Uttar Mahammadpur Explained

Uttar Mahammadpur
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India3
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:24.6472°N 87.9763°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Murshidabad
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:0.49
Population Total:8,264
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Registration Plate:WB
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Maldaha Dakshin
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Samserganj

Uttar Mahammadpur is a census town in the Samserganj CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Location

Uttar Mahammadpur is located at 24.6472°N 87.9763°W.[1]

According to the map of Samserganj CD block in the District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, Anup Nagar, Jafrabad, Kankuria, Kohetpur, Jaykrishnapur, Uttar Mahammadpur, Chachanda, Basudebpur and Dhusaripara form a series of census towns from Dhuliyan, a municipal town.[2]

Area overview

Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.[3] [4] The river Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.[5] Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).[6] The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station.[7] [8] According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.[9] [10] [11] As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the Ganges alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks.[12]

Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Uttar Mahammadpur had a total population of 8,264, of which 4,100 (50%) were males and 4,164 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,699. The total number of literate persons in Uttar Mahammadpur was 3,647 (55.55% of the population over 6 years).[13]

India census,[14] Uttar Mahammadpur had a population of 6,192. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Uttar Mahammadpur has an average literacy rate of 33%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 42%, and female literacy is 24%. In Uttar Mahammadpur, 24% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, 2011, Uttar Mahammadpur covered an area of and has of roads with closed drains. The protected water-supply involved service reservoir, hand pump. It had 587 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had one dispensary/ health centre. Among the educational facilities, it had one primary school, one middle school in town, secondary school at Sahebganj away, senior secondary school at Kankuria away, general degree college at Jangipur away. It produced beedi, handloom products, wooden products.[15]

Healthcare

There is a Primary Health Centre at Uttar Mahammadpur (with 10 beds).[16]

Samserganj CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of arsenic contamination. The WHO guideline for arsenic in drinking water is, and the Indian Standard value is . The maximum concentration in Samserganj CD block is .[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yahoo maps of Uttar Mahammadpur. Yahoo maps. 2008-11-28.
  2. Web site: District Census Handbook Murshidabad, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Page 157, Map of Samserganj CD block. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 1 July 2021.
  3. Web site: District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A . Physiography, Page 13 . Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 . 24 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Murshidabad . Geography . Murshidabad district authorities. 24 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Farakka Barrage Project . FBP . 12 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India’s tobacco industry . Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020. 13 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Power Generation . Farakka . NTPC. 7 August 2016.
  8. Web site: The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited . Sagardighi Thermal Power Project . WBPDCL . 15 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal . Sunirmal. Kar. Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5 . Shodhganga . 28 August 2017.
  10. Web site: The ‘Poor man’s cigarette’ . Gurvinder Singh . The Statesman, 22 January 2017 . 28 August 2017.
  11. Web site: Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key . Indrani Dutta . The Hindu, 1 May 2009 . 28 August 2017.
  12. Web site: Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal . Swati Mollah . Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013 . 5 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170820073737/http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf . 20 August 2017 . dead .
  13. Web site: C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) . West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 27 August 2017.
  14. 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. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
  15. Web site: District Census Handbook Murshidabad, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Section II Town Directory, Pages 981-987: Statement I: Growth History, Pages 990-993: Statement III: Civic & Other Amenities, Pages 993-995: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 995-1001 Section V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities; Pages 1001- 1002: Statement VI: Industry & Banking . Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 26 June 2021.
  16. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics . Government of West Bengal . 19 September 2017.
  17. Web site: Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (20 years study). SOES . Murshidabad. 4 August 2017.