Garia is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the

Baruipur Baruipur () is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Baruipur subdivision and is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). ...

police station in the

CD block in the

Baruipur subdivision Baruipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives i ...

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

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Geography

Area overview

Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 20

s. 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 ...

and the southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain.

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excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago. 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

Garia is located at . It has an average elevation of . Garia,

Champahati Champahati is a census town in and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Baruipur police station in the Baruipur CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part ...

, Solgohalia and Naridana form a cluster of census towns in Baruipur CD block, as per the map of the Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas. Another cluster of census towns

Kalaria Kalaria is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Canning police station in the Canning I CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overview Canning subdiv ...

Gaur Daha Gaur Daha or Gourdaha is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Jibantala police station in the Canning I CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata ...

and

Banshra Bansra is a census town in the Raniganj CD block of the Asansol Sadar subdivision in the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Bansra is located at . Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township), Belebathan, M ...

in the Canning I CD block is adjacent to the above cluster, as per the map of the Canning I CD block on page 333 of the District Census Handbook.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Garia had a total population of 4,805, of which 2,410 (50%) were males and 2,395 (50%) were females. There were 357 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Garia was 4,035 (90.71% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Garia covered an area of 1.9504 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 5 km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved tube well/ bore well and covered wells. It had 1,420 domestic electric connections and 32 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had dispensary/ health centre 1 km away and family welfare centre 1 km away, 2 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes and 5 medicine shops in the town. Among the educational facilities it had were 3 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary school, 2 secondary schools. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 old age home, 1 public library and 1 reading room. It had the branch of 1 nationalised bank.

Transport

Subhashgram-Champahati Road links Garia to the

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.Google maps Kalikapur railway station is located nearby.

Education

Amiyabala Balika Bidyalaya is a Bengali-medium girls only school established in 1931. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. South Garia Jadunath Vidyamandir.

Healthcare

Hariharpur Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds, at Hariharpur (PO Mallikpur), is the major government medical facility in the Baruipur CD block.

References

{{South 24 Parganas topics Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district Kolkata Metropolitan Area