Aistala

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Field	Value
name	Aistala Garer Bagan
settlement_type	Census Town
pushpin_map	India West Bengal#India3
pushpin_map_caption	Location in West Bengal, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	West Bengal
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Nadia
established_title
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	2.94
population_total	20,662
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Bengali, English
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type
registration_plate	WB
website
iso_code	IN-WB
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Aistala is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

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Location

Aistala is located at .

The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, shows the census towns of Kamgachhi, Raghabpur, Panpara, Aistala, Satigachha, Anulia, Halalpur Krishnapur, Hijuli and Ranaghat (CT) forming a cluster around Ranaghat. Certain other localities such as Nokari, Nasra, Cooper's Camp, Birnagar, Habibpur, Gopalpur and Parbbatipur are also linked with this cluster.

Area overview

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Ranaghat subdivision has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts lying across the river. Topographically, Ranaghat subdivision is spread across the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district, and the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The Churni separates the two plains. A portion of the east forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The lower portion of the east is covered by a portion of the North 24 Parganas district. The subdivision has achieved reasonably high urbanisation. 41.68% of the population lives in urban areas and 58.32% lives in rural areas.

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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Demographics

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According to the 2011 Census of India, Aistala had a total population of 20,662, of which 10,701 (52%) were males and 9,961 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,816. The total number of literate persons in Aistala was 15,913 (84.44% of the population over 6 years).

The following municipalities, notified area, outgrowths and census towns were part of Ranaghat Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: Ranaghat (M), Birnagar (M), Cooper's Camp (NA), Magurkhali (OG), Ranaghat (CT) (CT), Hijuli (CT), Aistala (CT), Satigachha (CT), Nasra (CT), Panpara (CT), Raghabpur (CT), Kamgachhi (CT), Anulia (CT) and Halalpur Krishnapur (CT).

India census, Aistala had a population of 19,425. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Aistala has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

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According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Aistala covered an area of 2.94 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 6 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tubewell, borewell. It had 11,000 domestic electric connections, 300 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 1 mobile health clinic, 11 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 7 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 public library. Three important commodities it produced were handloom sari, power loom products, plastic flowers. It had branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 non-agricultural credit society.

Transport

Ranaghat Junction railway station, located nearby, is on the Sealdah-Ranaghat line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.

Healthcare

Habibpur (Jadav Dutta) Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Habibpur, is the major government medical facility in the Ranaghat I CD block.

References

"District Census Handbook Nadia, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal.
Gangopadhyay, Basudev, ''Paschimbanga Parichay'', 2001, {{in lang. bn, p. 70, Sishu Sahitya Sansad
"District Census Handbook, Nadia, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal..
"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Nadia". Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal.
"2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
"Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011". Census of India 2011.
"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India.
"District Census Handbook Nadia, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal.
"Sealdah Ranaghat Local". IndiaRailInfo.
"Health & Family Welfare Department". Government of West Bengal.

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