# Alipore Sadar subdivision

Alipore Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.

## Subdivisions

South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions:
| Subdivision | Headquarters | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2011) | Urban Population % | Rural Population % |
| Alipore Sadar | Alipore | 427.43 | 1,490,342 | 59.85 | 40.15 |
| Baruipur | Baruipur | 1,355.44 | 2,396,643 | 31.05 | 68.95 |
| Canning | Canning | 1,103.73 | 1,140,562 | 12.37 | 87.63 |
| Diamond Harbour | Diamond Harbour | 1,264.68 | 2,125,758 | 14.61 | 85.39 |
| Kakdwip | Kakdwip | 1,389.93 | 1,008,653 | 0 | 100 |
| South 24 Parganas | Alipore | 9,960,00 | 8,161,961 | 25.58 | 74.42 |
18.26% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Alipore Sadar subdivision.

## Administrative units

Alipore Sadar subdivision has 5 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 43 gram panchayats, 268 mouzas, 243 inhabited villages, 3 municipalities and 36 census towns. The municipalities are at Maheshtala, Budge Budge and Pujali. The census towns are: Joka, Chata Kalikapur, Ganye Gangadharpur, Rameswarpur, Asuti, Hanspukuria, Kalua, Ramchandrapur, Samali, Uttar Raypur, Balarampur, Buita, Benjanhari Acharial (P), Abhirampur, Nischintapur, Birlapur, Chak Kashipur, Chak Alampur, Bowali, Dakshin Raypur, Poali, Daulatpur, Bhasa, Bishnupur, Kanyanagar, Nahazari, Nadabhanga, Kanganbaria, Bora Gagangohalia, Chanddandaha, Barkalikapur, Patharberia, Ramkrishnapur, Amtala, Kriparampur and Chak Enayetnagar.

### Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

The following Municipalities and census towns in South 24 Parganas district were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Maheshtala (M), Joka (CT), Balarampur (CT), Chata Kalikapur (CT), Budge Budge (M), Nischintapur (CT), Uttar Raypur (CT), Pujali (M) and Rajpur Sonarpur (M).

## Police stations

Police stations in Alipore Sadar subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
| Police Station | Area covered (km$^2$) | Border (km) | Municipal town/ city | CD Block |
| Maheshtala | 53.137 | - | Maheshtala | Thakurpukur Maheshtala |
| Rabindranagar | 6 | - | Maheshtala | Thakurpukur Maheshtala |
| Kalitala Ashuti | n/a | - | - | Thakurpukur Maheshtala |
| Budge Budge | 49.61 | - | Budge Budge | Budge Budge I |
| Pujali | n/a | - | Pujali | Budge Budge I |
| Nodakhali | 78 | - | - | Budge Budge II |
| Bishnupur | 198 | - | - | Bishnupur I, Bishnupur II |

## CD Blocks

Community development blocks in Alipore Sadar subdivision are:
| CD Block | Headquarters | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy Rate % | Census Towns |
| Thakurpukur Maheshtala | Barisha | 63.08 | 176,203 | 34.26 | 0.29 | 67.32 | 26.64 | 83.54 | 9 |
| Budge Budge I | Purba Nischintapur | 26.55 | 112,908 | 19.47 | 0.15 | 52.41 | 47.39 | 80.57 | 7 |
| Budge Budge II | Dongaria | 78.00 | 192,134 | 20.04 | 0.14 | 67.55 | 32.23 | 79.13 | 5 |
| Bishnupur I | Bishnupur | 116.36 | 232,365 | 46.66 | 0.04 | 63.46 | 31.04 | 78.21 | 4 |
| Bishnupur II | Bakrahat | 81.71 | 214,531 | 15.56 | 0.04 | 61.92 | 37.60 | 81.37 | 11 |

## Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 43 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:
* Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD Block consists of four gram panchayats: Asuti-I, Asuti-II, Chatta and Rasapunja.
* Budge Budge I CD block consists of six gram panchayats: Buta, Chingripota, Mayapur, Nischintapur, Rajibpur and Uttar Raipur.
* Budge Budge II CD block consists of 11 gram panchayats: Burul, Chakmanik, Dongaria Raipur, Gaja Poyali, Kamrabad, Kasipur Alampur, Naskarpur, North Bawali, Rania, Satgachhia and South Bawali.
* Bishnupur I CD block consists of 11 gram panchayats: Amgachhia, Andhar Manik, Bhandaria Kastekumari, Dakshin Gauripur Chakdhir, Julpia, Keoradanga, Kulerdari, Panakua, Paschim Bishnupur, Purba Bishnupur and Raskhali.
* Bishnupur II CD block consists of 11 gram panchayats: Bakhrahat, Chak Enayetnagar, Chandi, Gobindapur Kalicharanpur, Kanganberia, Khagramuri, Maukhali, Nahajari, Panchanan, Patharberia Jaychandipur and Ramkrishnapur Borhanpur.

## Municipal towns/ cities

An overview of the municipal towns and cities in Alipore Sadar subdivision is given below:
| Municipal town/ city | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy Rate % |
| Maheshtala | 44.18 | 448,317 | 12.19 | 0.43 | 57.95 | 41.11 | 82.03 |
| Budge Budge | 9.06 | 76,837 | 9.13 | 0.13 | 69.61 | 29.28 | 85.14 |
| Pujali | 8.32 | 37,047 | 14.79 | 2.53 | 58.54 | 41.20 | 78.80 |

## Economy

The Alipore Sadar subdivision includes Budge Budge, an old industrial town on the bank of the Hooghly, The jute industry, a major talking-point about the area has been facing labour unrest and sheer competition from jute mills in Bangladesh. A slightly older report by Shodganga mentions 9 jute mills in Budge Budge and 1 in Maheshtala. The MSME report mentions 6 jute mills and Budge Budge Municipality talks of four major jute mills – Budge Budge Jute Mill, Cheviot Jute Mill, Caledonian Jute Mill and New Central Jute Mill. Birla Jute Mill is at Birlapur. Such giants as Budge Budge and Allied Jute Exports Ltd have closed. India Linoleums Ltd. at Birlapur produces linoleum. Budge Budge has a number of oil storage units. Bata India opened its first shoe factory in 1934 at Batanagar.Budge Budge Thermal Power Station of CESC Limited has a generating capacity of 750 MW.
“The whole of the jute mill area in Bengal was located on the either side of the river Hooghly, in a radius of about 50 kilometer north and south of Calcutta from Bansberia in the north, to Budge Budge in the South,” said a report of the Vidyasagar University. It further said that although jute mill workers were earlier local people, subsequently migrants formed a sizeable section of the population, because “agriculture in Bengal was more remunerative than work in the jute mills but what the jute mills paid was enough to attract labour from Bihar, Orissa, UP, CP and even Tamilnadu”. Much the same happened in other industries of the period.

## Education

South 24 Parganas district had a literacy rate of 77.51% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Alipore Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 81.14%, Baruipur subdivision 77.45%, Canning subdivision 70.98%, Diamond Harbour subdivision 76.26% and Kakdwip subdivision 82.04%
Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in South 24 Parganas district, with data for the year 2013-14:
| Subdivision | Primary School | Primary School | Middle School | Middle School | High School | High School | Higher Secondary School | Higher Secondary School | General College, Univ | General College, Univ | Technical / Professional Instt | Technical / Professional Instt | Non-formal Education | Non-formal Education |
| Subdivision | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student |
| Alipore Sadar | 531 | 53,719 | 34 | 4,455 | 50 | 16,471 | 91 | 66,813 | 5 | 8,122 | 6 | 3,094 | 1,379 | 53,429 |
| Baruipur | 883 | 132,649 | 65 | 8,954 | 50 | 26,443 | 128 | 129,195 | 8 | 27,657 | 7 | 6,735 | 3,116 | 138,507 |
| Canning | 532 | 81,697 | 59 | 9,181 | 29 | 10,515 | 55 | 57,921 | 4 | 5,490 | 1 | n/a | 2,105 | 96,622 |
| Diamond Harbour | 1,212 | 116,407 | 61 | 6,680 | 98 | 38,470 | 145 | 113,147 | 7 | 20,061 | 5 | 1,774 | 3,140 | 137,378 |
| Kakdwip | 598 | 53,058 | 45 | 5,654 | 48 | 20,383 | 82 | 56,192 | 3 | 5,420 | 1 | 100 | 1,844 | 78,897 |
| South 24 Parganas district* | 3,756 | 437,530 | 264 | 34,924 | 275 | 118,282 | 501 | 423,268 | 27 | 66,750 | 20 | 11,703 | 11,584 | 504,833 |
.* Does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation
The following institutions are located in Alipore Sadar subdivision:
* Budge Budge College was established at Budge Budge in 1971.
* Budge Budge Institute of Technology was established at Nischintapur, Budge Budge in 2009. It offers, diploma, degree and post graduate courses.
* Maheshtala College was established at Maheshtala in 1971.
* Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahavidyalaya was established at Burul in 1991.
* Asutosh College Second Campus at Bhasa.
* Vidyanagar College was established at Vidyanagar in 1963.

