Maheshtala

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City in West Bengal, India

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::summary City in West Bengal, India ::

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subdivision_name1Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png West Bengal
subdivision_type2Division
subdivision_name2Presidency
subdivision_type3District
subdivision_name3South 24 Parganas
established_title
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demographics1_info182.03 per cent
demographics1_title2Sex ratio
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website
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Maheshtala () is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

Geography

| width=360| height=300| zoom=11 | coord=| float=left|caption=Cities and towns in the western part of Alipore Sadar subdivision (including Budge Budge I & II, Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD blocks) in South 24 Parganas district M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly Bakrahat is in Bishnupur II CD block, but Lakshmibala Rural Hospital at Bakrahat serves Budge Budge II CD block and so it is included here.

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Area overview

Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.

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

Maheshtala is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 m.

Rameswarpur, Chata Kalikapur, Ganye Gangadharpur and Asuti form a cluster of census towns on the southern side of Maheshtala, as per the map of the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block on the page number 153 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=Maheshtala |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: 7 m)

Demographics

Population

| 2001 | 385266 | 2011 | 448317 | source = Census of India

According to the 2011 Census of India, Maheshtala had a total population of 448,317, of which 229,693 (51.23%) were males and 218,624 (48.77%) were females. It had a population density of 10148 PD/sqkm with a sex ratio of 952 females for every 1000 males. There were 46,247 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years which is 10.32% of the total population. The Scheduled Castes numbered 54,645 (12.19%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 1,934 (0.43%). The total number of literate persons was 329,813 (82.03% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 176,135 (85.43% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 153,678 (78.45% of the female population over 6 years). Maheshtala had a total of 101,453 households as per report released by 2011 Census of India.

Language

|caption = Languages of Maheshtala (2011) |label1 = Bengali |value1 = 94.96 |color1 = orchid |label2 = Hindi |value2 = 3.97 |color2 = orange |label3 = Urdu |value3 = 1.06 |color3 = green |label4 = Others |value4 = 0.01 |color4 = grey

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 94.96% of the population spoke Bengali, 3.97% Hindi and 1.06% Urdu as their first language.

Religion

|title=Religion in Maheshtala (2011) |titlebar=#FCD116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars=

According to the 2011 Census of India, 57.95% of the population is Hindu, 41.11% Muslim, 0.31% Christian, 0.12% Sikh, 0.27% Buddhist and 0.02% Jain. 0.21% did not state a religion in the census.

Civic administration

Municipality

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Maheshtala Municipality covers an area of 44.18 km2. It has jurisdiction over the entire city of Maheshtala. The municipality was established in . It is divided into 35 administrative wards. According to the 2022 municipal election, it is being controlled by the All India Trinamool Congress.

Police stations

Maheshtala and Rabindranagar police stations are located in the Maheshtala municipal area. Maheshtala police station covers an area of 53.137 km2 and Rabindranagar police station covers an area of 6 km2. Both the police stations have jurisdiction over parts of the Maheshtala Municipality, and the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block.

Transport

Maheshtala is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.

Santoshpur, Akra and Nangi railway stations are located nearby.

Education

  • Maheshtala College, established in 1971, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography, political science, education, philosophy, computer science, mathematics and accountancy and general courses in arts, science and commerce.
  • Techno International Batanagar, established in 2012, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.

References

References

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  6. "District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas". Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009.
  7. "District Census Handbook South Twentyfour Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  8. "Climate: Maheshtala". Climate Data.
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  10. "Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-B, Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
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  15. "Maheshtala police station". West Bengal police.
  16. "Rabindranagar police station". West Bengal police.
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  19. "Maheshtala College". MC.
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  21. "Techno International Batanagar". TIB.

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