Hasimnagar
Hasimnagar | |
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Census Town | |
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| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| State | File:Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| CD block | Falta |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.19 km2 (0.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,267 |
| • Density | 2,410/km2 (6,230/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 743513 |
| Telephone code | +91 3174 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Falta |
| Website | www |
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Hasimnagar is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Falta police station in the Falta CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
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Area overview
[edit | edit source]Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the western portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 11 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the western part, located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is covered by the Kulpi Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5–6 metres above sea level. Archaeological excavations at Deulpota and Harinarayanpur, on the bank of the Hooghly River indicate the existence of human habitation more than 2,000 years ago.[3][4][5]
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
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Hasimnagar, Baneshwarpur of the Falta CD block and Ajodhyanagar, Sirakol of the Magrahat I CD block form a cluster of census towns.[6]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]According to the 2011 Census of India, Hasimnagar had a total population of 5,267 of which 2,689 (51%) were males and 2,578 (49%) were females. There were 551 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Hasimnagar was 4,008 (84.99% of the population over 6 years).[7]
Infrastructure
[edit | edit source]According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Hasimnagar covered an area of 2.1903 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources and hand pumps. It had 481 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had a dispensary/ health centre and veterinary hospital close by. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Sirakol 1 km away.[8]
Transport
[edit | edit source]Hasimnagar is on the National Highway 12.[9]
Education
[edit | edit source]Hasimnagar High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1956. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X.[10]
Ideal Public School is a boys only ICSE/ ISC school.[11]
Healthcare
[edit | edit source]Falta Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds, at Falta, is the major government medical facility in the Falta CD block.[12]
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