Kalikapur is a
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
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and a
gram panchayat
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within the jurisdiction of the
Sonarpur
Rajpur Sonarpur () is a city and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Rajpur and Sonarpur are two separat ...
police station in the
Sonarpur
Rajpur Sonarpur () is a city and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Rajpur and Sonarpur are two separat ...
CD block in the
Baruipur subdivision
Baruipur 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:
29.36% of the total populatio ...
of the
South 24 Parganas
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district in the
India
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West Bengal
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.
Geography
Area overview
Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 10
census town
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India
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s. The entire district is situated in the
Ganges Delta and the northern part of the subdivision is a flat plain bordering the metropolis of
Kolkata
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.
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
Kalikapur is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Kalikapur,
Chak Baria
Chak Baria is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Sonarpur police station in the Sonarpur CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area overview
Baruipur su ...
and
Sahebpur
Sahebpur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Sonarpur police station in the Sonarpur CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Area overview
Baruipur subd ...
form a cluster of census towns in the Sonarpur CD block, as per the map of the Sonarpur CD block in the District Census Handbook 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 ...
, Kalikapur had a total population of 5,860, of which 2,977 (51%) were males and 2,883 (49%) were females. There were 548 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kalikapur was 4,419 (83.19% of the population over 6 years).
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Kalikapur covered an area of 2.6373 km
2. Among the physical aspects,
Kalikapur railway station
Kalikapur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Canning Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Kalikapur railway station is situated b ...
is in the town. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved borewell and service reservoir. It had 200 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 nursing home 3 km away, 1 veterinary hospital 1 km away and 3 medicine shops in the town. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at
Sonarpur
Rajpur Sonarpur () is a city and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Rajpur and Sonarpur are two separat ...
5 km away. It had 1 engineering college and 1 management institute/ college. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had a public library. Among the commodities it produced were rice and vegetables. It had the branch office of 1 cooperative bank.
Transport
Sonarpur-Chak Baria Road links Kalikapur to the
State Highway 1
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Kalikapur railway station
Kalikapur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Canning Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Kalikapur railway station is situated b ...
is on the
Sealdah–Canning line of the
Kolkata Suburban Railway
The Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in India. It is the largest suburban railway network in the country with the highest number of stations. It is also the 7th larg ...
system.
Commuters
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005-06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the
Kolkata Suburban Railway
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system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from East Pakistan/Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.
Education
Jyotirmoy School of Education is a coeducational B Ed college.
Jafarpur Kalinath High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational school established in 1968. It has facilities for teaching from class 5 to class XII.
Kalikapur Basanti Devi Balika Vidyalaya is a girls school.
Healthcare
There is a
primary health centre, with 10 beds, at Kalikapur.
References
{{South 24 Parganas topics
Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district
Neighbourhoods in Kolkata
Kolkata Metropolitan Area