Anandapur is a village in the

Keshpur Keshpur is a village in the Keshpur CD block of Ghatal in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Keshpur is located at . Area overview Paschim Medinipur di ...

CD block in the

Medinipur Sadar subdivision Medinipur Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions, after separati ...

of the

Paschim Medinipur district Paschim Medinipur (English: ''West Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur a ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Anandapur is located at

Area overview

Paschim Medinipur district (before separation of Jhargram) had a total forest area of 1,700 km², accounting for 14.31% of the total forested area of the state. As observed from the map of the Midnapore Sadar subdivision, placed alongside, there are large stretches of forests in the subdivision. The soil is predominantly lateritic. Around 30% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision. 13.95% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.05% lives in the rural areas. Anandapur houses many schools like Anandapur High School. 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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India Anandapur had a total population of 11,461 of which 5,741 (50%) were males and 5,720 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,337. The total number of literate persons in Anandapur was 7,826 (68.28% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Anandapur police station has jurisdiction over part of

CD block.

References

Villages in Paschim Medinipur district {{PaschimMedinipur-geo-stub