Uluberia II

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|settlement_type = Community development block
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|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of India|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
|subdivision_type3 = Parliamentary constituency
|subdivision_name3 = [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]
|subdivision_type4 = Assembly constituency
|subdivision_name4 = [[Uluberia Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Uttar]], [[Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Purba]]
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|area_total_km2 = 62.98
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|population_as_of = 2011
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|population_total = 191,599
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|postal_code_type = PIN
|postal_code = 711307
(Khalisani) 711316 (Baniban) 711322 (Bikihakola)
|area_code = 033 03214
|registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-11, [[List of RTO districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-12, [[List of RTO districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-13, [[List of RTO districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-14
|blank_name = Literacy Rate
|blank_info = 78.05 per cent
|website = http://howrah.gov.in/
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'''Uluberia II''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in [[Uluberia subdivision]] of [[Howrah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
[[File:Map of Howrah district .svg|300px|thumb|right|Map of Howrah District]]

===Location===
Baniban, a constituent panchayat of Uluberia II block, is located at {{Coord|22.494511|N|88.08519|E|format=dms|}}

Uluberia II CD Block is bounded by [[Amta I]], [[Jagatballavpur (community development block)|Jagatballavpur]] and [[Panchla (community development block)|Panchla]] CD Blocks in the north, [[Uluberia I]] in the east and south and [[Bagnan I]] CD Block in the west.

It is located 29 km from [[Howrah]], the district headquarters.

===Area and administration===
Uluberia II CD Block has an area of 62.98  km2.<ref name=census>{{cite web|url= http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_16.htm|title=Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4 |access-date=2011-01-20 |work=Census of India 2001 – Howrah district |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928204740/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_16.htm|archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref> Uluberia, Rajapur and Bauria police stations serve this CD Block. Uluberia II panchayat samity has 8 gram panchayats. The block has 32 inhabited villages.<ref name=handbook>{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/docs/Handbook_2004/Howrah.pdf | title = District Statistical Handbook – 2004 – Howrah | work = Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 (b), 3.1, 4.4, 4.5, 8.2, 18.1, 18.3, 21.1 | publisher = Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 3 April 2016 | archive-date = 20 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160920094828/http://wbplan.gov.in/docs/Handbook_2004/Howrah.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> Headquarters of this block is at [[Bikihakola]].

===Topography===
Howrah district is located on the west bank of the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]]. The [[Rupnarayan River|Rupnarayan]] flows on the west and south of the district and the [[Damodar River|Damodar]] intersects it. The district consists of a flat [[alluvial plain]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/howrah_wb.pdf |title = Brief Industrial Profile of Howrah District, West Bengal |publisher= Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India | access-date = 3 May 2016}}</ref>

===Gram panchayats===
[[Gram panchayat]]s of Uluberia II block/[[panchayat samiti]] are: Baniban, Basudevpur, Joargori, Khalisani, Raghudevpur, Tehatta-Kantaberia I, Tehatta-Kantaberia II and Tulsiberia.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/PANCHAYATS.aspx |title = Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal |work = Howrah – Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 4 May 2016}}</ref>

==Demographics==
===Overview===
Rural population is 49.63% of the total population of Howrah district as per 2001 census. Scheduled castes account for 15.41% of the population, scheduled tribes 0.44% and Muslims 24.4% of the population. As the economy is prevalently industrial, majority of the population depends on industries for a living. Only 30% of the population is engaged in cultivation.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.icssr.org/haorah_mcd_report_final.pdf |title = Minority Concentration District Project – Haorah, West Bengal |publisher= Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India | access-date = 6 May 2016}}</ref>

{{BPL families in CD Blocks of Howrah district|collapsible=y}}

===Population===
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Uluberia II CD Block had a total population of 191,599, of which 80,793 were rural and 110,806 were uban. There were 97,844 (51%) males and 93,755 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 25,648. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 57,671 and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 80.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 3 May 2016}}</ref>

As per 2001 census, Uluberia II block had a total population of 161,833, out of which 83,662 were males and 78,171 were females. Uluberia II block registered a population growth of 1.92 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Howrah district was 12.76 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent. [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled castes]] at 49,552 formed around one-third the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 690.<ref name=census/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_1.htm |title=Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4 |access-date=2011-01-20 |work=Census of India 2001 |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041813/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_1.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

===Census Towns and large villages===
[[Census Town]]s in Uluberia II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Baniban Jagadishpur (7,402), Kantaberia (11,507), Tehatta (12,770), Basudebpur (13,091), Raghudebpur (7,081), [[Santoshpur, Uluberia|Santoshpur]] (7,695), Ghosal Chak (5,681), [[Balaram Pota]] (5,544), Khalisani (12,970), Brindabanpur (12,583), [[Uttar Pirpur]] (5,868), Baniban (6,597) and Mahishrekha (2,017).<ref name=census2011/>

