Duttapukur

Duttapukur
Census Town
Duttapukur
Location in West Bengal, India
Duttapukur
Duttapukur (India)
Coordinates: 22°43′N 88°29′E / 22.72°N 88.48°E / 22.72; 88.48Coordinates: 22°43′N 88°29′E / 22.72°N 88.48°E / 22.72; 88.48
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Area
 • Total 3.29 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 25,557
 • Density 7,800/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 743248
Telephone code 2536-****
Vehicle registration WB 25/WB 26
Sex ratio 1:0.94 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency Barrackpore
Vidhan Sabha constituency Amdanga
Website www.duttapukur.com

Duttapukur is a census town under Barasat I CD Block of Barasat sadar subdivision [1] in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Duttapukur is located in the GangesBrahmaputra delta region in the district of North 24 parganas, West Bengal state in the eastern India. A tributary of Bidyadhari River known as Suti flows through Duttapukur. Duttapukur is 30 km from Sealdah & 35 km from Howrah, 7 km from Barasat and 32 km from Bongaon on the Sealdah-Bangaon section of Eastern Railway[2]

As per District Census Handbook 2011, Nebadhai Duttapukur covered an area of 3.29 km2[3]

Duttapukur, Shibalaya, Chandrapur, Gangapur, Chatta Baria and Joypul form a cluster of census towns in the northern part of the CD Block. The entire cluster has a very high density of population. (See the infobox of each census town for density of population).[4]

Police station

Duttapukur police station covers an area of 104.34 km2 and serves a total population of 292,268. It has jurisdiction over Barasat I CD Block. There is a police outpost at Kadambagachhi.[5]

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Nebadhai Duttapukur (a census town had a population of 25,557; of this, 12,902 are male, 12,655 female .[6]

As of 2001 India census,[7] Nebadhai Duttapukur had a population of 19,882. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Nebadhai Duttapukur has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 82% of the males and 73% of females literate. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Administration

Duttapukur is a census town under Barasat I (community development block) of Barasat sadar subdivision. Duttapukur I and Duttapukur II gram panchayats are responsible for development of Duttapukur. It falls under the Assembly constituency of Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).

Other Offices of the Government or Government Owned Companies that helps the town by providing other facilities:

  • WBSEDCL (Group Electric Supply Office) (Duttapukur Station Road)
  • West Bengal Rural Health Center (Duttapukur Hospital Road)
  • India Post office (Pin-743248) (Duttapukur Station Road)
  • BSNL Office (Ph no 2536 xxxx) (Duttapukur Jessore Road)
  • National Insurance of India Copr. (Duttapukur Jessore Road Hatkhola)
  • West Bengal Govt Revenue Collection office for Local Area (Duttapukur Jessore Road & Station Road)
  • Duttapukur PHE office
  • Duttapukur Police Station

Education

There are many primary and higher secondary schools.[8] Most of the schools, in the town, are run by the state government. All of the secondary schools are affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the higher secondary schools are affiliated to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. Students usually choose from one of three streams — Arts, Commerce, or Science, though vocational streams are also available. Institute for higher education is not available in Duttapukur. Students have to go to nearby towns like Barasat, Madhyamgram, Birati, Habra or to Kolkata to attend college.

Higher secondary schools

  • Nebadhai High School (Boys)
  • Dattapukur Mahesh Vidyapith
  • Dighara Haradayal Vidyapith
  • Duttapukur Adarsha Vidyapith
  • Faldi High School
  • Kashimpur (Boys) High School
  • Kashimpur (Girls) High School
  • Nebadhui Balika Vidyalaya'

Secondary schools

  • Jadav Tarafder Smriti Madhyamik Vidyalaya
  • Meghnad Ghosh Madhyamik Siksha Kendra
  • Rajiv Gandi Memorial School (Co-Edu)

Primary School

  • Chaltaberia Free Primary School
  • Dighara Haradayal Vidyapith(Primary)
  • Duttapukur Adarsha F.P School
  • Kalipada Sriti Siksha Mandir
  • kashimpur prathamik vidyaloy
  • Mahesh Vidyapith Prathamik Vidyaloy
  • Nebadhui Prathamik Vidyaloy
  • Shibamani Prathamik Vidyalaya

National Award winner teachers

"National Teacher" award from Govt. of India was awarded to two of the well known teachers and social workers.

  • Subrata Basu - Previous headmaster of the Nebadhai High School.
  • Swarnakamal Biswas - Previous Headmaster of the Duttapukur Mahesh Vidyapith.

Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[9] In this connection, Rotary Club of Calcutta has taken a project purifying the rain water is to be given to the Kashimpur Boys & Girl’s High school both.

Local clubs also conducts health awareness programmes.

  • Duttapukur Health Center (Duttapukur Hospital Road)
  • Duttapukur Sub-Health Center (Duttapukur Gangapur)
  • Duttapukur Sub-Health Center(Duttapukur Nebadhai)

Economy

Commuters

The proximity to Kolkata helps residents commute daily to Kolkata. Most of the people earns their living doing services in various central government, State Govt. or non-govt. companies.

