Ramchandrapur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Sonarpur police station in the Sonarpur CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 10 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the northern part of the subdivision is a flat plain bordering the metropolis of Kolkata.[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.
Ramchandrapur is located at 22°26′10″N 88°23′05″E / 22.4360°N 88.3846°E / 22.4360; 88.3846. It has an average elevation of 9 metres (30 ft).
Danga and Ramchndrapur are adjacent to Rajpur Sonarpur city on its south-eastern side, as per the map of the Sonarpur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.[6]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Ramchandrapur had a total population of 8,196, of which 4,188 (51%) were males and 4,008 (49%) were females. There were 700 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Ramchandrapur was 6,674 (91.70% of the population over 6 years).[7]
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Ramchandrapur covered an area of 1.612 km2. Sonarpur Junction railway station is 5 km away. Among the civic amenities, it had 5 km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved service reservoir. It had 850 domestic electric connections and 75 road light points. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, the nearest secondary school and senior secondary school were at Sreepur 1 km away, the nearest general degree college was at Garia 5 km away. Among the commodities it produced were bakery products and batteries.[8]
A short stretch of local roads link Ramchandrapur to the State Highway 1.[9]
Sonarpur Junction railway station is located nearby.[9]
Sonarpur Mahavidyalaya was established in 1985, at Rajpur Sonarpur.[10]
Jagaddal Colony High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1969. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X.[11]
Sonarpur Rural Hospital, with 25 beds, at Rajpur Sonarpur, is the major government medical facility in the Sonarpur CD block.[12]
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