Patharberia is a

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and a

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within the jurisdiction of the

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police station in the Bishnupur II

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in the

Alipore Sadar subdivision Alipore Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions: 18.26% of the total po ...

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. It is the largest district of West Bengal by ...

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 and the subdivision, on the east bank of the

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, 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

Patharberia is located at . It has an average elevation of . Nadabhanga,

Kanganbaria Kanganbaria 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. Geogr ...

, Bora Gagangohalia, Barkalikapur, Chanddandaha and Patharberia (a little away) form a cluster of census towns, as per 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, Patharberia had a total population of 4,698, of which 2,459 (52%) were males and 2,239 (48%) were females. There were 424 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Patharberia was 3,544 (82.92% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook'' 2011, Patharberia covered an area of 2.0275 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 16 km roads with open drains. The protected water supply involved over-head tank. It had 497 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 TB hospital/ clinic. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Bakrahat 2 km away. Commodities it produced were brush and bamboo products.

Transport

A short stretch of local roads link Patharberia to the

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Education

RC Nagar High School (Ramchandra Nagar High School) is a Bengali-medium coeducational school established in 1958. It has facilities for teaching from class VI 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