Diamond Harbour subdivision is an administrative subdivision of
South 24 Parganas district
South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore previously, with its Zilla Parishad now in ...
in the
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of
West Bengal
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.
Overview
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives the rural areas. The entire district is situated in the
Ganges Delta
The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Be ...
. The eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters and the western part, located on the east bank of the
Hooghly River
The Hooghly River (, also spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') is the westernmost distributary of the Ganges, situated in West Bengal, India. It is known in its upper reaches as the Bhagirathi. The Bhagirathi splits off from the main branch of the G ...
, is covered by the Kulpi-Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5–6 metres above sea level.
Archaeological
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excavations at
Deulpota and
Harinarayanpur, on the bank of the Hooghly River indicate the existence of human habitation more than 2,000 years ago.
Subdivisions
South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions:
26.04% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Diamond Harbourr subdivision.
Administrative units
Diamond Harbour subdivision has 11 police stations, 9 community development blocks, 9 panchayat samitis, 99 gram panchayats, 890
mouza
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s, 839 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 35
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
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s. The municipality is at
Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour is a town and municipality located in the South 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River, it serves as the administrative headquarters of the Diamond Harbour su ...
. The census towns are:
Ajodhyanagar
Ajodhyanagar is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I Community development block in India, CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and terr ...
,
Sirakol
Sirakol is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I Community development block in India, CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian ...
,
Uttar Bishnupur
Uttar Bishnupur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the India
India, officially the Republic of ...
,
Ghola Noapara
Ghola Noapara is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area overvie ...
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Usthi
Usthi is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
...
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Barijpur
Barijpur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area overview
Di ...
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Uttar Kusum
Uttar Kusum is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geog ...
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Kalikapota
Kalikapota is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ge ...
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Bamna,
Dhamua
Dhamua is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ge ...
,
Shyampur,
Nainan
Nainan is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ge ...
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Uttar Kalas
Uttar Kalas is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
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Dihi Kalas
Dihi Kalas is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ...
,
Swangrampur
Swangrampur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area ov ...
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Bilandapur
Bilandapur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the India
India, officially the Republic of I ...
,
Magrahat
Magrahat is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
His ...
,
Chandpur (M),
Bangsidharpur (M),
Purba Bishnupur,
Berandari Bagaria,
Dhola,
Hasimnagar
Hasimnagar is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Falta, South 24 Parganas, Falta police station in the Falta (community development block), Falta Community development block in India, CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the S ...
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Baneshwarpur
Baneshwarpur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Falta, South 24 Parganas, Falta police station in the Falta (community development block), Falta Community development block in India, CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of th ...
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Chandpala Anantapathpur
Chandpala Anantapathpur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Falta police station in the Falta CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area ove ...
,
Fatepur,
Masat,
Sangrampur,
Mohanpur,
Durganagar,
Patdaha
Patdaha is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Diamond Harbour police station in the Diamond Harbour II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Ar ...
,
Krishna Chandrapur,
Mathurapur,
Purba Ranaghat,
Lalpur,
Police stations
Police stations in Diamond Harbour subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:[
]
CD Blocks
Community development blocks in Diamond Harbour subdivision are:
Gram panchayats
The subdivision contains 99 gram panchayats under 9 community development blocks:
* Falta CD block consists of 13 gram panchayats: Banganagar-I, Banganagar-II, Belsingha-I, Belsingha-II, Chaluari, Debipur, Falta, Fatepur, Gopalpur, Harindanga-I, Harindanga-II, Mallikpur and Noyapukuria.
* Magrahat I CD block consists of 11 gram panchayats: Ektara, Hariharpur, Kalikapota, Lakshmikantapur, Rangilbad, Sherpur, Shrichanda, Sirakol, Usthi, Uttarkusum and Yearpur.
* Magrahat II
Magrahat II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal.
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CD block consists of 14 gram panchayats: Amratala, Dhamua Dakshin, Dhamua Uttar, Dhanpota, Dihikalas, Gokarni, Hotor Morjada, Jugdia, Magrahat Paschim, Magrahat Purba, Mohanpur, Multi, Nainan and Urelchandpur.
* Diamond Harbour I CD block consists of eight gram panchayats: Basuldanga, Bolsiddhi Kalinagar, Derak, Harindanga, Kanpur Dhanaberia, Mashat, Netra and Parulia.
* Diamond Harbour II CD block consists of eight gram panchayats: Bhadura Haridas, Kalatalahat, Kamarpole, Khorda, Mathur, Nurpur, Patra and Sarisa.
* Mandirbazar CD block consists of ten gram panchayats: Anchana, Chandpur, Dakshin Bishnupur, Dhanurhat, Gabberia, Ghateswar, Jagadishpur, Kecharkur, Krishnapur and Nisapur.
