Nadakhali Explained

Nodakhali
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal##Location in India
Coordinates:22.402°N 88.1782°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1: West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:South 24 Parganas
Subdivision Type3:CD block
Subdivision Name3:Budge Budge II
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:0.47
Elevation M:9
Population Total:1132
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:743318
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91 33
Registration Plate:WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Diamond Harbour
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Satgachia

Nadakhali is a village within the jurisdiction of the Nadakhali police station in the Budge Budge II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Area overview

Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.[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

Nadakhali is located at 22.402°N 88.1782°W. It has an average elevation of .

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Nadakhali had a total population of 1,132, of which 561 (50%) were males and 571 (50%) were females. There are 571 people in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Nadakhali was 705 (69.87% of the population over 6 years).[6]

Civic administration

Police station

Nadakhali police station serves a population of 192,118, spread over parts of the Budge Budge I and the Budge Budge II CD blocks.[7] [8]

Transport

A short stretch of local roads link Nadakhali to the Budge Budge Trunk Road.[9]

Budge Budge railway station is located nearby.[9]

Education

Howri Dinanath School, located nearby, in a Bengali-medium high school with facilities from class V to class X.[10]

Healthcare

Lakshmibala Dutta Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Bakrahat, is the major government medical facility in the Budge Budge II CD block.[11]

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: C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) . West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 17 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Nadakhali police station . Diamond Harbour police district . West Bengal police . 17 October 2019.
  8. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 South 24 Parganas . Table No. 2.1 . Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal . 17 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
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  10. Web site: Howri Dinanath High School . ICBSE . 17 October 2019.
  11. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals . Government of West Bengal . 8 January 2020.