Pujali () is a city and a municipality of

South 24 Parganas district 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 ...

in the

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. It is a part of the area covered by

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(KMDA).

Geography

Area overview

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 northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21

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s. The entire district is situated in the

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and the subdivision, on the east bank of the

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, is an

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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

Pujali is located at . It has an average elevation of . Balarampur,

Uttar Raypur Uttar Raypur is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Budge Budge police station in the Budge Budge I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ...

Buita Buita is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Budge Budge police station in the Budge Budge I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geogra ...

Benjanhari Acharial Benjanhari Acharial is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Budge Budge police station in the Budge Budge I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Ar ...

Abhirampur Abhirampur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Budge Budge police station in the Budge Budge I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overvi ...

and Nischintapur form a cluster of census towns around

Budge Budge Budge Budge () is a city and a municipality 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). Geography Area overview Alipore Sadar subdiv ...

and Pujali, as per the map of the Budge Budge I CD block on the page number 167 in the ''District Census Handbook 2011'' for the South 24 Parganas district.

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 Census of India, Pujali had a total population of 37,047, of which 18,940 (51.12%) were males and 18,107 (48.88%) were females. It had a population density of with a sex ratio of 956 females for every 1000 males. There were 4,316 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years which is 11.65% of the total population. The Scheduled Castes numbered 5,480 (14.79%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 937 (2.53%). The total number of literate persons was 25,791 (78.80% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 13,827 (82.59% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 11,964 (74.82% of the female population over 6 years). Pujali had a total of 8,587 households as per report released by 2011 Census of India.

Language

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 98.18% of the population spoke

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, 1.79%

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and 0.02%

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as their first language.

Religion

According to the 2011 Census of India, 58.54% of the population is

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, 41.20%

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, 0.16%

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, 0.01%

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, 0.02%

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and 0.01% Jain. 0.05% did not state a religion in the census.

Civic administration

Municipality

Pujali Municipality covers an area of . It has jurisdiction over the entire city of Pujali. The municipality was established in . It is divided into 15 administrative wards. According to the 2022 municipal election, it is being controlled by the

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Police station

Pujali police station has jurisdiction over parts of the Pujali Municipality, and the

Budge Budge I Budge Budge I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Alipore Sadar subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography The Budge Budge I CD block is located at . It has a ...

CD block.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the

CD block are located at Purba Nischintapur. The map of the CD block Budge Budge I on the page number 167 in the ''District Census Handbook 2011'' for the South 24 Parganas district shows the headquarters of the CD block as being in Pujali.

Transport

Pujali is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.Google maps Budge Budge railway station is located nearby.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Biraj Lakshmi (PO Pujali).

References

External links

* {{Municipalities of West Bengal Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Kolkata Metropolitan Area