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{{Infobox settlement
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
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|subdivision_name3 = [[Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sreerampur]]
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|postal_code = 711405 (Domjur)<br/>711409 (Makardaha)
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'''Domjur''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in [[Howrah Sadar subdivision]] of [[Howrah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
===Location===
Domjur is located at {{Coord|22.64|N|88.22|E|format=dms|}}.

Domjur CD Block is bounded by [[Chanditala I (community development block)|Chanditala I]] and [[Chanditala II (community development block)|Chanditala II]] CD Blocks, in Hooghly district, in the north, [[Bally Jagachha (community development block)|Bally Jagachha]] CD Block in the east, [[Sankrail (community development block)|Sankrail]] CD Block in the south and [[Panchla (community development block)|Panchla]] and [[Jagatballavpur (community development block)|Jagatballavpur]] CD Blocks in the west.

It is located 12 km from [[Howrah]], the district headquarters.

===Area and administration===
Domjur CD Block has an area of 58.33  km<sup>2</sup>.<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> Domjur Police Station of [[Howrah Police Commissionerate|Howrah City Police]] serves this CD Block. Domjur panchayat samity has 18 gram panchayats. The block has 38 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-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160920094828/http://wbplan.gov.in/docs/Handbook_2004/Howrah.pdf | archive-date = 20 September 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Headquarters of this block is at Domjur.
[[File:Map of Howrah district .svg|300px|thumb|right|Map of Howrah District ]]

===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 Domjur block/[[panchayat samiti]] are: Bankra I, Bankra II, Bankra III, Begari, Dakshin Jhapardaha, Domjur, Kolora I, Kolora II, Mahiyari I, Mahiyari II, Makardah I, Makardah II, Narna, Parbatipur, Rudrapur, Salap I, Salap II and Uttar Jhapardaha.<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 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005063229/http://www.icssr.org/haorah_mcd_report_final.pdf | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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

===Population===
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Domjur CD Block had a total population of 377,588, of which 74,510 were rural and 303,078 were uban. There were 192,199 (51%) males and 185,389 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 41,978. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 65,202 and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 1,587.<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, Domjur block had a total population of 311,133, out of which 158,451 were males and 152,682 were females. Domjur block registered a population growth of 22.10 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 70,844 formed over one-fifth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 4,870.<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 Domjur CD Block (2011 census figures brackets): Uttar Jhapardaha (8,425), Dafarpur (5,461), Baluhati (4,363), [[Domjur]] (18,433), [[Dakshin Jhapardaha]] (13,704), Rudrapur (6,810), [[Khantora]] (6,547), [[Bhandardaha]] (5,667), [[Makardaha]] (8,713), [[Kantlia]] (9,567), [[Tentulkuli]] (7,203), [[Salap]] (15,171), [[Bankra]] (63,957), [[Nibra]] (27,818), [[Ankurhati]] (11,130), [[Bipra Noapara]] (9,408), Begari (5,505), [[Kesabpur, India|Kesabpur]] (12,073), Oadipur (5,002), [[Natibpur]] (7,212), [[Kalara]] (27,210), Baniara (5,476) and [[Mahiari]] (18,223).<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) (now amalgamed with [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]]), [[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 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 Domjur CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Parbbatipur (4,586), Khas Mara (5,298), Sankharidaha (4,021), Prasastha (4,255), Narna (5,518) and Laksmanpur (4,596).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy===
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Domjur CD Block was 272,940 (81.33% of the population over 6 years) out of which 143,796 (53%) were males and 129,144 (47%) 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, Domjur block had a total literacy of 75.06 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 80.47 per cent female literacy was 69.43 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}}

===Language===
[[Bengali language|Bengali]] is the local language in these areas.

===Religion===
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In 2011 census Hindus numbered 235,311 and formed 62.32% of the population in Domjur CD Block. Muslims numbered 138,779 and formed 36.75% of the population. Others numbered 3,498 and formed 0.93% of the population. Christians numbered 715 and 2,221 persons did not state their religion.<ref name=censusreligion2011>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/c-01.html |title = C1 Population by Religious Community | work= West Bengal |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 3 May 2016}}</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=censusreligion2011/>

==Economy==
===Infrastructure===
Prior to 2003-04, Domjur CD Block had 60 hectares of vested land, out of which 45 hectares were distributed amongst 694 persons. In Domjur CD Block more than one crop was grown in 2,543 hectares. Net area sown in the block was 6,767 hectares. Domjur had 2,265 hectares of canals for irrigation. In Domjur CD Block 39 mouzas were electrified up to March 2004.<ref name=handbook/>

==Education==
In 2003-04, Domjur CD Block had 153 primary schools with 26,321 students, 3 middle schools with 1,251 students, 24 high schools with 16,195 students and 12 higher secondary schools with 12,471 students. Domjur CD Block had 1 general college with 415 students. Domjur CD Block had 255 institutions with 28,729 students for special and non-formal education. It had 2 mass literacy centres.<ref name=handbook/>

==Healthcare==
Domjur CD Block had 4 health centres, 9 clinics, 4 dispensaries and 1 hospital with 49 beds and 49 doctors in 2003. It had 43 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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