Alipore Sadar subdivision

Alipore Sadar
Subdivision
Location of Alipore Sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district
Location of Alipore Sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district
Coordinates: 22°32′21″N 88°19′38″E / 22.5391712°N 88.3272782°E / 22.5391712; 88.3272782
Country India
State West Bengal
DivisionPresidency
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
HeadquartersAlipore
Government
 • CD BlocksThakurpukur Maheshtala, Budge Budge I, Budge Budge II, Bishnupur I, Bishnupur II
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesDiamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin
 • Vidhan Sabha constituenciesSatgachhia, Bishnupur, Kasba, Jadavpur, Tollyganj, Behala Purba, Behala Paschim, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Metiaburuz
Area
 • Total
427.28 km2 (164.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
1,490,342
 • Density3,500/km2 (9,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
891,971
Demographics
 • Literacy81.14 per cent
 • Sex ratio956 ♂/♀
Languages
 • OfficialBengali[1][2]
 • Additional officialEnglish[1]
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websites24pgs.gov.in

Alipore Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.[3][4][5]

Subdivisions

South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions:[6]

Subdivision Headquarters Area
(km2)		 Population
(2011)		 Urban
Population %		 Rural
Population %
Alipore Sadar Alipore 427.43 1,490,342 59.85 40.15
Baruipur Baruipur 1,355.44 2,396,643 31.05 68.95
Canning Canning 1,103.73 1,140,562 12.37 87.63
Diamond Harbour Diamond Harbour 1,264.68 2,125,758 14.61 85.39
Kakdwip Kakdwip 1,389.93 1,008,653 0 100
South 24 Parganas Alipore 9,960,00 8,161,961 25.58 74.42

18.26% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Alipore Sadar subdivision.

Administrative units

Alipore Sadar subdivision has 5 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 43 gram panchayats, 268 mouzas, 243 inhabited villages, 3 municipalities and 36 census towns. The municipalities are at Maheshtala, Budge Budge and Pujali. The census towns are: Joka, Chata Kalikapur, Ganye Gangadharpur, Rameswarpur, Asuti, Hanspukuria, Kalua, Ramchandrapur, Samali, Uttar Raypur, Balarampur, Buita, Benjanhari Acharial (P), Abhirampur, Nischintapur, Birlapur, Chak Kashipur, Chak Alampur, Bowali, Dakshin Raypur, Poali, Daulatpur, Bhasa, Bishnupur, Kanyanagar, Nahazari, Nadabhanga, Kanganbaria, Bora Gagangohalia, Chanddandaha, Barkalikapur, Patharberia, Ramkrishnapur, Amtala, Kriparampur and Chak Enayetnagar.[6][7][8][9]

Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

The following Municipalities and census towns in South 24 Parganas district were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Maheshtala (M), Joka (CT), Balarampur (CT), Chata Kalikapur (CT), Budge Budge (M), Nischintapur (CT), Uttar Raypur (CT), Pujali (M) and Rajpur Sonarpur (M).[10]

Police stations

Police stations in Alipore Sadar subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:[6][11]

Police Station Area covered
(km2)		 Border (km) Municipal town/ city CD Block
Maheshtala 53.137 - Maheshtala Thakurpukur Maheshtala
Rabindranagar 6 - Maheshtala Thakurpukur Maheshtala
Budge Budge 49.61 - Budge Budge Budge Budge I
Pujali n/a - Pujali Budge Budge I
Nodakhali 192.118 - - Budge Budge II
Bishnupur 211 - - Bishnupur I, Bishnupur II

CD Blocks

Community development blocks in Alipore Sadar subdivision are:[6][12][13]

CD Block Headquarters Area
(km2)		 Population
(2011)		 SC % ST % Hindus % Muslims % Literacy
Rate %		 Census
Towns
Thakurpukur Maheshtala Behala 63.08 176,203 34.26 0.29 67.32 26.64 83.54 9
Budge Budge I Purba Nischintapur 26.55 112,908 19.47 0.15 52.41 47.39 80.57 7
Budge Budge II Dongaria 78.00 192,134 20.04 0.14 67.55 32.23 79.13 5
Bishnupur I Bishnupur 116.36 232,365 46.66 0.04 63.46 31.04 78.21 4
Bishnupur II Bakrahat 81.71 214,531 15.56 0.04 61.92 37.60 81.37 11

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 43 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:[14][15]

  • Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD Block consists of four gram panchayats: Asuti-I, Asuti-II, Chatta and Rasapunja.
  • Budge Budge I CD block consists of six gram panchayats: Buta, Chingripota, Mayapur, Nischintapur, Rajibpur and Uttar Raipur.
  • Budge Budge II CD block consists of 11 gram panchayats: Burul, Chakmanik, Dongaria Raipur, Gaja Poyali, Kamrabad, Kasipur Alampur, Naskarpur, North Bawali, Rania, Satgachhia and South Bawali.
  • Bishnupur I CD block consists of 11 gram panchayats: Amgachhia, Andhar Manik, Bhandaria Kastekumari, Dakshin Gauripur Chakdhir, Julpia, Keoradanga, Kulerdari, Panakua, Paschim Bishnupur, Purba Bishnupur and Raskhali.
  • Bishnupur II CD block consists of 11 gram panchayats: Bakhrahat, Chak Enayetnagar, Chandi, Gobindapur Kalicharanpur, Kanganberia, Khagramuri, Maukhali, Nahajari, Panchanan, Patharberia Jaychandipur and Ramkrishnapur Borhanpur.

Municipal towns/ cities

An overview of the municipal towns and cities in Alipore Sadar subdivision is given below:[6][12]

Municipal town/ city Area
(km2)		 Population
(2011)		 SC % ST % Hindus % Muslims % Literacy
Rate %
Maheshtala 44.18 448,317 12.19 0.43 57.95 41.11 82.03
Budge Budge 9.06 76,837 9.13 0.13 69.61 29.28 85.14
Pujali 8.32 37,047 14.79 2.53 58.54 41.20 78.80

Economy

The Alipore Sadar subdivision includes Budge Budge, an old industrial town on the bank of the Hooghly, The jute industry, a major talking-point about the area has been facing labour unrest and sheer competition from jute mills in Bangladesh. A slightly older report by Shodganga mentions 9 jute mills in Budge Budge and 1 in Maheshtala. The MSME report mentions 6 jute mills and Budge Budge Municipality talks of four major jute mills – Budge Budge Jute Mill, Cheviot Jute Mill, Caledonian Jute Mill and New Central Jute Mill. Birla Jute Mill is at Birlapur. Such giants as Budge Budge and Allied Jute Exports Ltd have closed. India Linoleums Ltd. at Birlapur produces linoleum. Budge Budge has a number of oil storage units.[16][17][18][19][20] Bata India opened its first shoe factory in 1934 at Batanagar.[21]Budge Budge Thermal Power Station of CESC Limited has a generating capacity of 750 MW.[22]

“The whole of the jute mill area in Bengal was located on the either side of the river Hooghly, in a radius of about 50 kilometer north and south of Calcutta from Bansberia in the north, to Budge Budge in the South,” said a report of the Vidyasagar University. It further said that although jute mill workers were earlier local people, subsequently migrants formed a sizeable section of the population, because “agriculture in Bengal was more remunerative than work in the jute mills but what the jute mills paid was enough to attract labour from Bihar, Orissa, UP, CP and even Tamilnadu”. Much the same happened in other industries of the period.[23]

Education

South 24 Parganas district had a literacy rate of 77.51% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Alipore Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 81.14%, Baruipur subdivision 77.45%, Canning subdivision 70.98%, Diamond Harbour subdivision 76.26% and Kakdwip subdivision 82.04%[24]

Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in South 24 Parganas district, with data for the year 2013-14:[24]

Subdivision Primary
School 		Middle
School 		High
School 		Higher Secondary
School 		General
College, Univ 		Technical /
Professional Instt 		Non-formal
Education
Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student
Alipore Sadar 531 53,719 34 4,455 50 16,471 91 66,813 5 8,122 6 3,094 1,379 53,429
Baruipur 883 132,649 65 8,954 50 26,443 128 129,195 8 27,657 7 6,735 3,116 138,507
Canning 532 81,697 59 9,181 29 10,515 55 57,921 4 5,490 1 n/a 2,105 96,622
Diamond Harbour 1,212 116,407 61 6,680 98 38,470 145 113,147 7 20,061 5 1,774 3,140 137,378
Kakdwip 598 53,058 45 5,654 48 20,383 82 56,192 3 5,420 1 100 1,844 78,897
South 24 Parganas district* 3,756 437,530 264 34,924 275 118,282 501 423,268 27 66,750 20 11,703 11,584 504,833

.* Does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation

The following institutions are located in Alipore Sadar subdivision:

Healthcare

The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in South 24 Parganas district.[31]

