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The CD block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of the district's three natural regions of flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] plains which form part of the [[Ganges Delta]]. It has many depressions which receive water from tributaries of the surrounding lands during the rainy season and discharge it in smaller channels.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physigraphy, Page 17|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref> | The CD block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of the district's three natural regions of flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] plains which form part of the [[Ganges Delta]]. It has many depressions which receive water from tributaries of the surrounding lands during the rainy season and discharge it in smaller channels.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physigraphy, Page 17|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref> | ||
Tarakeshwar is bordered by [[Dhaniakhali (community development block)|Dhaniakhali CD block]] on the north, [[Haripal (community development block)|Haripal CD block]] on the east, [[Jangipara (community development block)|Jangipara CD block]] on the south, and [[Pursurah (community development block)|Pursurah CD block]] on the west. It is {{convert|45|km}} from [[Chinsurah]], the district headquarters. The CD block covers an area of {{convert|119.93|km2}}. It has 10 [[gram panchayat]]s (Astara-Duttapur, Baligori I, Baligori II, Bhanjipur, [[Champadanga]], Keshabchak, Naita-Mal Paharpur, Purba Ramnagar, Santoshpur and Talpur),<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 = Hooghly – Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 16 May 2016}}</ref> 144 village councils, 90 [[mouza]]s and 89 villages. The [[Tarakeswar#Police station|Tarakeswar police station]] serves the block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | Tarakeshwar is bordered by [[Dhaniakhali (community development block)|Dhaniakhali CD block]] on the north, [[Haripal (community development block)|Haripal CD block]] on the east, [[Jangipara (community development block)|Jangipara CD block]] on the south, and [[Pursurah (community development block)|Pursurah CD block]] on the west. It is {{convert|45|km}} from [[Chinsurah]], the district headquarters. The CD block covers an area of {{convert|119.93|km2}}. It has 10 [[gram panchayat]]s (Astara-Duttapur, Baligori I, Baligori II, Bhanjipur, [[Champadanga]], Keshabchak, Naita-Mal Paharpur, Purba Ramnagar, Santoshpur and Talpur),<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 = Hooghly – Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 16 May 2016}}</ref> 144 village councils, 90 [[mouza]]s and 89 villages. The [[Tarakeswar#Police station|Tarakeswar police station]] serves the block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 October 2018 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}</ref> Headquarters of this CD Block is at Tarakeswar.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Map of Hooghly district with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hooghlyzp.org/html/tarakeswar.html | title = Tarakeswar | work= Local Self-government| access-date = 6 June 2017 | publisher = Hooghly Zilla Parishad}}</ref> | ||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
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===Language and religion=== | ===Language and religion=== | ||
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In 2011 | As per the 2011 census, majority of the population of the district belong to the Hindu community with a population share of 82.9% followed by Muslims at 15.8%. The percentage of the Hindu population of the district has followed a decreasing trend from 87.1% in 1961 to 82.9% in the latest census 2011. On the other hand, the percentage of Muslim population has increased from 12.7% in 1961 to 15.8% in 2011 census.<ref name="census2">{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Religion, Mother-tongue Pages 50-51|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | accessdate = 1 June 2017 }}</ref> | ||
In 2011 census Hindus numbered 159,330 and formed 88.94% of the population in Tarakeswar numbered 18,274 and formed 10.20% of the population. Others numbered 1,544 and formed 0.86% 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> | |||
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At the time of the 2011 census, 96.93% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and 2.26% [[Santali language|Santali]] as their first language.<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== | ==Economy== | ||
===Rural poverty=== | ===Rural poverty=== | ||