As per 2011 census, a large proportion of people in Barasat I CD Block earn their livelihood as ‘other workers’, which include office, factory and transport workers, professionals and business people and so on. (See Barasat I for details). Around a total of 32 lakh people from all around the city commute to Kolkata daily for work. In the Sealdah-Bangaon section there are 58 trains that carry commuters from 24 railway stations. In the Seadah-Hasnabad sections 32 trains carry commuters from 30 stations. [10][11]

Markets

Besides two large markets known as Duttapukur Station Market and Hatkhola Bazar. Duttapukur town consists four of Daily Vegetable Market at Nebadhai, Duttapukur Station, Duttapukur Hatkhola & Gangapur Area. Side by side it's also have two of Bi-weekly Hat at Duttapukur Hatkhola (One of the largest Vegetable - Fruits & Fish Market for bulk cum retail customer in 24pgs(North) and Jublighata Hat. Recently the Government of West Bengal open a new Vegetable Market at Gangapur. (i.e. Duttapukur Krishi Biponi Kendra). One new Shopping Mall has been opened at Duttapukur Talikhola, named Utsarga Bazar (Near Hatkhola)

Banks

Six Nationalised Banks & several ATMs are located at Duttapukur in different location of the town.

ATMs:- United Bank of India ATM (1. Duttapukur Station Road, 2. Duttapukur Hatkhola ) Bank of India ATM (1. Duttapukur-Nilganj Road, Gangapur) State Bank of India ATM (1. Duttapukur Hatkhola- Hospital road, 2. Duttapur Hatkhola, 3. Nebadhai Bazar, 4. Hospital Road, Amantran More near DTK Rly Station), Bank of Baroda ATM (1.Duttapukur Hatkhola), ICICI Bank ATM (1. Duttapukur Hatkhola), Axis Bank ATM (1. Duttapukur Hatkhola & Duttapukur Station Road), HDFC Bank ATM (1. Duttapukur Hatkhola)

Climate

The climate is tropical — like the rest of the Gangetic West Bengal. The hallmark is the Monsoon — from early June to mid September. The weather remains dry during the winter (mid November to mid February) and humid during summer.

Temperature : 40 °C in May (Max) and 10 °C in January (Min) Relative Humidity: Between 55% in March & 98% in July

Rainfall: 1,579mm (Normal)

Transport

Railway

It is 30 km from Sealdah Station and 8 km from Barasat on the Sealdah-Bangaon branch line of Eastern Railway. It is part of the Sealdah Main section of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Duttapukur local, Habra local, Gobardanga local, Bangaon local Connects Duttapukur to Sealdah and other stations of Sealdah-Bangaon branch line. Duttapukur railway station has been selected to be constructed as a Model Station in the 2009 rail budget by Mamata Banerjee.

Roads

Duttapukur is connected to Kolkata and Bangladesh though land by Jessore Road (NH-35). Golabari-Duttapukur-Nilgange Road connects Duttapukur to Krishnanagar Road and Taki Road.

Duttapukur - Alampur directly Connects Duttapukur to Alampur Via Barasat, Rajarhat, 2nd Hoogly Bridge (MM5). Buses of West Bengal Transport Corporation connects Duttapukur to Esplanade and Tollygunge through the city of Kolkata.

Other private buses 78E, DN44, MN3, MN6, Thakurnagar - Alampur & Habra - R.G. Kar Hospital connects Duttapukur to local towns like Habra, Bongaon, Maslandapur, Thakurnagar, Guma, Ashokenagar and Kolkata city using Jessore Road (NH-35). Buses of South Bengal State Transport Corporation from Habra connects Duttapukur to Durgapur, Kathi and Digha. Naihati, Madhyamgram, Nagarukhra, Kalyani, Basirhat, Kolkata, Bagdah, Chakdah, Digha, Durgapur, Baruipur, Howrah, krishnanagar, Behala, Dattaphulia, Nimta, Sodepur etc. all area in south Bengal are well connected to Duttapukur Via Barasat.

WBTC Bus like - Thakurnagar- Howrah

Bongaon- Garia

Habra- Garia

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata is 22 km away from Duttapukur and connected through Jessore Road (NH-35).

See also

Map of Barasat I CD Block on Page 393 of District Census Handbook.[4]

References

  1. ↑ District-wise list of statutory towns Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Eastern Railway time table.
  3. ↑ "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 393 -Map of Barasat I CD Block. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "North 24 Parganas Dist. Police". Know Your Police Station. District Police. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Primary census abstract data". Census of India. Retrieved 23 February 2014. (For census towns, select "urban" radio button, then select state, district and sub-district. A drop down list of towns well appear. Select the town.)
  7. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study )". Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  10. ↑ Dey, Teesta. "The Suburban Railway Network of Kolkata: A Geographical Apprisal" (PDF). eTraverse, the Indian journal of spatial science, 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "District Census Handbook North 24 Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 93, Table 33: Distribution of Workers by Sex in Four Categories ofEconomic Activity in Sub-district 2011; Page 84, Table 30: Number and Percentage of Main Workers, Marginal Workers and Non-workers by sex in sub-districts, 2011. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
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