Bairatisal

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Field	Value
name	Bairatisal
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	Darjeeling
established_title
unit_pref	Metric
population_total	5,400
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	PIN
postal_code	734013
area_code_type	Telephone/STD code
area_code	0353
registration_plate	WB
blank1_name_sec1	Lok Sabha constituency
blank1_info_sec1	Darjeeling
blank2_name_sec1	Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1	Matigara-Naxalbari
website
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Bairatisal is a census town in the Matigara CD block in the Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Location

Bairatisal is located at .

Bairatisal, Tari, Jitu, Bara Mohansingh and Mathapari form a cluster of census towns as per map of Matigara CD block on page 265 of District Census Handbook, Darjeeling.

Area overview

The map alongside shows the Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district. This area is spread across the foothills of the Himalayas and is a plain land gently sloping from north to south. While the northern part is mentioned as the Terai region, the larger southern portion forms the western part of the Dooars region. While 55.11% per cent of the population resides in the rural areas, 44.89% resides in the urban areas. On the western side the Mechi River forms a long border with Nepal. On the eastern side the Mahananda River forms a short border with Bangladesh.

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.

Civic administration

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Matigara CD block is at Bairatsal.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Bairatisal had a total population of 4,916 of which 2,452 (50%) were males and 2,464 (50%) were females. There were 420 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Bairatisal was 4,182 (85.07% of the population over 6 years).

India census, Bairatisal had a population of 5400. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Bairatisal has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Darjiling, Bairatisal covered an area of 2.51 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 34 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources and covered well, it had 1,227 domestic electric connections and 467 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 12 medicine shops in the town and several facilities in nearby areas. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, 1 general degree college. Among the social cultural and recreational facilities it had were 1 orphanage, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library, 1 reading room. It had branches of 3 nationalised banks.

Education

University of North Bengal was established at Raja Rammohunpur in 1962.

References

"District Census Handbook: Darjiling". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011.
"District Census Handbook, Darjeeling, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 Census of India". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
"District Census Handbook, Darjeeling, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 Census of India". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
"District Census Handbook: Darjiling". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011.
"2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India.
"District Census Handbook Darjiling, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal.
"University of North Bengal". NBU.

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