Domohani | |
Settlement Type: | Census Town |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India3 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 23.7569°N 87.0256°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Paschim Bardhaman |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 6.3789 |
Population Total: | 12,480 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages* |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, Hindi, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 713334 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 0341 |
Registration Plate: | WB |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Asansol |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Barabani |
Domohani is a census town in the Barabani CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Pangachhiya, Majiara, Bhanowara, Domohani, Charanpur (OG), Ratibati and Chelad form a cluster of census towns and an outgrowth on the northern and eastern side of Asansol.[1]
As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural.[2] In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation.[3] Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) Census Towns.(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).
The headquarters of Barabani CD block are located at Domohani Bazar.[4]
According to the 2011 Census of India Domohani had a total population of 12,480 of which 6,413 (51%) were males and 6,067 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,558. The total number of literate persons in Domohani was 8,103 (74.19% of the population over 6 years).[5]
According to the 2011 census, the urban agglomeration (UA) centred upon Asansol had a population of 1,243,414. In addition to the erstwhile municipalities of Kulti, Jamuria, and Raniganj subsequently incorporated into the Asansol Municipal Corporation, the agglomeration included the census towns of Amkula, Baktarnagar, Ballavpur, Bhanowara, Domohani, Egara, Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township), Majiara, Murgathaul, Raghunathchak, Sahebganj and Topsi, and also Charanpur, an outgrowth of Jamuria.[6] [3]
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Domohani covered an area of 6.3789 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 5 km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, borewell/ tubewell. It had 675 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 2 dispensary/ health centres, 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Asansol 12 km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among the important commodities it produced were bricks, briquettes, sweets.[7]
Several roads converge on Domohani: Nazrul Sarani (earlier known as Domohani Road), Churulia Road, Domohani-Jamuria Road, Domohani Bazar-Lalganj Road.[8]
Domohani Kelejora High School is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1938. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 8 computers, a library with 200 books and a playground.[9]
Domohani Kelejora Girls’ High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1963. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has a library with 1,500 books and a playground.[10]
Singhabahini Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2008. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.[11]
Domohani Hindi UP School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 2008. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.[12]
Domohani has Bengali-medium, Hindi-medium and Urdu-medium primary schools.[13]
Kelejora Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Kelejora, PO Domohani Bazar, is the major government medical facility in the Barabani CD block. There are primary health centres at Domohani (with 10 beds), Lalganj (with 2 beds), Nuni (with 6 beds) and Panuria (with 6 beds).[14] [15]