Onda is a village in

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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

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in the state of

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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

CD block. The area covered is 499.41 km² 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