Dakshin Rampur is a
census town in the
Kumargram CD block in the
Alipurduar subdivision of the
Alipurduar district
Alipurduar is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district. Situated on the east bank of Kaljani River on the foothills of the Himalayas, the city is a gateway to Bhutan and ...
in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
Dakshin Rampur is located at .
Area overview
Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the
Dooars
The Dooars or Duars ( as, দুৱাৰ, duar, rkt, দুৱাৰ, duar, bn, দুয়ার, duyar) () are the alluvial floodplains in eastern-northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the ...
in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 10 ...
in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in the urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district.
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.
Demographics
As per 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 ...
, Dakshin Rampur had a total population of 6,932. There were 3,298 (52%) males and 3,094 (48%) females. There were 627 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Dakshin Rampur was 5,124 (88.88% of the population over 6 years).
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri'', Dakhin Rampur covered an area of 3.4884 km
2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated source and uncovered well. It had 948 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities the nearest maternity/ child welfare centre was 10 km away, the nearest hospital 35 km away. Among the educational facilities it had 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school,1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at
Uttar Kamakhyaguri
Kamakhyaguri is a census town and business destination in the Kumargram CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. There are Railway Park, Mini Indoor Stadium, Rasikbill mini Zoo, C ...
8 km away.
Education
Saheed Kshudiram College was established at
Kamakhyaguri in 1996. Affiliated with the University of North Bengal, it offers courses in arts and science.
Healthcare
Kamakhyaguri Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Kamakhyaguri, is the major government medical facility in the Kumargram CD block.
References
{{Alipurduar district
Cities and towns in Alipurduar district