Duttapukur

Duttapukur is a census town in Barasat I CD Block in Barasat Sadar subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.

Duttapukur

Duttapukur
Town
Duttapukur
Location in West Bengal, India
Duttapukur
Duttapukur (India)
Coordinates: 22.72°N 88.48°E / 22.72; 88.48
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Government
 • TypePanchayat
Area
 • Total3.29 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total91,767
 • Density28,000/km2 (72,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
743248
Telephone code+91 33
Vehicle registrationWB
Sex ratio1:0.94 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituencyBarrackpore
Vidhan Sabha constituencyAmdanga

For "Duttapukur Railway Station", see Dutapukur railway station.

Geography

Duttapukur is located in the Ganges Brahmaputra delta region in the district of North 24 parganas, West Bengal state in the Eastern part of 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[1]

As per District Census Handbook 2011, Duttapukur covered an area of 3.29 km2 [2]

Duttapukur, Shibalaya, Chandrapur, Gangapur, Chalta 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).[3]

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.[4]

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 .[5]

As of 2001 India census,[6] 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, Duttapukur II and Kashimpur gram panchayats are responsible for development of Duttapukur. It falls under the Assembly constituency of Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).

Education

There are many primary and higher secondary schools.[7] Most of the schools are run by the state government. All of the secondary schools are affiliated with 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.

Government College
  • Barasat-1 Govt ITI College, Gangapur, Duttapukur, Phone: 062913 33012

Private College
  • Kalyani Private ITI, Hatkhola, Jessore Road, Duttapukur

Higher secondary schools
  • Nebadhai High School (Boys)
  • Duttapukur Mahesh Vidyapith
  • Dighara Haradayal Vidyapith
  • Duttapukur Adarsha Vidyapith
  • Faldi High School
  • Kashimpur (Boys) High School
  • Kashimpur (Girls) High School
  • Nebadhai Balika Vidyalaya

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

Primary school
  • Children's Model School
  • Chaltaberia Free Primary School
  • Dighara Haradayal Vidyapith (Primary)
  • Duttapukur Adarsha F.P School
  • Kalipada Sriti Siksha Mandir
  • Kashimpur Prathamik Vidyalaya
  • Mahesh Vidyapith Prathamik Vidyalaya
  • Nebadhui Prathamik Vidyalaya
  • Shibamani Prathamik Vidyalaya
  • Digha Sussex Trust F.P School
  • Duttapukur Dakshinpara Primary School
  • Sabuj Asor

Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[8] 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 programs.

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

Economy

Commuters

The proximity to Kolkata helps residents commute daily to Kolkata.

As per 2011 census, a large proportion of people in Barasat I CD Block earn their livelihood as ‘Other works’, which include office, factory, transport, professional employment and business. (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. [9][10]

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 North 24 Parganas and Jublighata Hat. Recently the Government of West Bengal opened a new Vegetable Market at Gangapur. (i.e. Duttapukur Krishi Biponi Kendra). One new Shopping Mall has also been opened at Duttapukur Talikhola, named Utsarga Bazar.

Banks

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

ATMs

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 kms away from Sealdah Station and 8 kms 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-Nilganj 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.[3]

References
  1. Eastern Railway time table.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "North 24 Parganas Dist. Police". Know Your Police Station. District Police. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. "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.)
  6. "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.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "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. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  9. Dey, Teesta. "The Suburban Railway Network of Kolkata: A Geographical Apprisal" (PDF). eTraverse, the Indian journal of spatial science, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  10. "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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