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.
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.
Nadakhali is located at 22.402°N 88.1782°W. It has an average elevation of .
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]
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]
A short stretch of local roads link Nadakhali to the Budge Budge Trunk Road.[9]
Budge Budge railway station is located nearby.[9]
Howri Dinanath School, located nearby, in a Bengali-medium high school with facilities from class V to class X.[10]
Lakshmibala Dutta Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Bakrahat, is the major government medical facility in the Budge Budge II CD block.[11]