Punya is a village within the jurisdiction of the Falta police station in the Falta CD block in the

Diamond Harbour subdivision Diamond Harbour 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: 26.04% of the total pop ...

of the

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district in the

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Geography

Area overview

Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the western portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 11

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s. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the western part, located 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 covered by the Kulpi Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5–6 metres above sea level.

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excavations at

Deulpota Deulpota is an archaeological site located beside the Hooghly river, in the Diamond Harbour II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Deulpota i ...

and Harinarayanpur, on the bank of the Hooghly River indicate the existence of human habitation more than 2,000 years ago. 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

Punya is located at

Demographics

According to the

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, Punya had a total population of 2,583 of which 1,268 (51%) were males and 1,315 (51%) were females. There were 301 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Punya was 1,780 (78.00% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

A short stretch of the Nainan Road links Punnya to the Fatepur-Falta Road. Fatepur is on National Highway 12 / Diamond Harbour Road. Nainan Road links to Falta SEZ Road, which links to Diamond Harbour Road.

Education

L.J.D. College, Falta, established as a self-financed general degree college in 2015, is affiliated with the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

. It is named in honour of late Lakshmi Rani Das and late Jitendranath Das. It offers honours courses in physics, chemistry, mathematics, botany, zoology, bio-chemistry, taxation, computer applications & e-business, accounting & finance, political science, history, education, Bengali and English. LJD Law College, Falta, offers 5-year BA LlB courses. LJD Public School, is an English-medium, coeducational 10+2 school following ICSE/ISC courses.

Healthcare

Falta Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds, at Falta, is the major government medical facility in the Falta CD block.

References

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