According to estimates obtained from a survey of families living [[Below Poverty Line]] in 2005, [[rural poverty]] in Tarakeswar was 18.62 percent.<ref>{{cite web| url = | According to estimates obtained from a survey of families living [[Below Poverty Line]] in 2005, [[rural poverty]] in Tarakeswar was 18.62 percent.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf |title = District Human Development Report: Hooghly |work = Table 2.38: Empirical Measurement of Rural Poverty in Hooghly 2005, page 89 |publisher = Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2011 |access-date = 14 June 2017 |archive-date = 7 August 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170807182323/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref> | ||
===<span id="Livelihood"></span>Employment=== | ===<span id="Livelihood"></span>Employment=== | ||
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In 2011, farmers were 19.55 percent of the workforce; agricultural laborers were 38.09 percent, [[Putting-out system#Cottage industry|household-industry]] workers 5.19 percent and other workers 37.17 percent.<ref name="handbook2014">{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | In 2011, farmers were 19.55 percent of the workforce; agricultural laborers were 38.09 percent, [[Putting-out system#Cottage industry|household-industry]] workers 5.19 percent and other workers 37.17 percent.<ref name="handbook2014">{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly | work = Tables 2.7, 17.2, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 21.2, 4.4, 3.1, 3.3 – arranged as per use | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 October 2018 | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | url-status = dead }}</ref> | ||
===Infrastructure=== | ===Infrastructure=== | ||
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===Agriculture=== | ===Agriculture=== | ||
The agricultural area has several cold-storage facilities.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | title= List of functioning Cold Storage of West Bengal District wise as on 18.01.07 | publisher= West Bengal State Marketing Board | access-date=28 January 2009}}</ref> Although rice is the district's main crop, potatoes, [[jute]], vegetables and fruits are also grown.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://hooghly.nic.in/AGRI-INTEN.HTM | title= Intensive cropping with remarkable feature of Hooghly District | access-date= 28 January 2009 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716220215/http://hooghly.nic.in/AGRI-INTEN.HTM | archive-date= 16 July 2011 }}</ref> | The agricultural area has several cold-storage facilities.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | title= List of functioning Cold Storage of West Bengal District wise as on 18.01.07 | publisher= West Bengal State Marketing Board | access-date= 28 January 2009 | archive-date= 22 January 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122084728/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | url-status= dead }}</ref> Although rice is the district's main crop, potatoes, [[jute]], vegetables and fruits are also grown.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://hooghly.nic.in/AGRI-INTEN.HTM | title= Intensive cropping with remarkable feature of Hooghly District | access-date= 28 January 2009 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716220215/http://hooghly.nic.in/AGRI-INTEN.HTM | archive-date= 16 July 2011 }}</ref> | ||
[[Land reform in India|Land reform]] has changed patterns of land ownership. In 2013-14, people engaged in agriculture in Tarakeswar consisted of ''[[Sharecropping|bargadars]]'' (10.17 percent), [[Patta (land deed)|patta]] (deed) holders (4.73 percent), small farmers—owning {{convert|1|-|2|ha}}—8.24 percent, marginal farmers—less than {{convert|1|ha}}—35.20 percent, and agricultural labourers 41.65 percent.<ref name=handbook2014/> Tarakeswar has markets in Baliguri, Champadanga, Santoshpur and Kararia.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/hooghly.html | [[Land reform in India|Land reform]] has changed patterns of land ownership. In 2013-14, people engaged in agriculture in Tarakeswar consisted of ''[[Sharecropping|bargadars]]'' (10.17 percent), [[Patta (land deed)|patta]] (deed) holders (4.73 percent), small farmers—owning {{convert|1|-|2|ha}}—8.24 percent, marginal farmers—less than {{convert|1|ha}}—35.20 percent, and agricultural labourers 41.65 percent.<ref name=handbook2014/> Tarakeswar has markets in Baliguri, Champadanga, Santoshpur and Kararia.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/hooghly.html | title = Primary Hats/Markets of District | publisher = West Bengal State Marketing Board | work = Hooghly | access-date = 29 January 2009 | archive-date = 7 July 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090707074955/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/hooghly.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> | ||
