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Mallikpur is a
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and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the
Baruipur Baruipur () is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Baruipur subdivision and is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). ...
police station in the
Baruipur Baruipur () is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Baruipur subdivision and is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). ...
CD block in the
Baruipur subdivision Baruipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives i ...
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

Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 20
census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
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 southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain.
Archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...
excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago. 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

Mallikpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . Petua,
Panchghara Panchghara is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Panchghara is located at . Kharsarai, Tisa, Kapashanria, Jaykrishnapur, Purba Tajpur, ...
, Mallikpur and Hariharpur form a cluster of census towns in the Baruipur CD block, as per the map of the Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas. This cluster has
Rajpur Sonarpur Rajpur Sonarpur () is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History M ...
on the east and
Bidyadharpur Bidyadharpur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Sonarpur police station in the Sonarpur CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overview Baruipur ...
on the north, both in the Sonarpur CD block, as per the map of the Sonarpur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.


Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Mallikpur had a total population of 19,120, of which 9,754 (51%) were males and 9,366 (49%) were females. There were 2,849 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Mallikpur was 10,698 (69.75% of the population over 6 years).


Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Mallikpur covered an area of 1.4335 km2. Among the physical aspects, Mallikpur railway station is in the town. Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved covered wells and hand pumps. It had 2,520 domestic electric connections and 252 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 veterinary hospital and 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools. An important commodity it produced was shoe. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.


Transport

Mallikpur is on the
State Highway 1 The following highways are numbered 1. For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads. For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads. For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads. For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads. For roads numbered S ...
.Google maps Mallikpur railway station is on the Sealdah–Namkhana line of the
Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway (colloquially called Kolkata local trains or simply locals) is a suburban rail, suburban and regional rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in West Bengal, India. Its network has 45 ...
system.


Commuters

With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005–06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the
Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway (colloquially called Kolkata local trains or simply locals) is a suburban rail, suburban and regional rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in West Bengal, India. Its network has 45 ...
system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.


Education

Mallikpur Abdus Shokur High School is a boys only institution. It is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. Subhasgram Nabatara Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution, established in 1962. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. Gobindapur Ratneswar High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational school, established in 1921. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.


Healthcare

Hariharpur Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds, at Hariharpur (PO Mallikpur), is the major government medical facility in the Baruipur CD block.


References

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