Bahula

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subdivision_nameIndia
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subdivision_name1West Bengal
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Paschim Bardhaman
established_title
unit_prefMetric
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population_total17,510
population_as_of2011
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demographics_type1Languages*
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timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
postal_code713322
area_code_typeTelephone/STD code
area_code0341
registration_plateWB
blank1_name_sec1Lok Sabha constituency
blank1_info_sec1Asansol
blank2_name_sec1Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1Pandaveswar
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Bahula is a census town in the Pandabeswar CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Location

Bahula is located at .

The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating laterite soil. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.

Konardihi, Nabgram, Chak Bankola, Sankarpur, Haripur, Bahula, Chhora and Parashkol form a cluster of census towns in the southern portion of Pandabeswar CD block.

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Bahula had a total population of 17,510, of which 9,095 (52%) were males and 8,415 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,202. The total number of literate persons in Bahula was 11,445 (74.76% of the population over 6 years).

*For language details see Pandabeswar (community development block)#Language and religion

India census, Bahula had a population of 16,264. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Bahula has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 64% of the males and 36% of females literate. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Bahula covered an area of 3.59 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved service reservoir, tap water from treated sources. It had 1,472 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, 2 middleschools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. Among the important commodities it produced were coal, paddy and cement.

Economy

This is a Coal Mining area. Bahula is part of Kenda Area of Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. The area has been facing the problem of land subsidence. There are some engineering workshops at Bahula.

According to the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Kenda Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bahula Colliery, Chora Block Incline, CI Jambad Colliery, Chora OCP, Haripur Colliery, Lower Kenda Colliery, New Kenda Colliery, Siduli Colliery, SK OCP and West Kenda OCP.

Education

Bahula has three primary and one higher secondary schools.

Bahula Sashi Smriti High School is a co-educational higher secondary school.

Healthcare

The Regional Hospital of Eastern Coalfields is located at Bahula.

Medical facilities (hospital/ dispensary) in the Kenda Area of ECL are available at Chhora Regional Hospital (with 30 beds) (PO Bahula), New Kenda (PO New Kenda), Lower Kenda (PO Haripur), Bahula (PO Bahula), CI Jambad (PO Bahula), Siduli (PO Siduli), Haripur (PO Haripur), CBI (PO Haripur), Chora Group pits (PO Haripur) ).

References

References

  1. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang. bn, Vol I, pp 14-15, Radical Impression. {{ISBN. 81-85459-36-3
  2. "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  3. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  4. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  5. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India.
  6. "District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal.
  7. [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses2/0320129103.htm Parliament Questions]
  8. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p 364
  9. "Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers". Eastern Coalfields Limited.
  10. [http://bardhaman.gov.in/education/schudir.asp 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-27)
  11. "West Bengal Cuncil of Higher Secondary Education". WBCHSE.
  12. "Eastern Coalfields Limited's Hospitals". ECL.
  13. (May 2021). "Details of medical facilities in CIL and its subsidiaries". CIL.

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