Makhal Tala is a

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within the jurisdiction of the Jibantala police station in the Canning II 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

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district in the

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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

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

Makhaltala ct is located at

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Makhal Tala had a total population of 11,192, of which 5,651 (50%) were males and 5,541 (50%) were females. There were 1,799 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Makhal Tala was 5,660 (60.25% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Makhal Tala covered an area of 2.6771 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank and service reservoir. It had 979 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had were a nursing home 2 km away, and in the town it had 2 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes and 10 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Tangrakhali 22 km away. It had 1 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institution.

Transport

Makhal Tala is on the Chakberia-Ghutiari Sharif Road. Ghutiari Sharif railway station is located nearby.

Healthcare

Matherdighi Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Matherdighi, is the major government medical facility in the Canning II CD block.

References

{{South 24 Parganas topics Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district