Nandakumar is a village in Nandakumar

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Tamluk subdivision Tamluk subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It under Burdwan division. Subdivisions Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrati ...

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Geography

Police station

Nandakumar police station has jurisdiction over Nandakumar CD block. Nandakumar police station covers an area of 151.73 km² with a population of 239,442. It is located at Nandakumar Bazar.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of this CD block are located at Kumarpur.

Urbanisation

94.08% of the population of Tamluk subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 5.92% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the second lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district, just above Egra subdivision. 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 the map of Nandakumar CD block and subsequent alphabetical list of villages in the District Census Handbook, Purba Medinipur, Nandakumar is a part of Kumarpur village. As per

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Kumarpur had a total population of 845 of which 441 (52%) were males and 404 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 77. The total number of literates in Kumarpur was 643 (83.72% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Nandakumar stands at the crossing of NH 116 connecting Kolaghat and Haldia (both in Purba Medinipur district) and SH 4 connecting Jhalda (in Purulia district) and Digha (in Purba Medinipur district). There is a separate Mechada-Tamluk-Haldia road via Sutahata and Durga Chak, that passes through Nandakumar.

Nandakumar railway station Nandakumar railway station is a railway station on the Tamluk–Digha branch line of South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The railway station is situated beside Haldia– Mechada Road, Kumarara at Nandakumar in Purba Medinipur distri ...

is situated on the Tamluk-Digha line,

Healthcare

Khejurberia Rural Hospital at Khejurberia, PO Nandakumar (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Nandakumar CD block. There are primary health centres at Dakshin Damodarpur (with10 beds) and Dakshin Gumai, PO Kalyanchak (with 2 beds).

Nandakumar picture gallery

File:Sridharpur Maktab Prathamik Vidyalaya - Nandakumar - East Midnapore 2015-09-18 3747.JPG, Sridharpur Maktab Prathamik Vidyalaya File:Paramhansapur Dakshin Prathamik Vidyalaya - Nandakumar - East Midnapore 2015-09-18 3749.JPG, Paramhansapr Dakshin Prathamik Vidyalaya File:Satsang Bihar - Nandakumar - East Midnapore 2015-09-18 4151.JPG, Satsang Vihar

References

External links

{{Purba Medinipur District Villages in Purba Medinipur district