Karimpur

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Field	Value
name	Karimpur
settlement_type	Census Town
image_skyline	File:Karimpur bus stand 03.jpg
image_caption	Karimpur bus stand
pushpin_map	India West Bengal#India3
pushpin_label_position	right
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	1.62
elevation_m	15
population_total	9,661
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	741152
registration_plate	WB
blank1_name_sec1	Lok Sabha constituency
blank1_info_sec1	Murshidabad
blank2_name_sec1	Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1	Karimpur, Tehatta
website
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Karimpur is a census town, near the bank of river Jalangi, in Karimpur I CD block in the Tehatta subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.{{cite web |url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |title=District Wise List of Statutory Towns |access-date=2007-10-06 |work=Census of India 2001, Urban Frame |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425193215/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |archive-date=2009-04-25

Geography

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Location

Karimpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 15 m. It is 183 km from Kolkata and is located at the bank of the River Jalangi.

Area overview

Nadia district is made up of mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as the Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. The Jalangi River forms the district/subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural. 97.15% of the population lives in the rural areas and 2.85% lives in the urban 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

According to the 2011 Census of India, Karimpur had a total population of 9,661, of which 4,930 (51%) were males and 4,731 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 775. The total number of literate persons in Karimpur was 7,616 (85.71% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Karimpur police station has jurisdiction over a portion of Karimpur I CD block. The total area covered by the police station is 116.796 km2 and the population covered is 117,879 (2001 census). 4 km of the Bangladesh-India border is within the PS area.

Education

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Karimpur has three high schools: Karimpur Jagannath High School, Karimpur Girls High School and Jamsherpur B.N High School. One undergraduate college named Karimpur Pannadevi College is there.

Health

Karimpur has one rural hospital and many dispensaries. Some specialist doctors visit on a specific day each week in different clinics. The emergency health facilities are limited: the district hospital is about 70 km away at the district headquarter, Krishnanagar.

Communication

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The town is situated near the international border of India-Bangladesh (25 km from the town). West Bengal state highway 11 crosses through it. There is a bus route from Krishnanagar to Karimpur and another from Berhampore to Karimpur.

References

[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Karimpur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Karimpur]
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.
"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Nadia". Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal.
"Nadia District Police". West Bengal Police.
"Karimpur Police Station Details". Nadia Police.

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