Bayarsing is a

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within the jurisdiction of the

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police station in the

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

CD block in the

Canning subdivision Canning 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: 13.97% of the total populatio ...

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

Canning subdivision has a very low level of urbanization. Only 12.37% of the population lives in the urban areas and 87.63% lives in the rural areas. There are 8

s in Canning I CD block and only 2 in the rest of the subdivision. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta with numerous islands in the southern part of the region. The area (shown in the map alongside) borders on the

Sundarbans National Park The Sundarbans National Park is a national park, tiger reserve and biosphere reserve in West Bengal, India. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Forest in Bangladesh. It is located to south-w ...

and a major portion of it is a part of the

Sundarbans settlements The Sundarbans settlements refer to the areas of the Sundarbans that were cleared of forests for human habitation in the present North 24 Paganas and the South 24 Parganas districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per the ''D ...

. It is a flat low-lying area in the South Bidyadhari plains. The

Matla River Matla River forms a wide estuary in and around the Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The main stream of the Matla River is divided into two arms near Purandar. One passes through Kultali-Garanbose and ...

is prominent and there are many streams and water channels locally known as ''khals''. A comparatively recent country-wide development is the guarding of the coastal areas with special coastal force. 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

Bayarsing is located at Rajapur,

Taldi Taldi is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Canning police station in the Canning I CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area ov ...

, Bayarsing,

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and

Dighirpar Dighirpar is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Canning police station in the Canning I CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area o ...

form a cluster of census towns in the Canning I CD block, as per the map of the Canning I CD block on page 333 of the ''District Census Handbook'' 2011.

is not identified as a separate place in 2011 census records. The map of CD block Canning I in the ''District Census Handbook'' for the South 24 Parganas shows Canning as being a part of

and

census towns.

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 ...

, Bayarsing had a total population of 8,346, of which 4,219 (51%) were males and 4,127 (49%) were females. There were 1,256 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Bayarsing was 4,554 (64.23% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bayarsing covered an area of 3.7311 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved pressure tank and service reservoir. It had 480 domestic electric connections and 10 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had 2 dispensaries/ health centres, 1 veterinary hospital, 2 charitable hospitals/nursing homes and 12 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities It had were 3 primary schools. It had 11 non-formal education centres (Sarba Siksha Abhiyan) and 1 special school for the disabled.

Transport

Baruipur-Canning Road links Bayarsing to the

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. Matla Halt railway station is located nearby.

Healthcare

Ghutiari Sharif Block Primary Health Centre at Ghutiari Sharif, with 10 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Canning I CD block.

References

{{South 24 Parganas topics Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district