Lakshmikantapur | |
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Village | |
  Lakshmikantapur Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Lakshmikantapur Location in India Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°06′36″N88°19′15″E / 22.1099°N 88.3209°E /22.1099; 88.3209 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| CD Block | Mandirbazar |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.75 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,966 |
| • Density | 5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 743345 |
| Telephone code | +91 3174 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-19 toWB-22,WB-95 toWB-99 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mathurapur (SC) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Mandirbazar (SC) |
| Website | www |
Lakshmikantapur is a village in theMandirbazarCD block in theDiamond Harbour subdivision of theSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24census towns. The entire district is situated in theGanges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps.[3][4][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.
Lakshmikantapur is located at22°06′36″N88°19′15″E / 22.1099°N 88.3209°E /22.1099; 88.3209. It has an average elevation of 7 metres (23 ft).
According to the2011 Census of India, Lakshmikantapur had a total population of 3,966 of which 2,002 (50%) were males and 1,964 (50%) were females. There were 423 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Lakshmikantapur was 2,975 (83.97% of the population over 6 years).[6]
Lakshmikantapur is on theState Highway 1.[7]
Lakshmikantapur railway station is on theSealdah–Namkhana line of theKolkata Suburban Railway system.[7][8]
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005–06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use theKolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and 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.[9]
Naiyarat Rural Hospital atKrishnapur, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Mandirbazar CD block.[10]
