Memari

Memari
Town
Memari
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 23°12′N 88°07′E / 23.2°N 88.12°E / 23.2; 88.12Coordinates: 23°12′N 88°07′E / 23.2°N 88.12°E / 23.2; 88.12
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Bardhaman
Elevation 25 m (82 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 41,451
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 713146
Lok Sabha constituency Bardhaman Purba
Vidhan Sabha constituency Memari
Website bardhaman.gov.in

Memari is a town, a municipality and headquarters of the Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Memari is located at 23°12′N 88°07′E / 23.2°N 88.12°E / 23.2; 88.12. It has an average elevation of 25 metres (82 feet).

Gram panchayats under Memari I Panchayat Samiti are: Daluibazar I, Daluibazar II, Debipur, Nimo I, Nimo II, Bagila, Amadpur, Gope-Gantar I, Gope-Gantar II and Durgapur.[1]

Gram panchayats under Memari II Panchayat Samiti are: Barapalasan I, Barapalasan II, Bijur I, Bijur II, Satgachhia I, Satgachhia II, Bohar I, Bohar II and Kuchut.[1]

Police station

Memari police station has jurisdiction over Memari municipal area, and Memari I and Memari II CD Blocks. The area covered is 429.36 km2.[2][3]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Memari had a total population of 41,451, of which 20,957 (51%) were males and 20,494 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 3,809. The total number of literates in Kalna was 31,935 (77.04% of the population over 6 years).[4]

As of 2001 India census,[5] Memari had a population of 36,191. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Memari has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 63%. In Memari, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

Memari has thirteen primary, two secondary and three higher secondary schools.Memari Vidyasagar memorial Institution is the higher secondary school for boys, established in 1892.[6] It has one college providing graduation studies in different subjects.

Transport

Memari is 82 kilometres (51 mi) from Howrah Station on the Howrah-Bardhaman main line.[7]

SH 13/ GT Road passes through Memari.[8][9]

References

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  1. 1 2 "List of Pradhan of Gram Panchayats, District: Bardhaman" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  2. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Purba Bardhaman District Police". Police Station. West Bengal Police. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "2011 Census - Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  6. ↑ Memari Rasiklal Smriti Balika Vidyalaya school for girls 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Eastern Railway local time table
  8. ↑ "Road - Highway". Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Google maps
  10. ↑ "Memari Pin code". citypincode.in. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
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