Falta is a village and a
gram panchayat
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within the jurisdiction of the Falta police station in the
Falta 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 po ...
of the
South 24 Parganas district in the
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History
Falta was an old human settlement of pre-British India. When
Siraj-ud-Daulah
Mirza Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah ( fa, ; 1733 – 2 July 1757), commonly known as Siraj-ud-Daulah or Siraj ud-Daula, was the last independent Nawab of Bengal. The end of his reign marked the start of the rule of the East India Company over Beng ...
sacked
Kolkata
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in 1756, the English residents moved to Falta temporarily.
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 western portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 11
census towns. The entire district is situated in the
Ganges Delta and the western part, located on the east bank of the
Hooghly River, is covered by the Kulpi Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5-6 metres above sea level.
Archaeological excavations at
Deulpota
Deulpota is an archaeological site located beside the Hooghly river, in the Diamond Harbour II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Deulpota i ...
and
Harinarayanpur, on the bank of the Hooghly River indicate the existence of human habitation more than 2,000 years ago.
Location
Falta is located at . It has an average elevation of .
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 ...
, Falta had a total population of 969, of which 490 (51%) were males and 479 (49%) were females. There were 113 persons in the age range of 0-6 years. The total number of literate persons in Falta was 719 (84.00% of the population over 6 years).
Civic administration
Police station
Falta police station was established in 1906. It covers an area of 135.58 sq km spread over the
Falta CD block.
Economy
An Export Processing Zone (EPZ) was established by the government of India at Falta in 1984. It later became a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) and subsequently became a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under the West Bengal SEZ Act, 2003. It was the first SEZ act passed by any state government in India. Therefore, the Falta SEZ was the first SEZ in India. After the government of India passed the SEZ Act in 2005, the Falta SEZ came under the purview of this act.
A Special Economic Zone is a specially delineated duty-free enclave and is deemed to be foreign territory for the purpose of trade operations and duties and tariffs. The units in the Zone have to export their entire production and are granted certain entitlements.
Falta SEZ was set up over 280 acres of land It has 271 companies, of which 107 are closed. About 60% of the workforce in the SEZ are women.
[ In 2003-04, export from Falta stood at about Rs 1,500 crore,
]
Transport
A short stretch of local roads link Falta to the National Highway 12.
Healthcare
Falta Block Primary Health Centre at Falta, with 10 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Falta CD block.
Gallery
File:FALTA01.jpg, Falta River Side. Tourist Place Opposite Ritz Ravera
File:FALTA02.jpg, Falta River Side. Tourist Place Opposite Ritz Ravera
File:FALTA03.jpg, Falta - Nainan Road
Education
LJD Law College
References
{{South 24 Parganas topics
Villages in South 24 Parganas district