Nahazari is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

and a

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the

Bishnupur II Bishnupur II is a community development block (CD blocK) that forms an administrative division in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography The Bishnupur II CD block is loca ...

CD block in the

Alipore Sadar subdivision Alipore Sadar 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: 18.26% of the total popu ...

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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Geography

Area overview

The Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 15

s. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, 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 an

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. Alluv ...

stretch, with industrial development. 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

Nahazari is located at . It has an average elevation of .

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 ...

, Nahazari had a total population of 17,422, of which 8809 (51%) were males and 8,613 (49%) were females. There were 2,423 people younger than seven. Literate people numbered 10,693 (71.29% of the population over six).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook'' 2011, Nahazari covered an area of 6.5772 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 16 km roads with open drains, a protected water tower and service reservoir, and 1,507 domestic electric connections. There was one hospital, two dispensaries, six primary schools, one middle school and one secondary school. Three important commodities it produced were paddy, sunflower, vegetables.

Transport

A short stretch of local roads link Nahazari to the National Highway 12.

Education

Nahazari Muslimpara Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2010. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class VII.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with ten beds, at Samali (PO Nahazari).

References

{{South 24 Parganas topics Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Kolkata Metropolitan Area