The following Municipalities and Census Towns in Howrah district were part of [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area|Kolkata]] Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: [[Howrah]] (Municipal Corporation), [[Bally (Howrah)|Bally]] (Municipality), [[Bally, Bally-Jagachha|Bally]] (Census Town), [[Jagadishpur]] (CT), [[Chamrail]] (CT), [[Eksara]] (CT), [[Chakapara]] (CT) [[Khalia]] (CT), Jaypur Bil (CT), (all, except Howrah municipal corporation and Bally municipality, in [[Bally Jagachha (community development block)|Bally Jagachha]] CD Block), [[Bankra]] (CT), [[Nibra]] (CT), [[Mahiari]] (CT), [[Bipra Noapara]] (CT), [[Ankurhati]] (CT), [[Kantlia]] (CT), [[Salap]] (CT), [[Tentulkuli]] (CT), [[Domjur]] (CT), [[Dakshin Jhapardaha]] (CT), [[Makardaha]] (CT), [[Khantora]] (CT), [[Bhandardaha]] (CT), (all in [[Domjur (community development block)|Domjur]] CD Block), Kamranga (CT), [[Argari]] (CT), [[Andul]] (CT), [[Ramchandrapur, West Bengal|Ramchandrapur]] (CT), [[Jhorhat]] (CT), [[Hatgachha]] (CT), [[Dhuilya]] (CT), [[Panchpara]] (CT), [[Podara]] (CT), [[Banupur]] (CT), [[Sankrail]] (CT), [[Manikpur, West Bengal|Manikpur]] (CT), [[Sarenga]] (CT), [[Raghudebbati]] (CT) [[Nalpur]] (CT), Chak Srikrishna (Out Growth), (all in [[Sankrail (community development block)|Sankrail]] CD Block), [[Uluberia]] (M) Khalisani (CT) [[Uttar Pirpur]] (CT) [[Balaram Pota]] (CT), [[Santoshpur, Uluberia|Santoshpur]] (CT) (all except Uluberia municipality in Uluberia II CD Block).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | work= Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher= Census of India 2011 | access-date = 11 May 2016}}</ref>

Large villages in Uluberia II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Tulsiberia (6,729), Abhirampur (4,584), Joargor (6,294), Kamala Chak (5,939), Karather (6,729), Surikhali (4,158) and Dasbhanga (4,266).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy===
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Uluberia II CD Block was 129,528 (78.05% of the population over 6 years) out of which 70,052 (54%) were males and 59,476 (46%) were females.<ref name=census2011/>

As per 2011 census, literacy in Howrah district was 78.66%.<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 1 May 2016}}</ref> Literacy in West Bengal was 77.08% in 2011.<ref name=literacy>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final_PPT_2011_progresstables.pdf | title= Provisional population tables and annexures| work= Census 2011:Table 2(3) Literates and Literacy rates by sex |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 9 February 2016}}</ref> Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.<ref name=literacy/>

As per 2001 census, Uluberia II block had a total literacy of 68.60 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 76.28 per cent female literacy was 60.38 per cent. Howrah district had a total literacy of 77.01 per cent, male literacy being 83.22 per cent and female literacy being 70.11 per cent.<ref name=handbook/>

{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Howrah district|collapsible=y}}

===Religion and language===
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In 2011 census Hindus numbered 115,932 and formed 60.51% of the population in Uluberia II CD Block. Muslims numbered 75,409 and formed 39.36% of the population. Others numbered 258 and formed 0.13% of the population.<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11396/download/14509/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

In 2011, Hindus numbered 3,535,844 and formed 72.90% of the population in Howrah district. Muslims numbered 1,270,641 and formed 26.20% of the population. In West Bengal Hindus numbered 64,385,546 and formed 70.53% of the population. Muslims numbered 24,654,825 and formed 27.01% of the population.<ref name="religion"/>

[[Bengali language|Bengali]] is the predominant language, spoken by 99.83% of the population.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10226/download/13338/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Economy==

===Infrastructure===
Up to 2003-04, Uluberia II CD Block had 245 hectares of vested land, out of which 104 hectares were distributed amongst 1,204 persons. In Uluberia II CD Block more than one crop was grown in 1,999 hectares. Net area sown in the block was 4,886 hectares. Uluberia II had 3,000 hectares of canals for irrigation. In Uluberia II CD Block 32 mouzas were electrified up to March 2004.<ref name=handbook/>

==Education==
In 2003-04, Uluberia II CD Block had 96 primary schools with 17,059 students, 3 middle schools with 624 students, 8 high schools with 5,800 students and 4 higher secondary schools with 4,877 students. Uluberia II CD Block had 1 professional and technical institution with 174 students. Uluberia II CD Block had 225 institutions with 30,936 students for special and non-formal education. It had 1 mass literacy centre.<ref name=handbook/>

==Healthcare==
Uluberia II CD Block had 3 health centres, 3 clinics, 1 dispensary and 1 hospital with 76 beds and 10 doctors in 2003. It had 24 family welfare centres.<ref name=handbook/>

==References==
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{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
{{Howrah topics}}

[[Category:Community development blocks in Howrah district]]

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