Polba is a village in
Polba Dadpur CD Block in
Chinsurah subdivision
Chinsurah subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
The eastern portion of Chinsurah subdivision is part of the Hooghly Flats, a natural physiographic region, that is a narr ...
of
Hooghly district
Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsurah (' ...
in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
The area is composed of flat
alluvial
Alluvium (, ) is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluvium is also sometimes called alluvial deposit. Alluvium is ...
plains that form a part of the
Gangetic Delta.
Police station
Polba police station has jurisdiction over a part of
Polba Dadpur CD Block.
Urbanisation
In the
Chandannagore subdivision, 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7
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 single municipal corporation is
Chandernagore Municipal Corporation. The municipalities are
Tarakeswar Municipality,
Bhadreswar Municipality
Bhadreswar Municipality is the civic body that governs Bhadreswar and its surrounding areas in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
History
Bhadreswar Municipality was established in 1869.
Geography
Bhadreswar M ...
and
Champdany Municipality. Of the three CD Blocks in the Chandannagore subdivision,
Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural,
Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and
Singur
Singur is a census town in Singur CD block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Singur is located at . It has an average elevation of 14 metres (45 ft), and i ...
CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and
Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural.
The municipal areas are Industrialized. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
As per the
2011 Census of India, Polba had a total population of 6,626 of which 3,333 (50%) were males and 3,293 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 628. The total number of literates in Polba was 4,643 (77.41% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
Polba is on
Pandua-Bandel Road. Mogra-Polba Road and Polba-Alinagar Road also meet at Polba.
Education
Polba Mahavidyalaya, a general degree college, was established at Polba in 2005. It is affiliated with the
University of Burdwan and offers honors courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history and philosophy.
Healthcare
There is a rural hospital (with 30 beds) at Polba.
References
{{Hooghly District
Villages in Hooghly district