Cities and towns in the western part of Alipore Sadar subdivision (including Budge Budge I & II, Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD blocks) in South 24 Parganas district M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly Bakrahat is in Bishnupur II CD block, but Lakshmibala Rural Hospital at Bakrahat serves Budge Budge II CD block and so it is included here.
Area 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. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 census towns. 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]
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.
Rameswarpur, Chata Kalikapur, Ganye Gangadharpur and Asuti form a cluster of census towns on the southern side of Maheshtala, as per the map of Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block on page 153 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.[6]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Asuti had a total population of 6,272, of which 3,242 (52%) were males and 3,030 (48%) were females. There were 664 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Asuti was 4,719 (84.15% of the population over 6 years).[7]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Asuti covered an area of 1.6765 km2. Nangi railway station, 5.5 km away. Among the civic amenities it had 7.5 km of roads with open drains. The source of protected water supply was borewell tank and overhead tank. It had 1,430 domestic electric connections and 30 road lights. Among the medical facilities it had were a hospital 3 km away, a nursing home 1 km away and 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school was at Ganney close by and the nearest general degree college was at Sarsuna 4 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, the nearest public library and reading room were at Jot Shibrampur 3.5 km away.[8]
Transport
A short stretch of local roads link Asuti to the Budge Budge Trunk Road.[9]
Ashuti Netaji High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1960. It has facilities for teaching from class v to class XII.[10][11]
Healthcare
Sarsuna Block Primary Health Centre, with 15 beds, at Sarsuna, is the major government medical facility in the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block.[12]
^"District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A"(PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 999-1006 Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 1006-1010; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 1010-1015; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1015-1019; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1019-1027 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1027- 1029: Statement VI:Industry and Banking. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
