Poali 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 ...

within the jurisdiction of the

Nodakhali Nodakhali is a village within the jurisdiction of the Nodakhali police station in the Budge Budge II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the Bakhrahat ...

police station in the

Budge Budge II Budge Budge 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 Budge Budge II CD block is l ...

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

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

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

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

Bowali Bawali is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Nodakhali police station in the Budge Budge II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The Mondals, the zami ...

Chak Kashipur Chak Kashipur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Nodakhali police station in the Budge Budge II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overv ...

Chak Alampur Chak Alampur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Nodakhali police station in the Budge Budge II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overvi ...

Dakshin Raypur Dakshin Raypur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Nodakhali police station in the Budge Budge II CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area over ...

and Poali form a cluster of census towns, as per the map of the Budge Budge II CD block on page 181 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.

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 ...

, Paoli had a total population of 8,657, of which 4,464 (52%) were males and 4,193 (48%) were females. There were 1,131 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people was 5,655 (75.14% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook'' 2011, Poali covered an area of 3.4128 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 7.5 km roads with open drains, the water supply involved service reservoir and bore wells. It had 1,280 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it a nursing home 4 km away and 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, the nearest senior secondary school was at Baratala close by, a general degree college at

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

3.5 km away. Important commodities it produced were paddy and vegetables.

Transport

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

Budge Budge railway station Komagata Maru Budge Budge railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Budge Budge Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It serves the lo ...

is located nearby.

Education

Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahavidyalaya Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahavidyalaya, established in 1991, is an undergraduate college in Burul, West Bengal, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Departments Arts and Commerce conferring B.A.(General & Honours), B.Com.(Ge ...

is not very far away. Baratala Poali High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution, established in 1965. It has arrangements for teaching from class V to class XII.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Gajapoali (PO Poali).

References

Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Kolkata Metropolitan Area {{South24Parganas-geo-stub