Duttapukur Explained

Duttapukur
Other Name:Nebadhai Duttapukur
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:22.7728°N 88.5447°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:North 24 Parganas
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:3.29
Population Total:25,557
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:743248
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91 33
Registration Plate:WB
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Barrackpore
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Amdanga

Duttapukur (also known as Nebadhai Duttapukur) is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Barasat I CD block in the Barasat Sadar subdivision in the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1]

Geography

Location

Duttapukur is located at 22.7728°N 88.5447°W.

Duttapukur is located in the Ganges Brahmaputra delta region in the district of North 24 parganas, West Bengal state in the Eastern part of India. A tributary of Bidyadhari River known as Suti flows through Duttapukur. Duttapukur is 30 km from Sealdah & 35 km from Howrah, 7 km from Barasat and 32 km from Bongaon on the Sealdah-Bangaon section of Eastern Railway[2]

As per District Census Handbook 2011, Duttapukur covered an area of 3.29 km2 [3]

Duttapukur, Shibalaya, Chandrapur, Gangapur, Chalta Baria and Joypul form a cluster of census towns in the northern part of the CD block. The entire cluster has a very high density of population. (See the infobox of each census town for density of population).[4]

Area overview

The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower Ganges Delta.[5] The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.[6] 54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas.[7]

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.

Civic administration

Police station

Duttapukur police station covers an area of 104.34 km2 and serves a total population of 292,268. It has jurisdiction over Barasat I CD block. There is a police outpost at Kadambagachhi.[8]

Demographics

India census, Nebadhai Duttapukur a census town had a population of 25,557; of this, 12,902 are male, 12,655 female .[9]

India census,[10] Nebadhai Duttapukur had a population of 19,882. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Nebadhai Duttapukur has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 82% of the males and 73% of females literate. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Markets

Duttapukur has primarily been a market village since the beginning of its recorded history.[11] There are two primary markets, one relatively smaller near its railway station and the other, being the one the town's known for, at Haatkhola (near the intersection of NH 112 with the town). Vegetable vendors exist nearly at all markets including the non-primary ones at Nebadhui and Gangapur. The town engages in haat (weekly markets) two times a week at Haatkhola (therefore the name). Haatkhola is also one of the largest market for vegetables, fruits and fishes serving bulk and retail customers in the North 24 Parganas district. Recently, the state government announced a new vegetable market at Gangapur Krishi Biponi Kendra and a shopping mall/supermarket at Duttapukur Tatultala.

Commuters

Its proximity to Kolkata makes it easy for residents to commute to the city daily.

As per 2011 census, a large proportion of people in Barasat I CD Block earn their livelihood through 'Other works', which include factory, transport, professional employment and business. (See Barasat I for details). Around a total of 32 lakh people from all around the block commute to Kolkata daily for work. In the Sealdah-Bangaon section there are 58 trains that carry commuters from 24 railway stations. In the Seadah-Hasnabad sections 32 trains carry commuters from 30 stations.[12] [13]

Banks

Seven nationalised banks and several ATMs have their presence in Duttapukur in different locations.

ATMs

Education

Higher secondary schools

Secondary schools

Primary schools

College

Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[14] In this connection, Rotary Club of Calcutta has taken a project purifying the rain water is to be given to the Kashimpur Boys & Girl's High school both.

Local clubs also conducts health awareness programs.

Government Health Center:

Notes and References

  1. Book: India. Director of Census Operations, West Bengal . 1975 . District Census Handbook, Series 22, West Bengal: Twentyfour Parganas (3 v.) . August 22, 2023 . Superintendent, Government Print., West Bengal .
  2. Eastern Railway time table.
  3. Web site: District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History . Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal . 31 May 2018.
  4. Web site: District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Page 393 -Map of Barasat I CD Block . Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 3 June 2018.
  5. Web site: District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Page 13 . Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. 16 April 2018.
  6. Book: S, I.C., O'Malley, L.S.S. . Bengal District Gazetteers: 24 Parganas . Logos Press . 2009 . 9788172681937 . 3 May 2018 .
  7. Web site: District Statistical Handbook . North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b . Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal . 2 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 2019-01-21 . dead .
  8. Web site: North 24 Parganas Dist. Police. Know Your Police Station. District Police. 3 June 2018.
  9. Web site: Primary census abstract data. 23 February 2014. Census of India. (For census towns, select "urban" radio button, then select state, district and sub-district. A drop down list of towns well appear. Select the town.)
  10. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 16 June 2004. 1 November 2008. Census Commission of India.
  11. Book: William Wilson Hunter . W.W. . Hunter . H.M. . Kisch . A.W. . Mackie . Charles James O'Donnell . C.J. . O'Donnell . Herbert Hope Risley . H.H. . Risley . 1875 . A Statistical Account of Bengal: Districts of the 24 Parganas and Sundarbans . Trübner . 226.
  12. Web site: The Suburban Railway Network of Kolkata: A Geographical Apprisal. Teesta. Dey. eTraverse, the Indian journal of spatial science, 2012. 3 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20171118122331/http://indiansss.org/pdf/pdfset-8/issueset-9/Art_017.pdf. 18 November 2017. dead.
  13. Web site: District Census Handbook North 24 Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Page 93, Table 33: Distribution of Workers by Sex in Four Categories ofEconomic Activity in Sub-district 2011; Page 84, Table 30: Number and Percentage of Main Workers, Marginal Workers and Non-workers by sex in sub-districts, 2011. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. 19 April 2011.
  14. Web site: Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study). 2007-08-24. Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002938/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm. 27 September 2007. dead. dmy-all.

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