Bara Suzapur is a census town in the Kaliachak I CD block in the

Malda Sadar subdivision Malda Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Malda district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geography Malda Sadar subdivision covers both the Barind Tract and the Diara, two of the three ph ...

of Malda district in the state of

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Geography

Location

Bara Suzapur is located at . According to the map of Kaliachak CD block in the ''District Census Handbook, Maldah'', 2011,

Chhota Suzapur Chhota Suzapur is a census town. It is located in the Kaliachak I CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in West Bengal, India. Geography Location Chhota Suzapur is located at . According ...

, Bara Suzapur,

Chaspara Chaspara is a census town in the Kaliachak I CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Chaspara is located at . Area overview The area shown in the adjoining map is ...

, Nazirpur, Bamangram and Jalalpur form a cluster of census towns.

Area overview

The area shown in the adjoining map is the physiographic sub-region known as the ''diara''. It "is a relatively well drained flat land formed by the fluvial deposition of newer

alluvium Alluvium (, ) is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluvium is also sometimes called alluvial deposit. Alluvium is ...

." The most note-worthy feature is the Farakka Barrage across the Ganges. The area is a part of the

, which is an overwhelmingly rural region, but the area shown in the map has pockets of

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from Rural area, rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. ...

with 17 census towns, concentrated mostly in the Kaliachak I CD block. The bank of the Ganges between Bhutni and Panchanandapur (both the places are marked on the map), is the area worst hit by left bank erosion, a major problem in the Malda area. The ruins of Gauda, capital of several empires, is located in this area. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Bara Suzapur had a total population of 15,808, of which 8,129 (51%) were males and 7,675 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,509. The total number of literate persons in Bara Suzapur was 10,315 (77.56% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Maldah'', 2011, Bara Suzapur covered an area of 2.4036 km². It had 10 km roads with open drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, pressure tank, tap water from treated sources, hand pump. It had 340 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital (with 15 beds), 1 veterinary hospital, 8 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 1 senior secondary school in town, the nearest general degree college at Malda 12 km away. It had 2 recognised typewriting, shorthand and vocational training institutes, 2 non-formal education centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 public library. It produced resham silk, mango products, beedi. It had branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 1 private commercial bank, 1 cooperative bank.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with 10 beds at Sujapur.

References

{{Malda District Cities and towns in Malda district