Uttar Raypur

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subdivision_name2South 24 Parganas
subdivision_type3CD block
subdivision_name3Budge Budge I
established_title
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elevation_m9
population_total23084
population_as_of2011
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postal_code_typePIN
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area_code_typeTelephone code
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registration_plateWB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99
blank1_name_sec1Lok Sabha constituency
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blank2_name_sec1Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Uttar Raypur is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Budge Budge police station in the Budge Budge I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

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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

Uttar Raypur is located at . It has an average elevation of 9 m.{{cite web |url = http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=22.4611&lon=88.203133&zoom=15&q1=Raypur%2520North%252C%2520South%2520Twenty%2520Four%2520Parganas%252C%2520West%2520Bengal%252C%2520India |title = Yahoo maps of Uttar Raypur |publisher = Yahoo maps|access-date = 2008-11-29}}

Balarampur, Uttar Raypur, Buita, Benjanhari Acharial, Abhirampur and Nischintapur form a cluster of census towns around Budge Budge and Pujali, as per the map of the Budge Budge I CD block on page 167 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Uttar Raypur had a total population of 23,084, of which 11,762 (51%) were males and 11,322 (49%) were females. There were 2,310 people in the age range 0–6 years. The total number of literate people was 17,522 (84.35% of the population over 6 years).

According to the 2001 Census of India, Uttar Raypur had a population of 20,382. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. It has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 65%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

The following municipalities and census towns in the South 24 Parganas district were part of the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Maheshtala (M), Joka (CT), Balarampur (CT), Chata Kalikapur (CT), Budge Budge (M), Nischintapur (CT), Uttar Raypur (CT), Pujali (M) and Rajpur Sonarpur (M).

Infrastructure

As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Uttar Raypur covered an area of 5.32 km2. Budge Budge railway station is 1 km away. Among the civic amenities it had 10 km of roads. Protected water supply involves hand pumps. It had 1,200 domestic electric connections and 105 road lights. Among the medical facilities it had were 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities It had were 12 primary schools, 3 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools. It had 2 non-formal education centres (Sarbya Siksha Abhiyan). It had the branch of 1 nationalised bank.

Transport

Uttar Raypur is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.

Budge Budge railway station is located nearby.

Education

Nayachak High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1961. It has arrangements for teaching from class v to class XII.

Healthcare

Benjanhari Acharial Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Benjanhari Acharial, is the major government medical facility in the Budge Budge I CD block.

References

References

  1. "Fact and Figures".
  2. "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA". [[Ministry of Minority Affairs]].
  3. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  4. "Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  5. "District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas". Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009.
  6. "District Census Handbook South Twentyfour Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  7. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  8. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India.
  9. "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011". Census of India 2011.
  10. "District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal.
  11. Google maps
  12. "Nayachak High School". ICBSE.
  13. "Health & Family Welfare Department". Government of West Bengal.

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