Nodakhali is a village within the jurisdiction of the Nodakhali police station in the

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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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. It is situated on the Bakhrahat-Thakurpukur Road. And a short stretch of Bakhrahat Road links with the Burul-Rania Road.

Geography

Area overview

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 northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21

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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

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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

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

Demographics

According to the

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, Nadakhali had a total population of 1,132, of which 561 (50%) were males and 571 (50%) were females. There are 571 people in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Nadakhali was 705 (69.87% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Nadakhali police station serves a population of 192,118, spread over parts of the

Budge Budge I Budge Budge I 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 Budge Budge I CD block is loca ...

and the

CD blocks.

Transport

A short stretch of local roads link Nadakhali to the Budge Budge Trunk Road.Google maps

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is located nearby.

Education

Howri Dinanath School, located nearby, in a Bengali-medium high school with facilities from class V to class X.

Healthcare

Lakshmibala Dutta Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at

Bakrahat Bakrahat is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the Bishnupur II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography A ...

, is the major government medical facility in the Budge Budge II CD block.

References

Villages in South 24 Parganas district {{South24Parganas-geo-stub