Nrisinghapur

Nrisinghapur is a census town in the Santipur CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location

Nrisinghapur is located at .

The map of Santipur CD block, in the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia'', shows Harinadibhastsala as being adjacent to Nrisinghapur.

Area overview

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Ranaghat subdivision has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts lying across the river. Topographically, Ranaghat subdivision is spread across the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district, and the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The Churni separates the two plains. A portion of the east forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The lower portion of the east is covered by a portion of the North 24 Parganas district. The subdivision has achieved reasonably high urbanisation. 41.68% of the population lives in urban areas and 58.32% lives in rural areas.

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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Nrisinghapur had a total population of 11,336, of which 5,891 (52%) were males and 5,445 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,096. The total number of literate persons in Nrisinghapur was 7,315 (71.44% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia'', Nrisinghapur covered an area of 6.0083 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 3 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, tube well, borewell. It had 2,000 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, the nearest hospital was 9 km away. Among the educational facilities it had 6 primary schools, 1 senior secondary school. Two important items it produced were rice, tant.

Education

Nrisinghapur High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1957. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 2,800 books, 5 computers and a playground.

Santipur College was established at Santipur in 1948.

Ranaghat College was established at Ranaghat in 1950.

Healthcare

Nabla (Fulia) Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds at Fulia Colony, is the major government medical facility in the Santipur CD block.

Santipur State General Hospital at Santipur functions with 131 beds.

References

{{Nadia District

Cities and towns in Nadia district