Subdivision Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB Other
State
Govt
Deptts 		Local
bodies 		Central
Govt
Deptts /
PSUs 		NGO /
Private
Nursing
Homes 		Total Total
Number
of
Beds 		Total
Number
of
Doctors 		Indoor
Patients 		Outdoor
Patients
Hospitals
 Rural
Hospitals
 Block
Primary
Health
Centres
 Primary
Health
Centres
Alipore Sadar - 3 3 7 1 3 - 48 65 1,159 199 33,498 633,233
Baruipur 1 6 1 18 - 2 - 66 94 1,045 201 48,114 1,266,244
Canning 1 3 1 6 - - - 15 26 351 49 22,467 666,377
Diamond Harbour 1 6 3 17 - - - 68 95 1077 169 65,051 1,325,535
Kakdwip 1 3 1 11 - - - 20 36 458 73 28,707 405,501
South 24 Parganas district 4 21 9 59 1 5 - 217 316 4,090 691 197,837 4,397,890

Note: The district data does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The number of doctors exclude private bodies.

Medical facilities in Alipore Sadar subdivision are as follows:

Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)[32]

  • M. R. Bangur Hospital, Tollygunge, Kolkata, 620 beds
  • Vidyasagar State General Hospital, Behala, Kolkata, 256 beds
  • Baghajatin State General Hospital, Baghajatin, Kolkata, 100 beds
  • Bijoygarh State General Hospital, Bijoygarh, Kolkata, 100 beds
  • Garden Reach State General Hospital, Garden Reach, Kolkata, 68 beds
  • A.T.Dhar Memorial Hospital, Budge Budge, 28 beds
  • Budge Budge Municipal Hospital, Budge Budge, 28 beds
  • Budge Budge ESI Hospital, Budge Budge, 300 beds
  • Barisha Hospital, Barisha, Kolkata, KMC, 20 beds
  • ESI Hospital and Occupational Health Centre, Joka, 143 beds

Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [33]

  • Amtala Rural Hospital, Bishnupur II CD block, Amtala, 50 beds
  • Lakshmibala Dutta Rural Hospital, Budge Budge II CD block, PO Bakrahat, 30 beds
  • Benjanhari Acharial Rural Hospital, Budge Budge I CD block, PO Buita, 30 beds

Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[34]

  • Chandidaulatabad Block Primary Health Centre, Bishnupur I CD block, PO Nepalganj, 10 beds
  • Samali Block Primary Health Cenre, Bishnupur II CD Block, Samali, PO Nahazari, 10 beds
  • Sarsuna Block Primary Health Centre, Thakurpukur Mahestala CD block, Sarsuna, 15 beds

Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)[35]

  • Bishnupur I CD block: Julpia (PO Andharmanik) (6), Amgachhia (PO Nepalganj) (10)
  • Bishnupur II CD block: Moukhali (PO Charshyamdas) (6)
  • Budge Budge I CD block: Biraj Lakshmi (PO Pujali) (6), Jamalpur (6)
  • Budge Budge II CD block: Burul (6), Gojapoali (PO Poali)(6)

There are primary health centres – Haridevpur (PO Paschim Putiary) (2) and Garfa (6)- located in Kolkata

Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Alipore Sadar subdivision were as follows:[36]

Lok Sabha constituency Reservation Vidhan Sabha constituency Reservation CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas
Diamond Harbour None Satgachhia None Bishnupur II CD Block, and Burul, Chakmanik, Gaja Poyali, Kamrabad, Naskarpur, Rania and Satgachhia gram panchayats of Budge Budge II CD Block
Bishnupur Reserved for SC Bishnupur I CD Block and Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD Block
Maheshtala None Ward Nos. 8, 11–35 of Maheshtala municipality
Budge Budge None Budge Budge municipality, Pujali municipality, Budge Budge I CD Block, and Dongaria Raipur, Kasipur Alampur, North Bawali and South Bawali gram panchayats of Budge Budge II CD Block
Metiaburuz None Ward Nos. 1–7, 9, 10 of Maheshtala municipality, and Ward Nos. 136–141 of Kolkata municipal corporation
Jadavpur None Jadavpur None Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101–106, 109, 110 of Kolkata municipal corporation
Tollyganj None Ward Nos. 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 111–114 of Kolkata municipal corporation
Kolkata Dakshin None Kasba None Ward Nos. 66, 67, 91, 92, 107, 108 of Kolkata municipal corporation
Behala Purba None Ward Nos. 115–117, 120–124 and 142–144 of Kolkata municipal corporation
Behala Paschim None Ward Nos. 118, 119, 125–132 of Kolkata municipal corporation

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