Kriparampur is a

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within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the

Bishnupur II Bishnupur II 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 The Bishnupur II CD block is located at . It has an ...

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

The Alipore Sadar subdivision is the 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

Kriparampur is located at . It has an average elevation of . Bishnupur, Kanyanagar, Amtala, Ramkrishnapur, Kriparampur 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 the 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, Kriparampur had a total population of 3,778, of which 1,935 (51%) were males and 1,843 (49%) were females. There were 347 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kriparampur was 2,983 (86.94% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook'' 2011, Kriparampur covered an area of 1.7973 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved over-head tank and service reservoir. It had 600 domestic electric connections and 15 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had 4 dispensaries/ health centres, a nursing home 2 km away and 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school and 1 secondary school, the nearest middle and senior secondary schools at Pallishree 2 km away, the nearest general degree college at Vidyanagar 7 km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarba Siksha Abhiyan). Three important commodities it produced were plywood, brush and biri. It had the branch of 1 agricultural credit society.

Economy

Tourism

Ibiza, the Fern resort and spa, is located on the Diamond Harbour Road.

Transport

Kriparampur is on the National Highway 12.

Education

Roraty Rabindra Bidyapith, Gangrampur, is Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1962. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X.

Healthcare

Amtala Rural Hospital, with 50 beds, at Amtala, is the major government medical facility in the Bishnupur II CD block.

References

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