Mirzapur is a

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Burdwan I Burdwan I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Baghar, a constituent panchayat of Burdw ...

CD Block in

Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The uneven laterite territory found in the western part of Paschim Bardhaman district extends up to ...

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the district ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Mirzapur is not shown in Google maps. It is shown in the map of Burdwan I CD block in the District Census Handbook.

Urbanisation

73.58% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision lives in the rural areas. Only 26.42% of the population lives in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. 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.

Police station

There is a police station at Dewandighi.

Demographics

As per 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 ...

Mirzapur had a total population of 7,733, of which 3,915 (51%) were males and 3,818 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 870. The total number of literates in Mirzapur was 5,120 (74.60% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Mirzapur covered an area of 11.6221 km². It had 6 km roads. Amongst the medical facilities, the nearest nursing home was 5 km away and the nearest veterinary hospital was 5 km away. It had 7 medicine shops. It had 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school. Major educational facilities were available 5 km away at Bardhaman. Social, cultural and recreational facilities were available 5–8 km away at Bardhaman.

Transport

State Highway 7 running from Rajgram (in Birbhum district) to Midnapore (in Paschim Medinipur district) and State Highway 8 running from Santaldih (in Purulia district) to Majhdia (in Nadia district) meet at Mirzapur and have a common route till Bankura Morh, near Chak Purohit. There is a station at

Kamnara Kamnara is a village in Burdwan I CD block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography CD block HQ The headquarters of Burdwan I CD block are located at Kamnara. Urbanisation ...

on the

Bardhaman–Katwa line The Bardhaman–Katwa line is a broad gauge branch line connecting Bardhaman and Katwa in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. It is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway. The line was a narrow gauge line, before its gauge conversion ...

, with EMU trains, around 2–3 km away. , a major railway station which is a part 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 and has direct trains to Delhi and Mumbai, and with links all over the country, is about 5 km away.

Education

Burdwan Institute of Management and Computer Science at Dewandighi was established in 2001. Affiliated with the

University of Burdwan The University of Burdwan (also known as Burdwan University or B. U.) is a public university in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. It was established by the West Bengal Government as a teaching and affiliating university on 15 June 1960 wit ...

it offers courses in BBA, BCA, B Sc Biotechnology and B Sc Biochemistry. Burdwan Model School at Dewandighi, Mirzapur, was founded in 2003. It follows the CBSE syllabus and is growing in stages. It has modern facilities. Vidyasagar Uchha Vidyalaya, a coeducational institution, is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. It is also affiliated with West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.

References

{{Purba Bardhaman District Cities and towns in Purba Bardhaman district