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Karimpur | |
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Census Town | |
 Karimpur bus stand | |
  Karimpur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Karimpur Karimpur (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°58′N88°37′E / 23.97°N 88.62°E /23.97; 88.62 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 9,661 |
| • Density | 6,000/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 741152 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Murshidabad |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Karimpur,Tehatta |
| Website | nadia |
Karimpur is acensus town, near the bank of riverJalangi, inKarimpur ICD block in theTehatta subdivision of theNadia district in theIndian state ofWest Bengal.[1]
Karimpur is located at23°58′N88°37′E / 23.97°N 88.62°E /23.97; 88.62.[2] It has an average elevation of 15 metres (49 ft). It is 183 km (114 mi) fromKolkata and is located at the bank of the RiverJalangi.
Nadia district is made up of mostly alluvial plains lying to the east ofHooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as the Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature.[3] The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. TheJalangi River forms the district/subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary withBangladesh.[4] The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural. 97.15% of the population lives in the rural areas and 2.85% lives in the urban areas.[5]
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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.
According to the2011 Census of India, Karimpur had a total population of 9,661, of which 4,930 (51%) were males and 4,731 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 775. The total number of literate persons in Karimpur was 7,616 (85.71% of the population over 6 years).[6]
Karimpur police station has jurisdiction over a portion ofKarimpur I CD block.[7][8] The total area covered by the police station is 116.796 km2 (45.095 sq mi) and the population covered is 117,879 (2001 census). Four kilometres (2.5 mi) of theBangladesh-India border is within the PS area.[9]
Karimpur has three high schools: Karimpur Jagannath High School, Karimpur Girls High School and Jamsherpur B.N High School. One undergraduate college namedKarimpur Pannadevi College is there.
Karimpur has one rural hospital and many dispensaries. Some specialist doctors visit on a specific day each week in different clinics. The emergency health facilities are limited: the district hospital is about 70 km (43 mi) away at the district headquarter,Krishnanagar.
The town is situated near the international border ofIndia-Bangladesh (25 km (16 mi) from the town). West Bengal state highway 11 crosses through it. There is a bus route from Krishnanagar to Karimpur and another fromBerhampore to Karimpur.
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