Onda is a village in
Onda
Onda or Ondas may refer to:
Places
* Onda, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Washington County
* Onda, Castellón, a municipality of province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
* Onda, Bankura, a village in Bankura district, West Ben ...
CD block in the
Bankura Sadar subdivision
Bankura Sadar subdivision is a subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Subdivisions
Bankura district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
Bankura Sadar subdivision has a density of popula ...
of the
Bankura district
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in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
Onda is located at .
Area overview
The map alongside shows the Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east. The western portions are characterised by undulating terrain with many hills and ridges. The area is having a gradual descent from the
Chota Nagpur Plateau
The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...
. The soil is
laterite
Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by intensive and prolo ...
red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and
sal wood. Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but the soil continues to be lateritic. There are coal mines in the northern part, along the
Damodar River. It is a predominantly rural area with 89% of the population living in rural areas and only 11% living in the urban areas.
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, Onda had a total population of 5,933 of which 3,005 (51%) were males and 2,928 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 557. The total number of literates in Onda was 4,130 (76.82% of the population over 6 years).
Civic administration
CD block HQ
The headquarters of Onda CD block are located at Onda.
Police station
Onda police station has jurisdiction over
Onda
Onda or Ondas may refer to:
Places
* Onda, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Washington County
* Onda, Castellón, a municipality of province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
* Onda, Bankura, a village in Bankura district, West Ben ...
CD block. The area covered is 499.41 km
2 and the population covered was 220,572.
Transport
Ondagram railway station is on the
Kharagpur-Bankura-Adra line of
South Eastern Railway.
National Highway 14, (old numbering
NH 60), running from
Morgram to
Kharagpur, passes through Onda.
Education
Onda High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1942. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 40 computers, a library with 2,757 books and a playground. This is one of the fourteen schools in Bankura district in which the opening of an
Olchiki medium section (for Santali language) from class V was sanctioned in 2012.
Onda Girls High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1959. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. The school has 15 computers and a library with 1,000 books.
Onda Thana Mahavidyalaya was established in 2007 at
Murakata. Affiliated with the
Bankura University, it offers honours courses in Bengali, Sanskrit, English and history, and a general course in arts.
Healthcare
Onda Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at PO
Medinipurgram, is the major government medical facility in the Onda CD block. There are
primary health centres at Ratanpur (with 10 beds), Nakaijuri (Ghorasol) (with 10 beds), Ramsagar (with 10 beds), Santore (Garh Kotalpur) (with 10 beds) and Nikunjapur (with 10 beds).
Onda superspecialty hospital was inaugurated in 2016.
Notable people
*
Mohammad Shamsuzzoha (1934–1969) writer, professor and proctor
References
{{Bankura District
Villages in Bankura district