Laudoha is a village in the

Faridpur Durgapur Durgapur Faridpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Faridpur is an old village. The area was earlier densely f ...

CD block in the

Durgapur subdivision Durgapur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The rocky undulating topography with laterite soil found in the western part of the district extends to the wes ...

of the

Paschim Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd distric ...

in the state of the

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Geography

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at

Durgapur Durgapur (), is an industrial hub and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is stands on the northern bank of the Damodar river and located in Paschim Bardhaman district. Durgapur is a major centre for producin ...

and 38 (+1 partly)

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s (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

Civic administration

Police station

Faridpur police station, located on Ukhra-Madaiganj Road, in Laudoha gram panchayat, has jurisdiction over parts of the

CD block. The area covered is 106.56 km² and the population covered is 94,603.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the Faridpur Durgapur CD block are located at Laudoha.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Laudoha had a total population of 2,399, of which 1,232 (51%) were males and 1,167 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 257. The total number of literate persons in Laudoha was 1,660 (77.50% of the population over 6 years). *For language details see Faridpur Durgapur#Language and religion

Education

Laudoha K.T.B. Institution is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1963. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 12 computers, a library with 2,000 books and a playground. Kalipur High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1907. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X.

Healthcare

Laudoha Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Laudoha, is the major government medical facility in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block. There are primary health centres at Lowapur, PO Ichhapur (with 6 beds) and Kantaberia, PO Dhabani (with 10 beds).

References

{{Paschim Bardhaman District Villages in Paschim Bardhaman district