The CD block had 95 fertiliser depots, 38 seed stores and 47 [[Public distribution system|fair-price shops]] in 2013-14.<ref name=handbook2014/> It produced oil seeds, 81,189 tonnes of [[Rice#Ecotypes and cultivars|Aman paddy]] (the main winter crop) from {{convert|27792|ha}}, 5,229 tonnes of Boro paddy (a spring crop) from {{convert|1668|ha}}, 58,340 tonnes of jute from {{convert|2730|ha}}, and 81,573 tonnes of potatoes from {{convert|5105|ha}}.<ref name=handbook2014/> The total irrigated area was {{convert|11828|ha}}; of this, {{convert|7125|ha}} were irrigated by canal water, {{convert|1780|ha}} by tank water, {{convert|50|ha}} by river [[lift irrigation]], {{convert|480|ha}} by deep tube wells, and {{convert|2393|ha}} by shallow tube wells.<ref name=handbook2014/> | The CD block had 95 fertiliser depots, 38 seed stores and 47 [[Public distribution system|fair-price shops]] in 2013-14.<ref name=handbook2014/> It produced oil seeds, 81,189 tonnes of [[Rice#Ecotypes and cultivars|Aman paddy]] (the main winter crop) from {{convert|27792|ha}}, 5,229 tonnes of Boro paddy (a spring crop) from {{convert|1668|ha}}, 58,340 tonnes of jute from {{convert|2730|ha}}, and 81,573 tonnes of potatoes from {{convert|5105|ha}}.<ref name=handbook2014/> The total irrigated area was {{convert|11828|ha}}; of this, {{convert|7125|ha}} were irrigated by canal water, {{convert|1780|ha}} by tank water, {{convert|50|ha}} by river [[lift irrigation]], {{convert|480|ha}} by deep tube wells, and {{convert|2393|ha}} by shallow tube wells.<ref name=handbook2014/> | ||
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==<span id="Healthcare"></span>Healthcare and groundwater== | ==<span id="Healthcare"></span>Healthcare and groundwater== | ||
Tarakeswar had one rural hospital, two [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] and three private nursing homes with a total 105 beds and eight doctors in 2014. It had 31 family welfare sub-centers; all treated 21,028 patients indoors and 215,593 outdoors.<ref name=handbook2014/> Tarakeswar Rural Hospital, in [[Tarakeswar]], had 60 beds; Duttapur Primary Health Centre had four beds, and Talpur PHC had ten.<ref name="medical">{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | Tarakeswar had one rural hospital, two [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] and three private nursing homes with a total 105 beds and eight doctors in 2014. It had 31 family welfare sub-centers; all treated 21,028 patients indoors and 215,593 outdoors.<ref name=handbook2014/> Tarakeswar Rural Hospital, in [[Tarakeswar]], had 60 beds; Duttapur Primary Health Centre had four beds, and Talpur PHC had ten.<ref name="medical">{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 July 2017 | archive-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 | url-status = dead }}</ref> | ||
The block has a low [[arsenic contamination of groundwater]]. The [[World Health Organization|WHO]] guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg per litre, and the Indian standard is 50 mg. Sixteen blocks in Hooghly district have arsenic levels above WHO guidelines, and 11 have levels above the Indian standard. Tarakeswar's maximum concentration is 37 mg per litre.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb8.htm| title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (20 years study )| publisher = SOES| work = Hugli| access-date = 3 June 2017| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170524133243/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb8.htm| archive-date = 24 May 2017}}</ref> | The block has a low [[arsenic contamination of groundwater]]. The [[World Health Organization|WHO]] guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg per litre, and the Indian standard is 50 mg. Sixteen blocks in Hooghly district have arsenic levels above WHO guidelines, and 11 have levels above the Indian standard. Tarakeswar's maximum concentration is 37 mg per litre.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb8.htm| title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (20 years study )| publisher = SOES| work = Hugli| access-date = 3 June 2017| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170524133243/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb8.htm| archive-date = 24 May 2017}}</ref> | ||
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Tarakeswar is located in West Bengal  Tarakeswar Location in West Bengal, India | |
| Coordinates: 22°53′N 88°01′E / 22.89°N 88.02°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Government | |
| • Type | Representative democracy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 119.93 km2 (46.31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 179,148 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 712410 (Tarakeswar) 712401 (Champadanga) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Vehicle registration | WB-15, WB-16, WB-18 |
| Literacy | 79.96% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Arambag |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Tarakeswar |
| Website | hooghly |
Tarakeshwar is a panchayat samiti (community development block) in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview[edit | edit source]
The CD block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of the district's three natural regions of flat alluvial plains which form part of the Ganges Delta. It has many depressions which receive water from tributaries of the surrounding lands during the rainy season and discharge it in smaller channels.[1]
