChak Enayetnagar.[6][7][8][9]
The following Municipalities and census towns in South 24 Parganas district were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census:Maheshtala (M),Joka (CT),Balarampur (CT),Chata Kalikapur (CT),Budge Budge (M),Nischintapur (CT),Uttar Raypur (CT),Pujali (M) andRajpur Sonarpur (M).[10]
Police stations in Alipore Sadar subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:[6][11]
| Police Station | Area covered (km2) | Border (km) | Municipal town/ city | CD Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maheshtala | 53.137 | - | Maheshtala | Thakurpukur Maheshtala |
| Rabindranagar | 6 | - | Maheshtala | Thakurpukur Maheshtala |
| Kalitala Ashuti | n/a | - | - | Thakurpukur Maheshtala |
| Budge Budge | 49.61 | - | Budge Budge | Budge Budge I |
| Pujali | n/a | - | Pujali | Budge Budge I |
| Nodakhali | 78 | - | - | Budge Budge II |
| Bishnupur | 198 | - | - | Bishnupur I,Bishnupur II |
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Community development blocks in Alipore Sadar subdivision are:[6][12][13]
| CD Block | Headquarters | Area (km2) | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy Rate % | Census Towns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thakurpukur Maheshtala | Barisha | 63.08 | 176,203 | 34.26 | 0.29 | 67.32 | 26.64 | 83.54 | 9 |
| Budge Budge I | Purba Nischintapur | 26.55 | 112,908 | 19.47 | 0.15 | 52.41 | 47.39 | 80.57 | 7 |
| Budge Budge II | Dongaria | 78.00 | 192,134 | 20.04 | 0.14 | 67.55 | 32.23 | 79.13 | 5 |
| Bishnupur I | Bishnupur | 116.36 | 232,365 | 46.66 | 0.04 | 63.46 | 31.04 | 78.21 | 4 |
| Bishnupur II | Bakrahat | 81.71 | 214,531 | 15.56 | 0.04 | 61.92 | 37.60 | 81.37 | 11 |
The subdivision contains 43gram panchayats under 5community development blocks:[14][15]
An overview of the municipal towns and cities in Alipore Sadar subdivision is given below:[6][12]
| Municipal town/ city | Area (km2) | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy Rate % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maheshtala | 44.18 | 448,317 | 12.19 | 0.43 | 57.95 | 41.11 | 82.03 |
| Budge Budge | 9.06 | 76,837 | 9.13 | 0.13 | 69.61 | 29.28 | 85.14 |
| Pujali | 8.32 | 37,047 | 14.79 | 2.53 | 58.54 | 41.20 | 78.80 |
The Alipore Sadar subdivision includesBudge Budge, an old industrial town on the bank of theHooghly, The jute industry, a major talking-point about the area has been facing labour unrest and sheer competition from jute mills in Bangladesh. A slightly older report by Shodganga mentions 9 jute mills in Budge Budge and 1 inMaheshtala. The MSME report mentions 6 jute mills and Budge Budge Municipality talks of four major jute mills – Budge Budge Jute Mill, Cheviot Jute Mill, Caledonian Jute Mill and New Central Jute Mill. Birla Jute Mill is atBirlapur. Such giants as Budge Budge and Allied Jute Exports Ltd have closed. India Linoleums Ltd. at Birlapur produceslinoleum. Budge Budge has a number of oil storage units.[16][17][18][19][20] Bata India opened its first shoe factory in 1934 atBatanagar.[21]Budge Budge Thermal Power Station ofCESC Limited has a generating capacity of 750 MW.[22]
“The whole of the jute mill area in Bengal was located on the either side of the river Hooghly, in a radius of about 50 kilometer north and south of Calcutta from Bansberia in the north, to Budge Budge in the South,” said a report of the Vidyasagar University. It further said that although jute mill workers were earlier local people, subsequently migrants formed a sizeable section of the population, because “agriculture in Bengal was more remunerative than work in the jute mills but what the jute mills paid was enough to attract labour from Bihar, Orissa, UP, CP and even Tamilnadu”. Much the same happened in other industries of the period.[23]
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%[24]
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:[24]
| Subdivision | Primary School | Middle School | High School | Higher Secondary School | General College, Univ | Technical / Professional Instt | Non-formal Education | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Alipore Sadar 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.[31]
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Alipore Sadar subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)[32]
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[33]
Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[34]
Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)[35]
There are primary health centres – Haridevpur (PO Paschim Putiary) (2) and Garfa (6)- located in Kolkata
Lok Sabha (parliamentary) andVidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Alipore Sadar subdivision were as follows:[36]
| Lok Sabha constituency | Reservation | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Reservation | CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Harbour | None | Satgachhia | None | Bishnupur II CD Block, and Burul, Chakmanik, Gaja Poyali, Kamrabad, Naskarpur, Rania and Satgachhia gram panchayats ofBudge Budge II CD Block |
| Bishnupur | Reserved forSC | Bishnupur I CD Block andThakurpukur Maheshtala CD Block | ||
| Maheshtala | None | Ward Nos. 8, 11–35 of Maheshtala municipality | ||
| Budge Budge | None | Budge Budge municipality,Pujali municipality,Budge Budge I CD Block, and Dongaria Raipur, Kasipur Alampur, North Bawali and South Bawali gram panchayats ofBudge Budge II CD Block | ||
| Metiaburuz | None | Ward Nos. 1–7, 9, 10 of Maheshtala municipality, and Ward Nos. 136–141 of Kolkata municipal corporation | ||
| Jadavpur | None | Jadavpur | None | Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101–106, 109, 110 of Kolkata municipal corporation |
| Tollyganj | None | Ward Nos. 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 111–114 of Kolkata municipal corporation | ||
| Kolkata Dakshin | None | Kasba | None | Ward Nos. 66, 67, 91, 92, 107, 108 of Kolkata municipal corporation |
| Behala Purba | None | Ward Nos. 115–117, 120–124 and 142–144 of Kolkata municipal corporation | ||
| Behala Paschim | None | Ward Nos. 118, 119, 125–132 of Kolkata municipal corporation |
