Bilpahari

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FieldValue
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settlement_typeCensus Town
pushpin_mapIndia West Bengal#India3
pushpin_map_captionLocation in West Bengal, India
coordinates
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subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1West Bengal
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Paschim Bardhaman
established_title
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km24.08
population_total8,565
population_as_of2011
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Languages*
demographics1_title1Official
demographics1_info1Bengali, Hindi, English
timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
postal_code713378
area_code_typeTelephone code/STD
area_code0341
registration_plateWB
blank1_name_sec1Lok Sabha constituency
blank1_info_sec1Asansol
blank2_name_sec1Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1Pandaveswar
website
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Bilpahari 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

Mahal, Baidyanathpur, Dalurband, Ramnagar, Bilpahari and Kendra Khottamdi form a cluster of census towns in the northern 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, Bilpahari had a total population of 8,565, of which 4,519 (53%) were males and 4,046 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,038. The total number of literate persons in Bilpahari was 5,623 (74.70% of the population over 6 years).

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

India census, Bilpahari had a population of 7,786. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Bilpahari has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 62% and female literacy of 42%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Bilpahari covered an area of 4.08 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved service reservoir, tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells. It had 740 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, the nearest senior secondary school, at Kendra 3 km away. Among the important commodities it produced were paddy, coal, earthen pots.

Economy

Collieries in the Pandaveswar Area of Eastern Coalfields are: Madaipur, Maderboni, Nutandanga, Pandaveswar, Dalurbandh, Kendra, Samla, South Samla, Khottadih, Kankartala, Dalurbandh OCP, Palasthali OCP and Gangaramchak OCP.

Education

Bilpahari has one primary school.

References

References

  1. "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  3. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India.
  5. "District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal.
  6. "Coalmining impact on the Environment". shodganga.infibnet.
  7. [http://bardhaman.gov.in/education/schudir.asp 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-27)

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