Deuli is a village and a
gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the
Jibantala police station in the
Canning II CD block in the
Canning subdivision
Canning subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
Canning subdivision has a very low level of urbanization. Only 12.37% of the population lives in the urban areas a ...
of the
South 24 Parganas
South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore previously, with its Zilla Parishad now in Ba ...
district in the
India
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of
West Bengal
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.
Geography
Area overview
Canning subdivision has a very low level of urbanization. Only 12.37% of the population lives in the urban areas and 87.63% lives in the rural areas. There are 8
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
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s in the Canning I CD block and only 2 in the rest of the subdivision. The entire district is situated in the
Ganges Delta
The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Be ...
with numerous islands in the southern part of the region. The area (shown in the map alongside) borders on the
Sundarbans National Park
Sundarbans National Park is a national park in West Bengal, India, and core part of tiger reserve and Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve, biosphere reserve. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Fores ...
and a major portion of it is a part of the
Sundarbans settlements
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. It is a flat low-lying area in the South Bidyadhari plains. The
Matla River is prominent and there are many streams and water channels locally known as ''khals''. A comparatively recent country-wide development is the guarding of the coastal areas with a special coastal force.
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
Deuli is located at
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Deuli had a total population of 2,753 of which 1,409 (51%) were males and 1,344 (49%) were females. There were 360 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Deuli was 2,123 (88.72% of the population over 6 years).
Civic administration
CD block HQ
The headquarters of the Canning II CD block are located at Deuli.
Transport
Deuli is on the Deuli-Ghatakpukur Road.
Healthcare
Matherdighi Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at
Matherdighi, is the major government medical facility in the Canning II CD block.
References
{{South 24 Parganas topics
Villages in South 24 Parganas district