Kharagpur Railway Settlement is a census town in the

Kharagpur I Kharagpur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located 14 km from Midnapore, the district headquarters. ...

CD block in the

Kharagpur subdivision Kharagpur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions, after separation of Jhar ...

of the

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in the

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Geography

Location

Kharagpur Railway Settlement is located at .

Area overview

Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has

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. All ...

soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have

lateritic Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...

soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. With a density of population of 787 per km² nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas. 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

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Kharagpur Railway Settlement had a total population of 82,735 of which 41,388 (50%) were males and 41,347 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 7,257. The total number of literates in Kharagpur Railway Settlement was 61,571 (74.42% of the population over 6 years). India

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, Kharagpur Railway Settlement had a population of 88,339. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kharagpur Railway Settlement has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 71%. In Kharagpur Railway Settlement, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. .* For language details see Kharagpur I#Language and religion

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Paschim Medinipur'', Kharagpur Railway Settlement covered an area of 32.37 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 64 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, borewell, tubewell. It had 1,600 domestic electric connections, 4,800 road lighting points. Among the educational facilities it had were 3 primary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 secondary schools, 3 senior secondary schools. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 stadium, 4 cinema theatre, 9 auditorium/ community halls, 5 reading rooms.

References

{{Paschim Medinipur District Cities and towns in Paschim Medinipur district