Chak Baria is a

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within the jurisdiction of the

Sonarpur Rajpur Sonarpur () is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History M ...

police station in the

CD block in the

Baruipur subdivision Baruipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives i ...

of the

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district in the

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Geography

Area overview

Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 10

s. The entire district is situated in the

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and the northern part of the subdivision is a flat plain bordering the metropolis of

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

. 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

Chak Baria is located at . It has an average elevation of . Kalikapur, Chak Baria and

Sahebpur Sahebpur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Sonarpur police station in the Sonarpur CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overview Baruipur subd ...

form a cluster of census towns in the Sonarpur CD block, as per the map of Sonarpur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Chak Baria had a total population of 4,914, of which 2,520 (51%) were males and 2,394 (49%) were females. There were 634 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Chak Baria was 3,440 (80.37% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Chak Baria covered an area of 1.5729 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved borewell and service reservoir. It had 150 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 family welfare entre and 1 veterinary hospital 1 km away. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. It had the branch office of 1 non-agricultural credit society.

Social scenario

People living in this part of rural Bengal, particularly the Muslims and those belonging to the scheduled castes, are the most backward educationally, as well as in socio-economic terms.

Transport

Sonarpur-Chak Baria Road links Chak Baria to the

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.Google maps Kalikapur railway station is located nearby.

Education

Sishubikash College of Education, at Chakberia-Mokrampur More, is a minority institution conducted by the Society for Islamic Education. It offers a 2-years B Ed course. Sishubikash Academy is a private unaided Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1985. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. It has a library with 5,000 books and 20 computers.

Healthcare

Sonarpur Rural Hospital, with 25 beds, at

Rajpur Sonarpur Rajpur Sonarpur () is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History M ...

, is the major government medical facility in the Sonarpur CD block.

References

{{South 24 Parganas topics Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Kolkata Metropolitan Area