Chinsurah subdivision

Chinsurah subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Chinsurah subdivision
Subdivision
Bandel Church, founded in 1599, by the Portuguese, the oldest place of Christian worship in Bengal
Bandel Church, founded in 1599, by the Portuguese, the oldest place of Christian worship in Bengal
Coordinates: 22.90°N 88.39°E / 22.90; 88.39
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
HeadquartersHugli-Chuchura
Area
 • Total1,148.15 km2 (443.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,657,518
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeISO 3166-2:IN
Vehicle registrationWB
Websitewb.gov.in

Overview

The eastern portion of Chinsurah subdivision is part of the Hooghly Flats, a natural physiographic region, that is a narrow strip of land along the Hooghly. The interior of the subdivision is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, the agriculturally rich alluvial plains lying between the Hooghly and the Damodar. The entire area is a part of the Gangetic Delta. The Hooghly is a tidal river and has a high west bank. The Portuguese, the Dutch, the French, the Danes and the British dominated industry, trade and commerce in this area for more than two centuries, and as a result the Hooghly Flats region is highly industrialised.[1]

Subdivisions

The Hooghly district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:[2]

SubdivisionHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
(2011)		Rural
Population %
(2011)		Urban
Population %
(2011)
ChinsurahHugli-Chuchura1,148.151,657,51868.6331.37
ChandannagoreChandannagar508.081,127,17658.5241.48
SriramporeSerampore422.451,469,84926.8873.12
ArambagArambag1,058.871,264,60294.775.23
Hooghly districtChinsurah3,149.005,519,14561.4338.57
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Cities and towns in the Chinsurah subdivision (except Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks) in Hooghly district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Administrative units

Chinsurah subdivision has 9 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 69 gram panchayats, 756 mouzas, 741 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities, 1 outgrowth and 23 census towns. The municipalities are Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality and Bansberia Municipality. The census towns are: Kola, Hansghara, Raghunathpur, Madhusudanpur, Amodghata, Alikhoja, Shankhanagar, Chak Bansberia, Manushpur, Keota, Kodalia, Naldanga, Kulihanda, Dharmapur, Simla, Badhagachhi, Mirdhanga, Sripur, Jirat, Batika, Pandua, Purusattompur and Namajgram. The subdivision has its headquarters at Hugli-Chuchura.[3][4]

The right bank of the Hooghly River has been industrialised over a long period. With the leading European powers dominating the area's industry, trade and commerce for over two centuries, it is amongst the leading industrialised areas in the state. At the same time the land is fertile and agricultural production is significant.[5]

In Chinsurah Mogra CD Block 64.87% of the population is urban and 35.13% is rural. Amongst the four remaining CD Blocks in the subdivision two are overwhelmingly rural and two are wholly rural.[6]

The map alongside shows a portion of Chinsurah subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

The following Municipalities, Outgrowth and Census Towns in Chinsurah subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Hugli-Chinsurah (M), Bansberia (M), Bara Khejuria (Out Growth), Shankhanagar (CT), Amodghata (CT), Chak Bansberia (CT), Naldanga (CT), Kodalia (CT), Kulihanda (CT), Simla (CT), Dharmapur (CT) and Keota (CT).[7]

Police stations

Police stations in Chinsurah subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:[8][9]

Police stationArea covered
km2		Municipal townCD Block
Dhaniakhalin/a-Dhaniakhali (partly)
Gurapn/a-Dhaniakhali (partly)
Panduan/a-Pandua
Balagarhn/a-Balagarh
Chinsurahn/aHugli-Chuchura, BansberiaChinsurah Mogra (partly)
Chinsurah (Women)n/aHugli-Chuchura-
Mogran/aBansberiaChinsurah Mogra (partly)
Polban/a-Polba Dadpur
Dadpurn/a-Polba Dadpur

Blocks

Community development blocks in Chinsurah subdivision are:[2][6]

CD BlockHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
(2011)		SC %ST %Hindus %Muslims %Literacy
Rate %		Census
Towns
BalagarhPatuligram, Jirat202.15228,99840.799.2389.248.8176.944
Chinsurah MograMogra81.86247,05529.513.6487.8010.3983.0115
PanduaPandua276.43316,19732.0415.3668.5824.1575.164
DhaniakhaliDhaniakhali275.68320,53433.0114.2680.8516.3475.66-
Polba DadpurBarun Napara285.69263,55535.7911.4777.9319.2975.14-

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 69 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:[10]

