Cities, towns and locations in Barasat subdivision, North 24 Parganas M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Nokpul, Gobardanga, Habra form a cluster of census towns, south part of Gobardanga. The Jamuna separates Gobardanga from this cluster.[2]Habra police station serves this area.[3]
Area overview
The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower Ganges Delta.[4] The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.[5]54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas.[6]
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, Nokpul had a total population of 7,737, of which 4,030 (52%) were males and 3,707 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 671. The total number of literate persons in Nokpul was 6,047 (85.58% of the population over 6 years).[7]
As of 2001[update] India census,[8] Nokpul had a population of 6647. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Nokpul has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 77%. In Nokpul, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Economy
Commuters
As per 2011 census, a large proportion of people in Habra I CD block earn their livelihood as ‘other workers’, which include office, factory and transport workers, professionals and business people and so on. (See Habra I for details). Around a total of 32 lakh people from all around the city commute to Kolkata daily for work. In the Sealdah-Bangaon section there are 58 trains that carry commuters from 24 railway stations. In the Seadah-Hasnabad sections 32 trains carry commuters from 30 stations.[9][10]
Infrastructure
As per District Census Handbook 2011, Nokpul covered an area of 1.71 km2. It had 6 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school and 1 senior secondary school. The nearest degree college was located 4 km away at Gobardanga. The nearest hospital was 12 km, the nearest dispensary/ health centre was 8 km away, the nearest family welfare centre was 12 km away, the nearest maternity and child welfare centre was 12 km away and the nearest maternity home was 12 km away.[11]
^"District Statistical Handbook". North 24 Parganas 2010-2011, Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^"District Statistical Handbook". North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^"District Census Handbook North 24 Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A"(PDF). Page 93, Table 33: Distribution of Workers by Sex in Four Categories of Economic Activity in Sub-district 2011; Page 84, Table 30: Number and Percentage of Main Workers, Marginal Workers and Non-workers by sex in sub-districts, 2011. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
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