Purba Tajpur | |
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Census Town | |
  Purba Tajpur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Purba Tajpur Purba Tajpur (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°44′39″N88°15′26″E / 22.74408°N 88.25718°E /22.74408; 88.25718 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 7,035 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Website | wb |
Purba Tajpur is acensus town inChanditala II CD Block inSrirampore subdivision ofHooghly district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.[1]
Purba Tajpur is located at22°44′39″N88°15′26″E / 22.74408°N 88.25718°E /22.74408; 88.25718
Kharsarai,Tisa,Kapashanria,Jaykrishnapur, Purba Tajpur,Begampur,Baksa,Panchghara,Chikrand,Janai,Pairagachha,Naiti,Barijhati,Garalgachha andKrishnapur, all the census towns form a series from the northern part of Chanditala II CD Block to its southern part. The only municipality in the area,Dankuni, located outside the CD Block, occupies the south-east corner of the entire cluster.[2]
Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are:Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality,Konnagar Municipality,Serampore Municipality,Baidyabati Municipality,Rishra Municipality andDankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above).[3][4] All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
As per2011 Census of India, Purba Tajpur had a total population of 7,035 of which 3,487 (50%) were males and 3,548 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 710. The total number of literates in Purba Tajpur was 5,423 (85.74% of the population over 6 years).[4]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[5] Purba Tajpur had a population of 6,276. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Purba Tajpur has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 67%. In Purba Tajpur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
As per the 2011 census, Dankuni Urban Agglomeration includes:Dankuni (M), Purba Tajpur (CT),Kharsarai (CT),Begampur (CT),Chikrand (CT),Pairagachha (CT),Barijhati (CT),Garalgachha (CT),Krishnapur (CT),Baruipara (CT),Borai (CT),Nawapara (CT),Basai (CT),Gangadharpur (CT),Manirampur (CT),Janai (CT),Kapashanria (CT),Jaykrishnapur (CT),Tisa (CT),Baksa (CT),Panchghara (CT) andNaiti (CT).[6]
The nearest railway station,Begampur railway station is 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Howrah on theHowrah-Bardhaman chord line and is a part of theKolkata Suburban Railway system.[7][8]
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