Mohanpur is a
census town
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India
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within the jurisdiction of the
Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour () is a town 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 the headquarters of the Diamond Harbour subdivision.
Histor ...
police station in the
Diamond Harbour I
Diamond Harbour I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
The Diamond Harbour I CD blo ...
CD block in the
Diamond Harbour subdivision
Diamond Harbour 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:
26.04% of the total pop ...
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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West Bengal
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.
Geography
Area overview
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the western portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 11
census town
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India
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s. The entire district is situated in the
Ganges Delta and the western part, located 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 covered by the Kulpi Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5–6 metres above sea level.
Archaeological
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excavations at
Deulpota
Deulpota is an archaeological site located beside the Hooghly river, in the Diamond Harbour II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Deulpota i ...
and
Harinarayanpur, on the 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 ...
indicate the existence of human habitation more than 2,000 years ago.
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
Mohanpur is located at
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India
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, Mohanpur had a total population of 4,845 of which 2,502 (52%) were males and 2,343 (48%) were females. There were 657 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Mohanpur was 3,268 (78.03% of the population over 6 years).
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Mohanpur covered an area of 1.1765 km
2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved tubewell/ borehole, tank, pond, lake. It had 419 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had a veterinary hospital 1 km away. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school.
Transport
Mohanpur is on the
National Highway 12.
Education
Mohanpur High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1970. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.
Healthcare
Panchagram (
Netra
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) Rural Hospital at PO Panchagram Singhi, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Diamond Harbour I CD block.
References
{{South 24 Parganas topics
Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district