Narayangarh | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal # India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 22.1674°N 87.3849°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Paschim Medinipur |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 3,627 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages* |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, Santali, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 721437 (Narayangarh) |
Area Code Type: | Telephone/STD code |
Area Code: | 03229 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Medinipur |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Narayangarh |
Narayangarh (also called Kasba Narayangarh) is a major Town in the Narayangarh CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Narayangarh is located at 22.1674°N 87.3849°W.
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[2]
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.
According to the 2011 Census of India Kasba Narayangarh had a total population of 3,627 of which 1,848 (51%) were males and 1,779 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0– 6 years was 477. The total number of literate persons in Kasba Narayangarh was 2,137 (58.92% of the population over 6 years).[3]
.* For language details see Narayangarh (community development block)#Language and religion
The headquarters of Narayangarh CD block are located at Narayangarh.[4]
Narayangarh police station has jurisdiction over Narayangarh CD block.[5] [6]
Narayangarh railway station is a station on the Kharagpur-Puri line of South Eastern Railway.[7]
The Dankuni-Chennai National Highway 16 passes through Narayangarh.[8]