Uttar Latabari is a
census town in the
Kalchini CD block in the
Alipurduar subdivision of the
Alipurduar district
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in the
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West Bengal
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Geography
Location
Uttar Latabari is located at .
According to the map of the Kalchini CD block on page 217 in the ''District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census,''
Kalchini (Hamiltonganj) police station and CD block headquarters are shown as being a part of Uttar Latabari census town/ mouza.
Area overview
Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the
Dooars
The Dooars or Duars ( as, দুৱাৰ, duar, rkt, দুৱাৰ, duar, bn, দুয়ার, duyar) () are the alluvial floodplains in eastern-northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the ...
in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the
Himalayas
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in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in the urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India
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, Uttar Latabari had a total population of 16,350 of which 8,225 (50%) were males and 8,125 (50%) were females. There were 1,581 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Uttar Latabari was 12,289 (83.21% of the population over 6 years).
India
census
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, Uttar Latabari had a population of 14,447. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Uttar Latabari has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 62%. In Uttar Latabari, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Healthcare
Uttarlatabari Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at
Kalchini, is the major government medical facility in the Kalchini CD block.
References
Cities and towns in Alipurduar district
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