Bamna is a

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within the jurisdiction of the

Usthi Usthi is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography A ...

police station in the

Magrahat I Magrahat I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Geography Magrahat I CD block is located at . It has an average ...

CD block in the

Diamond Harbour subdivision Diamond Harbour subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions: 26.04% of the total pop ...

of the

South 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal by ...

district in the

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Geography

Area overview

Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24

s. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area dotted with small towns. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps. 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

Bamna is located at

, Ghola Noapara,

Barijpur Barijpur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overview Diam ...

and

Uttar Kusum Uttar Kusum is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography ...

form a cluster of census towns in the Magrahat I CD block.

Uttar Bishnupur Uttar Bishnupur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overvie ...

Kalikapota Kalikapota is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geograp ...

and Bamna are a little away from this cluster. This is as per the map of the Magrahat I CD block on page 445 in the ''District Census Handbook'' for the South 24 Parganas.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Bamna had a total population of 4,517 of which 2,334 (52%) were males and 2,183 (48%) were females. There were 720 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate people in Bamna was 2,822 (74.32% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bamna covered an area of 1.6651 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 345 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 veterinary hospital. Among the educational facilities it had was 4 primary schools, 1 middle school. Three important commodities it produced were: paddy, vegetables, leather goods.

Transport

Bamna is off the Sangrampur Station/ Samashat Road. Bahirpuya railway station is located nearby.

Healthcare

Baneswarpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at

Baneswarpur Baneswarpur is a village within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overview Diamond ...

, is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat I CD block.

References

Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district {{South24Parganas-geo-stub