Tarakeshwar is bordered by Dhaniakhali CD block on the north, Haripal CD block on the east, Jangipara CD block on the south, and Pursurah CD block on the west. It is 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Chinsurah, the district headquarters. The CD block covers an area of 119.93 square kilometres (46.31 sq mi). It has 10 gram panchayats (Astara-Duttapur, Baligori I, Baligori II, Bhanjipur, Champadanga, Keshabchak, Naita-Mal Paharpur, Purba Ramnagar, Santoshpur and Talpur),[2] 144 village councils, 90 mouzas and 89 villages. The Tarakeswar police station serves the block.[3] Headquarters of this CD Block is at Tarakeswar.[4][5]
Demographics[edit | edit source]
Population[edit | edit source]
Tarakeswar had a population of 162,355 in the 2001 census, of whom 83,141 (51 percent) were males and 79,214 (49 percent) were females. Its population increased by 11.56 percent from 1991 to 2001 decade, and the district's population increased by 15.72 percent.[6] West Bengal's population increased by 17.84 percent during the decade.[7]
In the 2011 census, Tarakeswar's population increased to 179,148 (entirely rural). There were 91,534 males (51 percent) and 87,614 females (49 percent). The population under age six was 17,096. Scheduled Caste members numbered 42,338 (23.63 percent), and Scheduled Tribe members numbered 9,034 (5.04 percent).[8]
Villages with a population of over 4,000 in 2011 were Santoshpur (4,063), Talpur (5,389), Moktarpur (6,364), Bhanjipur (4,433), Purba Ramnagar (7,759), Baligari (5,845), Astara (6,590) and Champadanga (12,518).[8] Smaller villages are Keshabchak (2,569), Malpaharpur (2,116) and Duttapur (1,168).[8]
Literacy[edit | edit source]
In 2001, Tarakeswar had a total literacy rate of 56.23 percent; male literacy was 77.61 percent, and female literacy was 54.66 percent.[9] In 2011, the number of literate people was 129,574; males numbered 71,609, and females numbered 57,965. Gender disparity was 13.42 percent.[8]
Template:Literacy in CD Blocks of Hooghly district
Language and religion[edit | edit source]
As per the 2011 census, majority of the population of the district belong to the Hindu community with a population share of 82.9% followed by Muslims at 15.8%. The percentage of the Hindu population of the district has followed a decreasing trend from 87.1% in 1961 to 82.9% in the latest census 2011. On the other hand, the percentage of Muslim population has increased from 12.7% in 1961 to 15.8% in 2011 census.[11]
In 2011 census Hindus numbered 159,330 and formed 88.94% of the population in Tarakeswar numbered 18,274 and formed 10.20% of the population. Others numbered 1,544 and formed 0.86% of the population.[10]
At the time of the 2011 census, 96.93% of the population spoke Bengali and 2.26% Santali as their first language.[12]
Economy[edit | edit source]
Rural poverty[edit | edit source]
According to estimates obtained from a survey of families living Below Poverty Line in 2005, rural poverty in Tarakeswar was 18.62 percent.[13]
Employment[edit | edit source]
Employment in Tarakeswar
In 2011, farmers were 19.55 percent of the workforce; agricultural laborers were 38.09 percent, household-industry workers 5.19 percent and other workers 37.17 percent.[14]
Infrastructure[edit | edit source]
Tarakeswar has 89 villages, all with electricity. Forty-one villages have more than one source of drinking water (a tap, well, tube well, or hand pump); seven villages have only a tube (or bore well), and 36 have only a hand pump. Eight villages have post offices, 14 have sub-post offices and three have post-and-telegraph offices. Sixty-three villages have landlines, 58 have public call offices, and 82 have mobile-phone coverage. Forty-six villages have roads, and 29 have bus service. Eighteen villages have agricultural credit societies, eight have commercial or co-operative banks, and one village has a bank ATM.[15]
Agriculture[edit | edit source]
The agricultural area has several cold-storage facilities.[16] Although rice is the district's main crop, potatoes, jute, vegetables and fruits are also grown.[17]
Land reform has changed patterns of land ownership. In 2013-14, people engaged in agriculture in Tarakeswar consisted of bargadars (10.17 percent), patta (deed) holders (4.73 percent), small farmers—owning 1–2 hectares (2.5–4.9 acres)—8.24 percent, marginal farmers—less than 1 hectare (2.5 acres)—35.20 percent, and agricultural labourers 41.65 percent.[14] Tarakeswar has markets in Baliguri, Champadanga, Santoshpur and Kararia.[18]
The CD block had 95 fertiliser depots, 38 seed stores and 47 fair-price shops in 2013-14.[14] It produced oil seeds, 81,189 tonnes of Aman paddy (the main winter crop) from 27,792 hectares (68,680 acres), 5,229 tonnes of Boro paddy (a spring crop) from 1,668 hectares (4,120 acres), 58,340 tonnes of jute from 2,730 hectares (6,700 acres), and 81,573 tonnes of potatoes from 5,105 hectares (12,610 acres).[14] The total irrigated area was 11,828 hectares (29,230 acres); of this, 7,125 hectares (17,610 acres) were irrigated by canal water, 1,780 hectares (4,400 acres) by tank water, 50 hectares (120 acres) by river lift irrigation, 480 hectares (1,200 acres) by deep tube wells, and 2,393 hectares (5,910 acres) by shallow tube wells.[14]
