Kalaria is a
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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within the jurisdiction of the
Canning
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police station in the
Canning I CD block in the
Canning subdivision
Canning subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
Canning subdivision has a very low level of urbanization. Only 12.37% of the population lives in the urban areas a ...
of the
South 24 Parganas
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 Ba ...
district in the
India
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n
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of
West Bengal
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.
Geography
Area overview
Canning subdivision has a very low level of urbanization. Only 12.37% of the population lives in the urban areas and 87.63% lives in the rural areas. There are 8
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
s in the Canning I CD block and only 2 in the rest of the subdivision. 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 ...
with numerous islands in the southern part of the region. The area (shown in the map alongside) borders on the
Sundarbans National Park
Sundarbans National Park is a national park in West Bengal, India, and core part of tiger reserve and Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve, biosphere reserve. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Fores ...
and a major portion of it is a part of the
Sundarbans settlements
Sundarbans (; pronounced ) is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges Delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It spans the area from the Hooghly River in India's state of West Bengal to t ...
. It is a flat low-lying area in the South Bidyadhari plains. The
Matla River is prominent and there are many streams and water channels locally known as ''khals''. A comparatively recent country-wide development is the guarding of the coastal areas with a special coastal force.
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
Kalaria is located at .
Kalaria,
Gaur Daha
Gaur Daha or Gourdaha is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Jibantala police station in the Canning I CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata ...
and
Banshra
Bansra is a census town in the Raniganj CD block of the Asansol Sadar subdivision in the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Bansra is located at .
Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township), Belebathan, M ...
form a cluster of census towns in the Canning I CD block, as per the map of the Canning I CD block on page 333 of District Census Handbook.
Another cluster of census towns formed by
Garia
Garia is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is bordered by the neighbourhoods of Jadavpur in the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge in the north-west, Santoshpur/ Mukundapur in the north-ea ...
,
Champahati,
Solgohalia and
Naridana, in the Baruipur CD block, is adjacent to the above cluster, as per the map of the Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Kalaria had a total population of 10,075, of which 5,079 (50%) were males and 4,996 (50%) were females. There were 1,188 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kalaria was 7,091 (79.79% of the population over 6 years).
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Kalaria covered an area of 4.173 km
2. Among the civic amenities, it had 5 km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank and service reservoir. It had 277 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools.
Transport
Kalaria is on the Piyali-Ghutiari Sharif Road.
Piali railway station is located nearby.
Education
Kalaria Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducation institution established in 2010. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.
Healthcare
Ghutiari Sharif Block Primary Health Centre at Ghutiari Sharif, with 10 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Canning I CD block.
References
{{South 24 Parganas topics
Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district