  • Balagarh block consists of 13 gram panchayats, viz. Baklia Dhobapara, Ektarpur, Somra–I, Charkrishnabati, Guptipara–I, Somra–II, Dumurdaha Nityanandapur–I, Guptipara–II, Sripur–Balagarh, Jirat, Dumurdaha Nityanandapur–II, Mohipalpur and Sija Kamalpur.
  • Chinsurah Mogra block consists of 10 gram panchayats, viz. Bandel, Debanandapur, Kodalia–II, Saptagram, Chandrahati–I, Digsui Hoyera, Mogra–I, Chandrahati–II, Kodalia–I and Mogra–II.
  • Dhaniakhali block consists of 18 gram panchayats, viz. Belmuri, Dashghara–II, Gudubari–I, Perambua Sahabazar, Bhandarhati–I, Dhanekhali–I, Gudubari–II, Bhandarhati–II, Dhanekhali–II, Gurap, Somaspur–I, Bhastara, Gopinathpur–I, Khajudaha Milki, Somaspur–II, Dashghara–I, Gopinathpur–II and Mandra.
  • Pandua block consists of 16 gram panchayats, viz. Bantika-Boinchee, Jamna, lchhobadaspur, Rameswarpur–Gopalnagar, Beloon Dhamasin, Jamnagar Mondalai, Panchagara–Toregram, Berela-Konchmali-Boragori , Jayer Dwarbasini, Shikhira Chanpta, Haral Daspur, Kshirkundi–Namajgram–Niyasa, Simlagarh Vitasin, Itachuna Khanyan and Sarai–Tinna.
  • Polba Dadpur block consists of 12 gram panchayats, viz. Akhna, Dadpur, Mahanad, Rajhat, Amnan, Goswami Malipara, Makalpur, Satithan, Babnan, Harit, Polba and Sugandha.

Economy

Industry

Industries are concentrated in the cities and towns of the Chinsurah Mogra area (outside the CD Block area), along the Hooghly. In the 17th and 18th centuries different industrial units came into existence with the development of various European settlements along the Hooghly. Initially, it was traditional industries, but later comparatively heavier industries came in. Amongst the better known industrial units in Chinsurah subdivision are:[11]

  • Dunlop India Ltd. opened its factory at Sahaganj in 1936 and it pioneered the manufacture of a number of products such as automobile and aeroplane tyres, and produced industrial belting later.[12] Pawan Kumar Ruia of the Ruia group, acquired Dunlop from Manu Chhabria’s Jumbo Group in 2005, but has been struggling ever since to restart the closed Sahaganj factory.[13]
  • Tribeni Tissues is owned by Paper Boards and Speciality Papers Division of ITC Ltd. at Tribeni.[14]
  • The 450 MW Bandel Thermal Power Station, operated by West Bengal Power Development Corporation, was established at Tribeni in 1983.[15]
  • Ascon Agro Products Limited, jointly owned by the SPS Group and the Pailan Group, produces potato flakes at Dhaniakhali. It is locally marketed using the POTO brand. Potato flakes are used to make snacks and are also used as a thickening agent in soups and bakery products. The plant was inaugurated by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the West Bengal chief minister, in 2007.[16][17][18][19][20]
  • S.R.Industry, manufacturer of construction and agricultural machinery, was established at Pandua in 1996.[21]

Handloom weaving

The handloom sarees of Dhaniakhali, Begampur, Jangipara, Rajbalhat areas and dhutis of Haripal, Rajbalhat, Khanakul areas of Hooghly district are widely familiar.[22]

Agriculture

Hooghly is an agriculturally prosperous district of West Bengal. Although the economy has been shifting away from agriculture, it is still the pre-dominant economic activity and the main source of livelihood for the rural people of the district. One third of the district income comes from agriculture.[23] Given below is an overview of the agricultural production (all data in tonnes) for Chinsurah subdivision, other subdivisions and the Hooghly district, with data for the year 2013-14.[24]

CD Block/ SubdivisionRiceWheatJutePulsesOil seedsPotatoesSugarcane
Dhaniakhali64,0548325,499-5,11895,184-
Pandua40,707---865288,975-
Balagarh57,671480,44042,17660,285-
Chinsurah Mogra10,5725560-167106,280-
Polba Dadpur65,557-4,719-2,036262,084162
Chinsurah subdivision235,56192111,218410,362812,808162
Chandannagore subdivision189,79112136,276-6,522313,692-
Srirampore subdivision126,8521139,820128,058436,1112,437
Arambag subdivision255,01175134,5413019,477514,903123,934
Hooghly district807,215190421,8554644,4192,077,514126,533

Education

Hooghly district had a literacy rate of 81.80% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Chinsurah subdivision had a literacy rate of 79.17%, Chandannagore subdivision 83.01%, Srirampore subdivision 86.13% and Arambag subdivision 79.05. [25]

Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Hooghly district for the year 2013-14:[25]

Subdivision Primary
School		 Middle
School		 High
School		 Higher Secondary
School		 General
College, Univ		 Technical /
Professional Instt		 Non-formal
Education
Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student Institution Student
Chinsurah 899 85,213 46 3,885 98 48,722 109 124,068 7 16,342 26 10,564 2,413 45,289
Chandannagore 606 53,382 32 3,312 46 22,000 77 89,132 6 20,450 6 778 1,297 29,127
Srirampore 577 64,207 25 3,611 65 37,997 97 108,199 8 16,631 3 793 1,337 33,060
Arambag 935 80,705 49 5,462 83 48,513 76 91,911 7 16,950 3 228 1,838 57,383
Hooghly district 3,013 283,407 152 16,270 292 157,232 359 413,310 28 70,373 38 12,363 6,885 164,859

