Английская Википедия:Barkalikapur
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Barkalikapur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the Bishnupur II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area overview
The Alipore Sadar subdivision is a 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 southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 15 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.[1][2][3]
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
Barkalikapur is located at Шаблон:Coord. It has an average elevation of Шаблон:Convert.
Nadabhanga, Kanganbaria, Bora Gagangohalia, Barkalikapur, Chanddandaha and Patharberia (a little away) form a cluster of census towns, as per the map of the Bishnupur II CD block on page 233 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.[4]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Barkalikapur had a total population of 4,650, of which 2,322 (50%) were males and 2,328 (50%) were females. There were 538 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Barkalikapur was 3,174 (77.19% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Barkalikapur covered an area of 1.5075 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 25 km roads with open drains. The protected water supply involved over-head tank. It had 548 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre. Among the educational facilities it had were 3 primary schools, the nearest middle school, secondary school and senior secondary school were at Patharberia 1 km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarba Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 orphanage home. A commodity it produced was brush.[6]
Transport
A short stretch of local roads link Barkalikapur to the National Highway 12.[7]
Education
Vidyanagar College was established at Vidyanagar in 1963.[8]
Healthcare
Amtala Rural Hospital, with 50 beds, at Amtala, is the major government medical facility in the Bishnupur II CD block.[9]
References
Шаблон:South 24 Parganas Шаблон:South 24 Parganas topics
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