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| Coordinates:22°28′25″N88°10′26″E / 22.4736567°N 88.173933°E /22.4736567; 88.173933 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Budge Budge Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.06 km2 (3.50 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 76,837 |
| • Density | 8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 85.14 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 945♂/♀ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700137 |
| Telephone code | +91 33 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-19,WB-20,WB-95,WB-96,WB-97,WB-98 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Budge Budge |
| Website | www |
Budge Budge (Bengali:[bɔd͡ʒbɔd͡ʒ]ⓘ) is a city and a municipality ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is a part of the area covered byKolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[3]
Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21census towns. The entire district is situated in theGanges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of theHooghly River, is analluvial stretch, with industrial development.[4][5][6]
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.
Budge Budge is located at22°28′25″N88°10′26″E / 22.4736567°N 88.173933°E /22.4736567; 88.173933. It has an average elevation of 7 metres (23 ft).[7]
Balarampur,Uttar Raypur,Buita,Benjanhari Acharial,Abhirampur andNischintapur form a cluster of census towns around Budge Budge andPujali, as per the map of the Budge Budge I CD block on the page number 167 in theDistrict Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas district.[8]
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate astropical wet and dry (Aw).
| Climate data for Budge Budge | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 31.4 (88.5) | 33.1 (91.6) | 33.4 (92.1) | 32.3 (90.1) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.8 (87.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 25.1 (77.2) | 30.0 (86.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.7 (72.9) | 27 (81) | 29.3 (84.7) | 30 (86) | 29.5 (85.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.6 (83.5) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20 (68) | 26.3 (79.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 19 (66) | 14.6 (58.3) | 22.5 (72.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 14 (0.6) | 17 (0.7) | 20 (0.8) | 34 (1.3) | 96 (3.8) | 244 (9.6) | 323 (12.7) | 322 (12.7) | 321 (12.6) | 172 (6.8) | 30 (1.2) | 1 (0.0) | 1,594 (62.8) |
| Source:Climate-Data.org (altitude: 7 m)[9] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1901 | 13,051 | — |
| 1911 | 17,982 | +37.8% |
| 1921 | 25,723 | +43.0% |
| 1931 | 24,183 | −6.0% |
| 1941 | 32,394 | +34.0% |
| 1951 | 32,196 | −0.6% |
| 1961 | 39,824 | +23.7% |
| 1971 | 51,039 | +28.2% |
| 1981 | 70,404 | +37.9% |
| 1991 | 77,575 | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 81,554 | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 76,837 | −5.8% |
| Source:Census of India[10] | ||
According to the2011 Census of India, Budge Budge had a total population of 76,837, of which 39,510 (51.42%) were males and 37,327 (48.58%) were females. It had a population density of 8,481 inhabitants per square kilometre (21,970/sq mi) with a sex ratio of 945 females for every 1000 males. There were 6,946 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years which is 9.04% of the total population. The Scheduled Castes numbered 7,015 (9.13%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 103 (0.13%). The total number of literate persons was 59,504 (85.14% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 32,078 (89.05% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 27,426 (80.97% of the female population over 6 years). Budge Budge had a total of 18,055 households as per report released by 2011 Census of India.[11]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 95.23% of the population spokeBengali, 4.54%Hindi and 0.22%Urdu as their first language.[12]
According to the2011 Census of India, 69.61% of the population isHindu, 29.28% Muslim, 0.49% Christian, 0.40% Sikh, 0.02% Buddhist and 0.04% Jain. 0.16% did not state a religion in the census.[13]
Budge Budge Municipality covers an area of 9.06 km2 (3.50 sq mi). It has jurisdiction over the entire city of Budge Budge. The municipality was established in 1900; 125 years ago (1900). It is divided into 20 administrative wards. According to the 2022 municipal election, it is being controlled by theAll India Trinamool Congress.[14][15]
Budge Budge police station covers an area of 49.61 km2 (19.15 sq mi). It has jurisdiction over parts of the Budge Budge Municipality, and theBudge Budge I andBudge Budge II CD blocks.[16][17]
Budge Budge is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.[18]
Budge Budge railway station is on theSealdah–Budge Budge line of theKolkata Suburban Railway.[18][19]
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005–2006, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use theKolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from East Pakistan/ Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.[20]
Budge Budge ESI Hospital, with 300 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Budge Budge.[24]
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