Dariapur is a village in the

Kaliachak III Kaliachak III is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Gauda and Pandua Gauda was once the “capital of the ancient bhukti or ...

CD block in the

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in the state of

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Geography

Location

Dariapur is located at . Baisnabnagar, with a police station, is located nearby.Google maps

Area overview

The area shown in the adjoining map is the physiographic sub-region known as the ''diara''. It “is a relatively well drained flat land formed by the

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deposition of newer

alluvium Alluvium (, ) 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. Alluvium is also sometimes called alluvial deposit. Alluvium is ...

.” The most note-worthy feature is the Farakka Barrage across the Ganges. The area is a part of the

, which is an overwhelmingly rural region, but the area shown in the map has pockets of

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from Rural area, rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. ...

with 17 census towns, concentrated mostly in the

Kaliachak I Kaliachak I is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. History Gau ...

CD block. The bank of the

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between Bhutni and Panchanandapur (both the places are marked on the map), is the area worst hit by left bank erosion, a major problem in the Malda area. The ruins of Gauda, capital of several empires, is located in this area. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Kaliachak III CD block is at Dariapur.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Dariapur had a total population of 6,249, of which 3,183 (51%) were males and 3,066 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 888. The total number of literate persons in Dariapur was 3,299 (61.54% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

A short stretch of Baisnabnagar Road links Dariapur to National Highway 12 (old number NH 34). There is a station at nearby Chamagram on the New Farakka-Malda section of Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line.

Education

Dariapur Baishi High Madrasa is a

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-medium coeducational institution established in 1953. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 2,040 books, and 5 computers for teaching and learning purposes.

References

{{Malda District Villages in Malda district