Baruipur

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City in West Bengal, India

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Baruipur () is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Baruipur Sadar subdivision and South 24 Parganas district and is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

History

Many janapadas grew up along the old Bhagirathi channel from the ancient times till around the 16th century: Kalighat, Boral, Rajpur, Harinavi, Mahinagar, Baruipur, Baharu, Jaynagar Majilpur, Chhatrabhog etc. Bipradas Pipilai's Manasavijaya, composed in 1495, mentions many places in this region. "Chand Sadagar, a merchant character of the Manasavijaya, reached Baruipur, from Kalighat, through the old Bhagirathi channel. From there he proceeded towards Chhatrabhog, and then traveling through Hatiagarh pargana reached the open sea". Chaitanyadeva (1486–1534) also went through this route. Travelling by boat to Puri he halted at the village of Atisara, near Baruipur. "His last stoppage in 24 Parganas was at Chhatrabhog, now a village within the jurisdiction of the Mathurapur police station. Chhatrabhog seems to have been an important river-port on the old Bhagirathi channel". Rama Chandra Khan, the zamindar of Chhatrabhog, helped Chaitanyadeva to continue with his journey.

Geography

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Area overview

Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 20 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain. Archaeological excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago.

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

Baruipur is located at . It has an average elevation of 11 m.

Khodar Bazar on the west, Salipur on the north, Baruipur (P) on the east are census towns adjacent to Baruipur, and Komarhat is a little away on the south, as per the map of the Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas district.

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw). |metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Baruipur |temperature colour=pastel |Jan high C=25.4 |Feb high C=27.7 |Mar high C=31.4 |Apr high C=33.1 |May high C=33.4 |Jun high C=32.3 |Jul high C=30.7 |Aug high C=30.8 |Sep high C=31.2 |Oct high C=30.8 |Nov high C=28.1 |Dec high C=25.1

|Jan mean C=19.9 |Feb mean C=22.7 |Mar mean C=27 |Apr mean C=29.3 |May mean C=30 |Jun mean C=29.5 |Jul mean C=28.5 |Aug mean C=28.6 |Sep mean C=28.5 |Oct mean C=27.5 |Nov mean C=23.5 |Dec mean C=20

|Jan low C=14.5 |Feb low C=17.7 |Mar low C=22.6 |Apr low C=25.6 |May low C=26.7 |Jun low C=26.8 |Jul low C=26.4 |Aug low C=26.4 |Sep low C=25.9 |Oct low C=24.2 |Nov low C=19 |Dec low C=14.6

|precipitation colour=green |Jan precipitation mm=14 |Feb precipitation mm=17 |Mar precipitation mm=20 |Apr precipitation mm=34 |May precipitation mm=96 |Jun precipitation mm=244 |Jul precipitation mm=323 |Aug precipitation mm=322 |Sep precipitation mm=321 |Oct precipitation mm=172 |Nov precipitation mm=30 |Dec precipitation mm=1

|source 1= Climate-Data.org (altitude: 11 m)

Demographics

Population

| 1901 | 4217 | 1911 | 6375 | 1921 | 5114 | 1931 | 6483 | 1941 | 7130 | 1951 | 9238 | 1961 | 13608 | 1971 | 20501 | 1981 | 26229 | 1991 | 37659 | 2001 | 44913 | 2011 | 53128 | source = Census of India

According to the 2011 Census of India, Baruipur had a total population of 53,128, of which 26,718 (50.29%) were males and 26,410 (49.71%) were females. It had a population density of 5592 PD/sqkm with a sex ratio of 988 females for every 1000 males. There were 3,763 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years which is 7.08% of the total population. The Scheduled Castes numbered 13,157 (24.76%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 317 (0.60%). The total number of literate persons was 45,434 (92.04% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 23,405 (94.43% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 22,029 (89.62% of the female population over 6 years). Baruipur had a total of 13,226 households as per report released by 2011 Census of India.

Language

|caption = Languages of Baruipur (2011) |label1 = Bengali |value1 = 95.55 |color1 = orchid |label2 = Hindi |value2 = 3.50 |color2 = orange |label3 = Urdu |value3 = 0.94 |color3 = green |label4 = Others |value4 = 0.01 |color4 = grey

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 95.55% of the population spoke Bengali, 3.50% Hindi and 0.94% Urdu as their first language.

Religion

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According to the 2011 Census of India, 89.25% of the population is Hindu, 8.81% Muslim, 1.43% Christian, 0.05% Sikh, 0.02% Buddhist and 0.01% Jain. 0.42% did not state a religion in the census.

Civic administration

Municipality

Baruipur Municipality covers an area of 9.50 km2. It has jurisdiction over the entire city of Baruipur. The municipality was established in . It is divided into 17 administrative wards. According to the 2022 municipal election, it is being controlled by the All India Trinamool Congress.

Police stations

Baruipur police station covers an area of 212.48 km2. It has jurisdiction over parts of the Baruipur Municipality, and the Baruipur CD block.

Baruipur women police station has jurisdiction over parts of the Baruipur Municipality, and the Baruipur CD block.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the Baruipur CD block are located at Piyali Town. The map of the CD block Baruipur on the page number 383 in the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas district shows the headquarters of the CD block as being in Baruipur.

Transport

Baruipur is on the State Highway 1.

Baruipur Junction railway station is on the Sealdah–Namkhana line and Sealdah-Diamond Harbour line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway.

Commuters

With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005–06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.

Education

  • Al-Ameen Memorial Minority College, established in 2004, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Arabic, Islamic history and culture, philosophy and history, and a general course in arts.
  • Baruipur College, established in 1981, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, political science, philosophy, economics, geography, education, mathematics and accounting & finance, and general degree courses in arts, science, and commerce.
  • Baruipur Government Polytechnic, established in 2013, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.
  • Baruipur High School is a Bengali-medium school for boys. It was established in 1858 and has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.
  • Gargi Memorial Institute of Technology, established in 2011, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.
  • Greater Kolkata College of Engineering and Management, established in 2008, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.

Others

Healthcare

Baruipur Subdivisional Hospital, with 250 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Baruipur subdivision.

Notable people

References

References

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