Makhal Tala is a

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within the jurisdiction of the

Jibantala Jibantala is a village within the jurisdiction of the Jibantala police station in the Canning II CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overview Canning subd ...

police station in the

Canning II Canning II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Canning subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Geography Canning II CD block is located at . It has an average elevatio ...

CD block in the

Canning subdivision Canning 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: 13.97% of the total populatio ...

of the

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district in the

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Geography

Area overview

Canning subdivision has a very low level of urbanization. Only 12.37% of the population lives in the urban areas and 87.63% lives in the rural areas. There are 8

s in the Canning I CD block and only 2 in the rest of the subdivision. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta with numerous islands in the southern part of the region. The area (shown in the map alongside) borders on the

Sundarbans National Park The Sundarbans National Park is a national park, tiger reserve and biosphere reserve in West Bengal, India. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Forest in Bangladesh. It is located to south-w ...

and a major portion of it is a part of the

Sundarbans settlements The Sundarbans settlements refer to the areas of the Sundarbans that were cleared of forests for human habitation in the present North 24 Paganas and the South 24 Parganas districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per the ''D ...

. It is a flat low-lying area in the South Bidyadhari plains. The

Matla River Matla River forms a wide estuary in and around the Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The main stream of the Matla River is divided into two arms near Purandar. One passes through Kultali-Garanbose and ...

is prominent and there are many streams and water channels locally known as ''khals''. A comparatively recent country-wide development is the guarding of the coastal areas with a special coastal force. 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

Makhal Tala is located at

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 ...

, Makhal Tala had a total population of 11,192, of which 5,651 (50%) were males and 5,541 (50%) were females. There were 1,799 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Makhal Tala was 5,660 (60.25% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Makhal Tala covered an area of 2.6771 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank and service reservoir. It had 979 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had were a nursing home 2 km away, and in the town it had 2 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes and 10 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Tangrakhali 22 km away. It had 1 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institution.

Transport

Makhal Tala is on the Chakberia-Ghutiari Sharif Road.

Ghutiari Sharif railway station Ghutiari Sharif 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. It serves the local area of Gh ...

is located nearby.

Healthcare

Matherdighi Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Matherdighi, is the major government medical facility in the Canning II CD block.

References

{{South 24 Parganas topics Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district