Dudhkalmi is a census town in

Chanditala I Chanditala I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Chanditala I CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one ...

CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

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Geography

Location

Dudhkalmi is located at .

Gangadharpur Gangadharpur is a census town in the Chanditala I CD Block located in the Srirampore subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Gangadharpur is located at . It has an elevation of 14 met ...

Manirampur Manirampur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Manirampur is located at: Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, ...

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Jangalpara Jangalpara is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Jangalpara is located at: It is 28 km from District headquarters Hooghly. Ga ...

, Dudhkalmi,

Nababpur Nababpur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Nawabpur is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Na ...

Bhagabatipur Bhagabatipur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Bhagabatipur is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkal ...

Kumirmora Kumirmora is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Kumirmora is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Na ...

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Ramanathpur Ramanathpur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Ramanathpur is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, ...

form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD Block.

Urbanisation

Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are:

Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality is the civic body that governs Uttarpara Kotrung and its surrounding areas (Bhadrakali and Hind Motor) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. It's the oldest municipality in the state o ...

Konnagar Municipality Konnagar Municipality is the civic body that governs Konnagar and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Konnagar Municipality was established in 1944. Sib Chandra Deb contributed tirele ...

Serampore Municipality Serampore Municipality is the civic body that governs Serampore and its surrounding areas ( Mahesh, Tin Bazar, Battala and partly Chatra) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Serampore is the first town i ...

Baidyabati Municipality Baidyabati Municipality is the civic body that governs Baidyabati and its surrounding areas ( Sheoraphuli and partly Chatra) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Baidyabati Municipality was established ...

Rishra Municipality Rishra Municipality is the civic body that governs Rishra and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Rishra municipality was established in 1944. The earliest mention of Rishra is fo ...

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Dankuni Municipality To the Dankuni Municipality is the civic body that governs Dankuni and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. Geography Dankuni Municipality covers an area of 19.5 sq km and has a total populat ...

. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above). All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Gram panchayat

Villages and census towns in Nababpur

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ...

are: Alipur, Dudhkalmi,

and

Pakur Pakur (previously known as ''Pakaur'') is a town with a nagar palika in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India. History Pakur was earlier a Sub-Division of Santhal Parganas district of Bihar. It was upgraded to the ...

Demographics

As per

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 ...

Dudhkalmi had a total population of 5,558 of which 2,628 (47%) were males and 2,930 (53%) were females. Population below 6 years was 664. The total number of literates in Dudhkalmi was 4,130 (84.39% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Janai Road railway station on Howrah-Bardhaman chord line is the nearest railway station.

References

Census towns in Chanditala I CD Block {{Hooghly-geo-stub