Punglia | |
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Census Town | |
  Punglia Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Punglia Punglia (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°05′26″N88°32′41″E / 23.0906°N 88.5447°E /23.0906; 88.5447 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.4143 km2 (0.5461 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,857 |
| • Density | 4,848/km2 (12,560/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 741222 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03454 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ranaghat |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Chakdaha |
| Website | nadia |
Pumlia is acensus town in theChakdahaCD block in theKalyani subdivision of theNadia district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Punglia is located at23°05′26″N88°32′41″E / 23.0906°N 88.5447°E /23.0906; 88.5447.
The map of Chakdaha CD block, in theDistrict Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, shows Punglia andLalpur as being adjacent toChakdaha on its eastern side.[1]
Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The Kalyani subdivision has theBhagirathi/ Hooghly on the west. Topographically, Kalyani subdivision is a part of the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district.[2] The smallest subdivision in the district, area-wise, has the highest level of urbanisation in the district. 76.73% of the population lives in urban areas and 23.27% lives in the rural areas.[3]
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, Punglia had a total population of 6,857, of which 3,461 (50%) were males and 3,396 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 625. The total number of literate persons in Punglia was 5,625 (84.48% of the population over 6 years).[4]
The following municipality and census towns were part of Chakdaha Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census:Chakdaha (M),Parbbatipur (CT),Gopalpur (CT),Belgharia (CT), Punglia (CT) andLalpur (P) (CT).[5]
According to theDistrict Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Punglia covered an area of 1.4143 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tubewell/ borewell, hand pump. It had 661 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 6 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 3 primary schools, other school facilities at Kamalpur 1 km away.[6]
Chakdaha railway station, located nearby, is on theSealdah-Ranaghat line of theKolkata Suburban Railway system.[7]
