Cities and towns in the southern part of Baruipur subdivision (including Baruipur, Jaynagar I & II, Kultali CD blocks) in South 24 Parganas district M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, H: historical place/ religious centre Places linked with coastal activity are marked in blue Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 20 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain. Archaeological excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago.[3][4][5]
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.
Petua, Panchghara, Mallikpur and Hariharpur form a cluster of census towns in the Baruipur CD block, as per the map of Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.[6] This cluster has Rajpur Sonarpur on the east and Bidyadharpur on the north, both in the Sonarpur CD block, as per the map of the Sonarpur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.[7]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Hariharpur had a total population of 12,027, of which 6,038 (50%) were males and 5,989 (50%) were females. There were 1,346 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons was 8,333 (78.02% of the population over 6 years).[8]
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Hariharpur covered an area of 1.7476 km2. Among the physical aspects, there is a railway station at Mallikpur 2.1 km away. Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pumps. It had 2,800 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre and 10 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, the nearest secondary school, senior secondary school were at Baikunthapur 2 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 orphanage and 1 old age home. Among the important commodities it produced were garments and pickles. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.[9]
Hariharpur Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds, at Hariharpur (POMallikpur), is the major government medical facility in the Baruipur CD block.[11]
^"District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A"(PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 999-1006 Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 1006-1010; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 1010-1015; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1015-1019; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1019-1027 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1027- 1029: Statement VI:Industry and Banking. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^"Health & Family Welfare Department"(PDF). Health Statistics – Block Primary Health Centres. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 August 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
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