Nokpul

Nokpul
Census Town
Nokpul
Location in West Bengal, India
Nokpul
Nokpul (India)
Coordinates: 22°52′24″N 88°44′23″E / 22.873248°N 88.739625°E / 22.873248; 88.739625Coordinates: 22°52′24″N 88°44′23″E / 22.873248°N 88.739625°E / 22.873248; 88.739625
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Population (2011)
 • Total 7,737
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code IN-WB
Vehicle registration WB
Lok Sabha constituency Barasat
Website north24parganas.nic.in

Nokpul (also spelled Nakpul) is a census town in Habra I CD Block in Barasat sadar subdivision[1] in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Nokpul, Maslandapur, Sadpur and Betpuli form a cluster of census towns, south of Gobardanga. The Jamuna separates Gobardanga from this cluster.[2]Habra police station serves this area.[3]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Nokpul had a total population of 7,737, of which 4,030 (52%) were males and 3,707 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 671. The total number of literates in Nokpul was 6,047 (85.58 % of the population over 6 years).[4]

As of 2001 India census,[5] Nokpul had a population of 6647. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Nokpul has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 77%. In Nokpul, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Commuters

As per 2011 census, a large proportion of people in Habra I CD Block earn their livelihood as ‘other workers’, which include office, factory and transport workers, professionals and business people and so on. (See Habra 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.[6][7]

Infrastructure

As per District Census Handbook 2011, Nokpul covered an area of 1.71 km2. It had 6 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school and 1 senior secondary school. The nearest degree .college was located 4 m away at Gobardanga. The nearest hospital was 12 km, the nearest dispensary/ health centre was 8 km away, the nearest family welfare centre was 12 km away, the nearest maternity and child welfare centre was 12 km away and the nearest maternity home was 12 km away.[8]

Transport

Nokpul is off State Highway 3.[9]

Machhalandapur railway station, located nearby at Maslandapur, on the Sealdah-Bangaon branch line, is 53.5 km from Sealdah and is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.[10][9]

Education

Gobardanga Hindu College at Gobardanga is located neaby.[11][12][9]

Healthcare

Maslandapur Rural Hospital at Maslandapur with 30 beds, located nearby, functions as the main medical facility in Habra I CD Block.[13][9]

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[14]

See also

Map of Habra I CD Block on Page 289 of District Census Handbook.[2]

References

  1. ↑ District-wise list of statutory towns Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 289 -Map of Habra I CD Block. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook". North 24 Parganas 2010-2011, Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  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. ↑ Dey, Teesta. "The Suburban Railway Network of Kolkata: A Geographical Apprisal" (PDF). eTraverse, the Indian journal of spatial science, 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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, Pages 799-803: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Google maps
  10. ↑ "33811 Seldah Bangaon Locl". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Gobardanga Hindu Coleege". GHC. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Gobardanga Hindu College". College Admission. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "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.
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