Cities and towns in Kalyani subdivision of Nadia district M: municipal town/ city/notified area, 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
Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The Kalyani subdivision has the Bhagirathi/ Hooghly on the west. Topographically, Kalyani subdivision is a part of the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district.[2] The smallest subdivision in the district, area-wise, has the highest level of urbanisation in the district. 76.73% of the population lives in urban areas and 23.27% lives in the rural areas.[3]
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, Jangal had a total population of 5,106, of whom 2,651 (52%) were males and 3,575 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 531. The total number of literate persons in Jangal was 3,575 (78.14% of the population over 6 years).[4]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Jangal covered an area of 1.8718 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tubewell/borewell, and hand pump. It had 466 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had one veterinary hospital and 12 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had three primary schools. The nearest middle school was at Priyanagar 2 km away, and the nearest secondary and senior secondary schools were at Sikarpur 3 km away.[5]
^"District Census Handbook Nadia, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A"(PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 635-656; Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 635; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 641; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 643; Statement IV: Medical Facilities, Page 646; Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 655; Statement VI:Industry and Banking ,Page 2833. Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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