Dadpur is a village in

Polba Dadpur Polba Dadpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Polba Dadpur CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of th ...

CD Block in

Chinsurah subdivision Chinsurah subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The eastern portion of Chinsurah subdivision is part of the Hooghly Flats, a natural physiographic region, that is a narr ...

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsurah (' ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Dadpur is located at .

Police station

Dadpur police station has jurisdiction over part of the

CD Block.

Urbanisation

In Chandannagore subdivision 58.52% of the population is rural and the rest is urban. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7

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s. The single municipal corporation is

Chandernagore Municipal Corporation Chandernagore Municipal Corporation or CMC is the local government that governs the city of Chandannagar in Chandannagar Subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Chandannagore Municipality was established in 1955, as per ...

. The municipalities are

Tarakeswar Municipality Tarakeswar Municipality is the civic body that governs Tarakeswar and its surrounding areas in the Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Tarakeswar Municipality was established in 1975. Geography Tarakeswa ...

Bhadreswar Municipality Bhadreswar Municipality is the civic body that governs Bhadreswar and its surrounding areas in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Bhadreswar Municipality was established in 1869. Geography Bhadreswar M ...

and

Champdany Municipality Champdani Municipality is the civic body that governs Champdani and its surrounding areas in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Champdany Municipality was established in 1917. Geography Champdany Municip ...

. Of the three CD Blocks in Chandannagore subdivision, Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural, Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and Singur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural. The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Uttar Dadpur had a total population of 1,554 of which 795 (51%) were males and 759 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 153. The total number of literates in Uttar Dadpur was 1,194 (85.22% of the population over 6 years). As per the 2011 Census of India, Dakshin Dadpur had a total population of 1,319 of which 678 (51%) were males and 641 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 135. The total number of literates in Dakshin Dadpur was 990 (83.61% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

A short stretch of Chunchura-Dhaniakhali Road links Dadpur to the Kolkata-Delhi

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References

Villages in Hooghly district {{Hooghly-geo-stub