Note: Primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.[25]

The following institutions are located in Chinsurah subdivision:

Healthcare

The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Hooghly district.[50]

Subdivision Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB Other
State
Govt
Deptts		 Local
bodies		 Central
Govt
Deptts /
PSUs		 NGO /
Private
Nursing
Homes		 Total Total
Number
of
Beds		 Total
Number
of
Doctors*		 Indoor
Patients		 Outdoor
Patients
Hospitals
 Rural
Hospitals
 Block
Primary
Health
Centres
 Primary
Health
Centres
Chinsurah 1 2 3 24 - - - 31 61 1,091 108 94,213 1,830,358
Chandannagore 1 3 - 8 - - - 41 53 828 56 70,724 1,105,060
Srirampore 3 2 2 12 - - - 80 99 1,894 85 63,619 1,252,941
Arambag 1 1 5 16 - - - 35 58 919 57 83,469 1,743,719
Hooghly district 6 8 10 60 - - - 187 271 4,732 306 312,025 5,932,078

.* Excluding nursing homes

Medical facilities in Chinsurah subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals in: (Name, location, beds)[51]
Hugli District Hospital, Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, 550 beds
Chunchura Police Hospital, Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, 98 beds
Hugli Jail Hospital, Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, 27 beds
Bandel ESI Hospital, Chinsurah Mogra CD Block, PO Bandel, 250 beds
Bandel Railway Hospital, Polba Dadpur CD Block, PO Bandel, 4 beds
Bandel Thermal Power Station Hospital, Bansberia Municipality, PO Tribeni, 10 beds

Rural Hospitals: (Name, block, location, beds) [51]
Pandua Rural Hospital, Pandua CD Block, Pandua, 30 beds
Dhaniakhali Rural Hospital, Dhaniakhali CD Block, Dhaniakhali, 30 beds
Mogra Rural Hospital, Chinsurah Mogra CD Block, Mogra, 30 beds
Ahmedpur Rural Hospital, Balagarh CD Block, Patuligram, 30 beds
Polba Rural Hospital, Polba Dadpur CD Block, Polba, 30 beds

Primary Health Centres: (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)[51]
Chinsurah Mogra CD Block: Digsui (10 beds), R.N.Debdas (Naldanga), Bandel (6 beds)
Bansberia Municipality: Bansberia (5 beds)
Balagarh CD Block: Bakulia, Bakuliagram (6 beds), Dumurdaha-Nityanadapur, Gopalpur (10 beds), Guptipara (10 beds), Mohipalpur, Bridabanpur (4 beds), Sukharia, Somra (4 beds), Sripur-Bolagarh, Balagarh (10 beds)
Pandua CD Block: B.L.Mukherjee (Boinchigram), Boinchi (10 beds), Itachuna (10 beds), Dwarbasini (4 beds), Ramswarpur-Gopalnagar, Chandpur (10 beds), Haraldaspur, Hatni (10 beds), Jamgram (6 beds).
Polba Dadpur CD Block: Danarpur (10 beds), Makalpur (10 beds), Kamdebpur, Sugandha (4 beds).
Dhaniakhali CD Block: Bhandarhati (10 beds), Chopa (10 beds), Gurup, Palashi (10 beds), Porabazar (6 beds), Khejurdaha-Milki, Bhastara (10 beds).

Private Hospitals:* (Name, location, beds)[52]
Vivekananda Seva Sadan, Vill & PO Mandra, Dhaniakhali, 25 beds
Jannedra Memorial Child Health Care Hospital, Lions Club, Dhaniakhali, 25 beds
.* Excluding nursing homes

Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Chinsurah subdivision were as follows:[53]

Lok Sabha constituencyReservationVidhan Sabha constituencyReservationCD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas
HooghlyNoneChunchuraNoneHooghly-Chunchura municipality and Bandel, Debanandapur, Kodalia I and Kodalia II gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra community development block, and Polba, Rajhat and Sugandha gram panchayats of Polba Dadpur CD Block
--BalagarhReserved for SCBalagarh CD Block and Chandrahati I, Chandrahati II, Digsui and Mogra I GPs of Chinsurah Mogra CD Block
--PanduaNonePandua CD Block
--SaptagramNoneBansberia municipality, Aknna, Amnan, Goswami Malipara, Harit and Mahanad GPs of Polba Dadpur CD Block, and Mogra II and Saptagram gram panchayats of Chinsurah Mogra CD Block
--DhanekhaliReserved for SCBelmuri, Bhastara, Dashghara I, Dashghara II, Dhanekhali I, Dhanekhali II, Gurap, Gurbari I, Gurbari II, Khajurdaha Milki, Mandra, Somaspur I and Somaspur II GPs of Dhaniakhali CD Block, and Babnan, Dadpur, Makalpur and Satithan GPs of Polba-Dadpur CD Block
--Other two assembly segments in Chandannagore subdivision--

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