Cities, towns and locations in Barasat subdivision, North 24 Parganas M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Duttapukur, Shibalaya, Chandrapur, Gangapur, Chatta Baria and Joypul form a cluster of census towns in the northern part of the CD block. The entire cluster has a very high density of population. (See the infobox of each census town for density of population).[1]
Duttapukur police station has jurisdiction over Barasat I CD Block.[2]
Area overview
The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower Ganges Delta.[3] The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.[4]54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas.[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.
Demographics
As of 2011[update] India census, Gangapur had a population of 6,301; of this, 3,211 are male, 3,090 female.[6] It has an average literacy rate of 78.65%, higher than the national average of 74.04%.
Infrastructure
As per District Census Handbook 2011, Gangapur covered an area of 2.4834 km2. It had 2 primary schools and 1 middle school. The nearest hospital was available 8 km away, the nearest dispensary/ health centre 5 km away, the nearest family welfare centre 8 km away, the nearest maternity and child welfare centre 5 km away and the nearest maternity home 13 km away.[7]
^"District Statistical Handbook". North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^"Primary census abstract data". Census of India. Retrieved 23 February 2014. (For census towns, select "urban" radio button, then select state, district and sub-district. A drop down list of towns well appear. Select the town.)