Karimpur is a

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, near the bank of river

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, in

Karimpur I Karimpur I is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Tehatta subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geography Karimp ...

CD block in the

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of the

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in the

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Geography

Location

Karimpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is from

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and is located at the bank of the River Jalangi.

Area overview

Nadia district is made up of mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of

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 ...

, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as the Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. The

Jalangi River Jalangi River (), is a branch of the Ganges river in Murshidabad and Nadia districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. It flows into the Bhagirathi river and strengthens its lower channel, the Hooghly. The river below the point where the J ...

forms the district/subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary with

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. The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural. 97.15% of the population lives in the rural areas and 2.85% lives in the urban areas. 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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Karimpur had a total population of 9,661, of which 4,930 (51%) were males and 4,731 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 775. The total number of literate persons in Karimpur was 7,616 (85.71% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Karimpur police station has jurisdiction over a portion of

CD block. The total area covered by the police station is and the population covered is 117,879 (2001 census). of the Bangladesh-India border is within the PS area.

Education

Karimpur has three high schools: Karimpur Jagannath High School, Karimpur Girls High School and Jamsherpur B.N High School. One undergraduate college named Karimpur Pannadevi College is there.

Health

Karimpur has one rural hospital and many dispensaries. Some specialist doctors visit on a specific day each week in different clinics. The emergency health facilities are limited: the district hospital is about away at the district headquarter,

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Communication

The town is situated near the international border of India-Bangladesh ( from the town). West Bengal state highway 11 crosses through it. There is a bus route from Krishnanagar to Karimpur and another from

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to Karimpur.

External links

References

{{Nadia District Cities and towns in Nadia district