Uttampur is a

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in the

Karimpur I Karimpur I is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Tehatta subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geography Karimp ...

CD block in the

Tehatta subdivision Tehatta subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The plains spread southwards from ...

of the

Nadia district Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influe ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Uttampur is located at .

Area overview

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of

Hooghly River The Hooghly River (, also spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') is the westernmost distributary of the Ganges, situated in West Bengal, India. It is known in its upper reaches as the Bhagirathi. The Bhagirathi splits off from the main branch of the G ...

, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. The

Jalangi River Jalangi River (), is a branch of the Ganges river in Murshidabad and Nadia districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. It flows into the Bhagirathi river and strengthens its lower channel, the Hooghly. The river below the point where the J ...

forms the district/ subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary with

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. The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural. 97.15% of the population lives in the rural areas and 2.85% lives 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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Uttampur had a total population of 13,000, of which 6,627 (51%) were males and 6,373 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,113. The total number of literate persons in Uttampur was 9,640 (81.80% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia'', Uttampur covered an area of 3.4612 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drain, the protected water supply involved BWT, tap water from treated sources, hand pumps. It had 3,750 domestic electric connections, 247 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan), 2 special schools for disabled. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 orphanage, 2 working women's hostels, 1 cinema theatre, 1 public library, 1 reading room. Three important commodities it produced were jute, paddy, wheat. It had the branch office of 1 agricultural credit society.

References

{{Nadia District Cities and towns in Nadia district