Banking[edit | edit source]
In 2013-14, Tarakeswar 10 commercial-bank offices and one Regional Rural Bank.[14]
Transport[edit | edit source]
The block has 27 bus routes.[14] The broad-gauge Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line was opened by the Tarkessur Railway Company on 1 January 1885, and was operated by the East Indian Railway Company.[19][20]
A Tarakeswar-Bishnupur project was authorised in 1999-2000,[21] and Eastern Railway provided details about the project in 2003. The proposed fully-electrified line was divided into three parts: Tarakeswar-Arambagh—26 kilometres (16 mi), Arambagh-Kodabari—16 kilometres (9.9 mi), and Kodabari-Bishnupur—44 kilometres (27 mi).[22] It will be part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. State Highway 2 (running from Bankura to Malancha in North 24 Parganas district) and State Highway 15, running from Dainhat (in Purba Bardhaman district) to Gadiara (in Howrah district), pass through the block.[23]
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Education[edit | edit source]
In 2013-14, Tarakeswar had 114 primary schools with 8,958 students; 10 middle schools, with 737 students; seven high schools, with 3,491 students, and 10 higher secondary schools, with 12,692 students. It had one college with 3,255 students, and 291 institutions for special and non-formal education with 7,846 students.[14] Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, a college, was founded in Champadanga in 1971.[28] Of Tarakeswar's 89 villages, two had no school; 30 had more than one primary school, 66 had at least one primary school, 21 had at least one primary and one middle school, and 15 had at least one middle and one secondary school.[15]
Healthcare and groundwater[edit | edit source]
Tarakeswar had one rural hospital, two primary health centres and three private nursing homes with a total 105 beds and eight doctors in 2014. It had 31 family welfare sub-centers; all treated 21,028 patients indoors and 215,593 outdoors.[14] Tarakeswar Rural Hospital, in Tarakeswar, had 60 beds; Duttapur Primary Health Centre had four beds, and Talpur PHC had ten.[29]
The block has a low arsenic contamination of groundwater. The WHO guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg per litre, and the Indian standard is 50 mg. Sixteen blocks in Hooghly district have arsenic levels above WHO guidelines, and 11 have levels above the Indian standard. Tarakeswar's maximum concentration is 37 mg per litre.[30]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Physigraphy, Page 17. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal". Hooghly – Revised in March 2008. Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ↑ "District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Map of Hooghly district with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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- ↑ "Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4". Census of India 2001 – Hooghly district. Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ↑ "Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ↑ "District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Religion, Mother-tongue Pages 50-51. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: West Bengal". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ↑ "District Human Development Report: Hooghly" (PDF). Table 2.38: Empirical Measurement of Rural Poverty in Hooghly 2005, page 89. Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Tables 2.7, 17.2, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 21.2, 4.4, 3.1, 3.3 – arranged as per use. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Appendices to Village Directory, 2009, Pages 775-779. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "List of functioning Cold Storage of West Bengal District wise as on 18.01.07". West Bengal State Marketing Board. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ↑ "Intensive cropping with remarkable feature of Hooghly District". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ↑ "Primary Hats/Markets of District". Hooghly. West Bengal State Marketing Board. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
- ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India" 1884–85
- ↑ "The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian". railindia. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
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- ↑ "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "Howrah-Goghat Local 37371". India Rail Info.
- ↑ "Adra Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
- ↑ "Kharagpur Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
- ↑ "SER Pink Book 2018-19" (PDF). Indian Railways.
- ↑ "Rabindra Mahavidyalaya". RM. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ↑ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ↑ "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (20 years study )". Hugli. SOES. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
