Nainan Explained

Nainan
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal##Location in India
Coordinates:22.2765°N 88.3502°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1: West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:South 24 Parganas
Subdivision Type3:CD block
Subdivision Name3:Magrahat II
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1.85
Elevation M:8
Population Total:6772
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali[1] [2]
Demographics1 Title2:Additional official
Demographics1 Info2:English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:743504
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91 3174
Registration Plate:WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Jaynagar (SC)
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Magrahat Purba (SC)

Nainan is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Area overview

Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps.[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.

Location

Nainan is located at 22.2765°N 88.3502°W

Uttar Kalas, Dihi Kalas, Swangrampur and after a small gap Magrahat and Bilandapur form a cluster of census towns in the south-east corner of the Magrahat II CD block, as per the map of the Magrahat II CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas. Dhamua, Shyampur and Nainan form another cluster of census towns closeby in the Magrahat II CD block.[6]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Nainan had a total population of 6,772 of which 3,533 (52%) were males and 3,239 (48%) were females. There were 1,040 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Nainan was 4,832 (84.30% of the population over 6 years).[7]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nainan covered an area of 1.8491 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 6 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank. It had 500 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 maternity and child welfare centre, a nursing home 3 km away, a veterinary hospital 3 km away and 2 medicine shops in the town. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, the nearest middle school, the nearest secondary school at Maheshpur 3 km away, the nearest senior secondary school at Kuldia 3 km away, the nearest general degree college at Magrahat 8 km away. An important commodity it produced was paddy.[8]

Transport

Uttar Radhanagar railway station is located nearby.[9]

Education

Kuldia High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1965. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X.[10]

Kuldia Mohanpur High Madrasah is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1969. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[11] It is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education.[12]

Healthcare

Magrahat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Magrahat, is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat II CD block.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fact and Figures. Wb.gov.in. 5 July 2019.
  2. Web site: 52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA. Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. 5 July 2019. 85. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf. 25 May 2017.
  3. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas . Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b . Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal . 5 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 2019-01-21 . dead .
  4. Web site: Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory . Page 13, Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 5 December 2019.
  5. Web site: District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas . Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 . Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 . 5 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm . 5 October 2016 . dead .
  6. Web site: Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory . Page 419 - Map of Magrahat II CD block . Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 19 November 2019.
  7. Web site: CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) . West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 16 November 2019.
  8. Web site: District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . 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 . 19 November 2018.
  9. Web site: 34814 Sealdah-Diamond Harbour Local . Time Table . India Rail Info . 17 November 2019.
  10. Web site: Kuldia High School . ICBSE . 25 November 2019.
  11. Web site: Kuldia Mohanpur HM UP . Schools . 25 November 2019.
  12. Web site: West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education . Higher Secondary Madrasah. WBBME . 25 November 2019.
  13. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics - Hospitals . Government of West Bengal . 26 November 2019 .

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