* Mathurapur I CD block consists of ten gram panchayats: Abad Bhagawanpur, Dakshin Lakshminarayanpur, Debipur, Krishnachandrapur, Lalpur, Mathurapur Paschim, Mathurapur Purba, Nalua, Shankarpur and Uttar Lakshminarayanpur.
* Mathurapur II CD block consists of 11 gram panchayats: Dighirpar Bakultala, Gilarchhat, Kankandighi, Kasinagar, Kautala, Khari, Kumrapara, Nagendrapur, Nandakumarpur, Radhakantapur and Raidighi.
* Kulpi CD block consists of 14 gram panchayats: Baburmahal, Belpukur, Chandipur, Dhola, Gajipur, Iswaripur, Kamarchak, Karanjali, Keoratala, Kulpi, Rajarampur, Ramkishore, Ramkrishnapur and Ramnagar Gazipur.
Municipal towns/ cities
An overview of the only municipal town in Diamond Harbour subdivision is given below:[
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Education
South 24 Parganas district had a literacy rate of 77.51% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Alipore Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 81.14%, Baruipur subdivision 77.45%, Canning subdivision 70.98%, Diamond Harbour subdivision 76.26% and Kakdwip subdivision 82.04%
Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in South 24 Parganas district, with data for the year 2013-14:[
.* Does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation
The following institutions are located in Diamond Harbour subdivision:
* Diamond Harbour Women's University was established at ]Sarisha
Sarisha is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Diamond Harbour police station in the Diamond Harbour II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Beng ...
in 2013.
* Neotia Institute of Technology Management and Science was established at PO Amira in 2002.
*Shishuram Das College was established at Bhushna
Bhushna is a village within the jurisdiction of the Diamond Harbour police station in the Diamond Harbour II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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, Kamarzole in 2010,
* Fakir Chand College was established at Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour is a town and municipality located in the South 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River, it serves as the administrative headquarters of the Diamond Harbour su ...
in 1948. It is the oldest college in the district.
* Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital was established at Diamond Harbour in 2019.
* Shirakole Mahavidyalaya was established in 2007 at Sirakol
Sirakol is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I Community development block in India, CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian ...
.
* Sadhan Chandra Mahavidyalaya was established at Harindanga in 2007.
* Dhola Mahavidyalaya was established at Dhola in 2009.
* Raidighi College was established at Raidighi in 1995.
* L.J.D. College was established at Punya, PO Saharahat, in 2015.
* Magrahat College was established at Magrahat
Magrahat is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
His ...
in 1996.
Healthcare
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in South 24 Parganas district.
Note: The district data does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The number of doctors exclude private bodies.
Medical facilities in Diamond Harbour subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)
*Diamond Harbour Subdivisional Hospital, Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour is a town and municipality located in the South 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River, it serves as the administrative headquarters of the Diamond Harbour su ...
, 250 beds
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)
*Mathurapur Rural Hospital, Mathurapur I CD block, Mathurapur, 60 beds
*Raidighi Rural Hospital, Mathurapur II CD block, Raidighi, 60 beds
*Baneswarpur Rural Hospital, Magrahat I CD block, Baneswarpur
Baneswarpur is a village within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the India
India, officially the Republic of India, i ...
, 30 beds
*Magrahat Rural Hospital, Magrahat II CD block, Magrahat
Magrahat is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
His ...
, 30 beds
*Panchagram ( Netra) Rural Hospital, Diamond Harbour I CD block, PO Panchagram Singhi, 30 beds
*Naiyarat Rural Hospital, Mandirbazar CD block, Naiyarat, 30 beds
Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)
*Falta Block Primary Health Centre, Falta CD block, Falta, 10 beds
*Sarisha Block Primary Health Centre, Diamond Harbour II CD block, Sarisha
Sarisha is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Diamond Harbour police station in the Diamond Harbour II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Beng ...
, 15 beds
*Kulpi Block Primary Health Centre, Kulpi CD block, Kulpi, 15 beds
Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)
*Falta CD block: Dholtikuri (PO Charberia) (6)
*Magrahat I CD block: Sirakol
Sirakol is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I Community development block in India, CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian ...
(6)
*Magrahat II CD block: Mohanpu (6), Gokarni (6)
*Diamond Harbour I CD block: Bardron (PO Hatuganj) (10), Raghunathpur ( Masat) (6)
*Diamond Harbour II CD block: Gandia Raghunathpur (6), Paschim Bhabanipur (PO Mukundapur) (6)
*Mathurapur I CD block: Jadavpur (6), Ghatbakultala (10)
*Mathurapur II CD block: Purandarpur (PO Pukurhat (6), Baribhanga Abad (6), Gilerchat (6)
*Kulpi CD block: Dakshin Jagadishpur (6), Belpukur (10), Ramkishorepur (6), Jamtalhat (6)
Electoral constituencies
Lok Sabha
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(parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha
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(state assembly) constituencies in Diamond Harbour subdivision were as follows:
References
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Subdivisions of West Bengal
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