Ganye Gangadharpur is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

within the jurisdiction of the

Maheshtala Maheshtala () is a city and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development ...

police station in the

Thakurpukur Maheshtala Thakurpukur Maheshtala is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD bl ...

CD block in the

Alipore Sadar subdivision Alipore Sadar 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: 18.26% of the total popu ...

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

Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21

s. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the

Hooghly River The Bhagirathi Hooghly River (Anglicized alternatively spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') or the 'Bhāgirathi-Hooghly', called the Ganga or the Kati-Ganga in mythological texts, is the eastern distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, Indi ...

, is an

alluvial Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluv ...

stretch, with industrial development. 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

Ganye Gangadharpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . Rameswarpur,

Chata Kalikapur Chata Kalikapur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Maheshtala police station in the Thakurpukur Maheshtala Community development block in India, CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indi ...

, Ganye Gangadharpur and

Asuti Asuti is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Maheshtala police station in the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ...

form a cluster of census towns on the southern side of

, as per the map of the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block on page 153 of the District Census Handbook 2011 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 ...

, Ganye Gangadharpur had a total population of 5,210, of which 2,677 (51%) were males and 2,533 (49%) were females. There were 435 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Ganye Gangadharpur was 4,179 (87.52% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook'' 2011, Ganye Gangadharpur covered an area of 2.6831 km².

Akra railway station Akra railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Budge Budge Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the local area of Akra in Sou ...

is 5 km away. Among the civic amenities it had 7 km of roads with open drains. The source of protected water supply was borewell tank and overhead tank. It had 1.212 domestic electric connections and 35 road lights. Among the medical facilities it had were a hospital 2 km away and a nursing home 5 km away. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school and the nearest general degree college was at

Sarsuna Sarsuna is a neighborhood in South West Kolkata. It is a part of the greater Behala region and can be reached via Chowrasta or through Barisha. It is a predominantly Bengali neighborhood, though its fast becoming a cosmopolitan place. It is bor ...

4 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, the nearest public library and reading room were at Jot Shibrampur 4 km away. Three important commodities manufactured were: brass and sikeer moulding, pen making, fabrication.

Transport

A short stretch of local roads link Ganye Gangadharpur to the Budge Budge Trunk Road.Google maps

is located nearby.

Healthcare

Sarsuna Block Primary Health Centre, with 15 beds, at

, is the major government medical facility in the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block.

References

{{South 24 Parganas topics Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Kolkata Metropolitan Area