Rasulpur is a village of

Memari I Memari I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Memari is located at . Memari I CD Block i ...

CD block in Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Suba ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Urbanisation

95.54% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 4.46% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. 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

As per the 2011 Census of India Rasulpur had a total population of 5,091, of which 2,550 (50%) were males and 2,541 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 423. The total number of literates in Rasulpur was 3,930 (84.19% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

* Rasulpur railway station is situated on the Howrah-Bardhaman main line. * Kolkata-Agra National Highway 19 (old numbering NH 2) passes near Rasulpur. * State Highway 13 running from Palsit (in Bardhaman district) to Dankuni (in Hooghly district), incorporating old

GT Road Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It r ...

in the area, passes through Rasulpur and meets NH 19 at Palsit, near Rasulpur.

Education

Rasulpur Bhuban Mohon High School, established in 1876 at Nimo, is a Bengali-medium boys only, higher secondary school. Baidyadanga Girls High School, established in 1949, is a Bengali-medium girls only, higher secondary school.

References

{{Purba Bardhaman District Villages in Purba Bardhaman district