Kanyanagar is a

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within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the

Bishnupur I Bishnupur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Alipore Sadar subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Bishnupur I CD block is located at . It has an avera ...

CD block in the

Alipore Sadar subdivision Alipore Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the populat ...

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

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Geography

Area overview

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

s. 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 ...

and the subdivision, 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 an alluvial stretch, with industrial development. 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

Kanyanagar is located at . It has an average elevation of . Bishnupur, Kanyanagar, Amtala, Ramkrishnapur,

Kriparampur Kriparampur 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 ...

and

Chak Enayetnagar Chak Enayetnagar is a census town and a gram panchayat 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. ...

(a little away) form a cluster of census towns, as per the map of the Bishnupur I CD block on page 207 and map of the Bishnupur II CD block on page 233 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Kanyanagar had a total population of 10,823, of which 5,499 (51%) were males and 5,324 (49%) were females. There were 848 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons was 8,663 (86.85% of the population over 6 years). According to the

2001 Census of India The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871. The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. The total population increased b ...

, Kanyanagar had a population of 10,193. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. It has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 71%. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handboo''k 2011, Kanyanagar covered an area of 1.8 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved over-head tank and service reservoir. It had 1,600 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 2 dispensary/ health centres. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, nearest senior secondary school at Bishnupur, 1 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 public library. Three important commodities it produced were muri (puffed rice), textiles, soft toys.

Transport

A short stretch of local roads link Kanyanagar to the National Highway 12.

Education

Udayrampur Pallisree Sikhsayatan is a coeducational school affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. Vidyanagar College was established at

Vidyanagar Vidyanagar is a locality of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It formed Ward No. 86 of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. Commercial area Vidyanagar has a large number of shopping areas. Local buildings of note include Durgabai Deshmukh Hosp ...

in 1963.

Healthcare

Chandi Doulatabad Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds, at Doulatabad (PO Nepalganj), is the major government medical facility in the Bishnupur I CD block.

References

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