## Healthcare

The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in South 24 Parganas district.
| Subdivision | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Other State Govt Deptts | Local bodies | Central Govt Deptts / PSUs | NGO / Private Nursing Homes | Total | Total Number of Beds | Total Number of Doctors | Indoor Patients | Outdoor Patients |
| Subdivision | Hospitals | Rural Hospitals | Block Primary Health Centres | Primary Health Centres | Other State Govt Deptts | Local bodies | Central Govt Deptts / PSUs | NGO / Private Nursing Homes | Total | Total Number of Beds | Total Number of Doctors | Indoor Patients | Outdoor Patients |
| Alipore Sadar | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | 48 | 65 | 1,159 | 199 | 33,498 | 633,233 |
| Baruipur | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | - | 2 | - | 66 | 94 | 1,045 | 201 | 48,114 | 1,266,244 |
| Canning | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 15 | 26 | 351 | 49 | 22,467 | 666,377 |
| Diamond Harbour | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | - | - | - | 68 | 95 | 1077 | 169 | 65,051 | 1,325,535 |
| Kakdwip | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | 20 | 36 | 458 | 73 | 28,707 | 405,501 |
| South 24 Parganas district | 4 | 21 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 5 | - | 217 | 316 | 4,090 | 691 | 197,837 | 4,397,890 |
Note: The district data does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The number of doctors exclude private bodies.
Medical facilities in Alipore Sadar subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)
* M. R. Bangur Hospital, Tollygunge, Kolkata, 620 beds
* Vidyasagar State General Hospital, Behala, Kolkata, 256 beds
* Baghajatin State General Hospital, Baghajatin, Kolkata, 100 beds
* Bijoygarh State General Hospital, Bijoygarh, Kolkata, 100 beds
* Garden Reach State General Hospital, Garden Reach, Kolkata, 68 beds
* A.T.Dhar Memorial Hospital, Budge Budge, 28 beds
* Budge Budge Municipal Hospital, Budge Budge, 28 beds
* Budge Budge ESI Hospital, Budge Budge, 300 beds
* Barisha Hospital, Barisha, Kolkata, KMC, 20 beds
* ESI Hospital and Occupational Health Centre, Joka, 143 beds
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)
* Amtala Rural Hospital, Bishnupur II CD block, Amtala, 50 beds
* Lakshmibala Dutta Rural Hospital, Budge Budge II CD block, PO Bakrahat, 30 beds
* Benjanhari Acharial Rural Hospital, Budge Budge I CD block, PO Buita, 30 beds
Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)
* Chandidaulatabad Block Primary Health Centre, Bishnupur I CD block, PO Nepalganj, 10 beds
* Samali Block Primary Health Centre, Bishnupur II CD Block, Samali, PO Nahazari, 10 beds
* Sarsuna Block Primary Health Centre, Thakurpukur Mahestala CD block, Sarsuna, 15 beds
Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)
* Bishnupur I CD block: Julpia (PO Andharmanik) (6), Amgachhia (PO Nepalganj) (10)
* Bishnupur II CD block: Moukhali (PO Charshyamdas) (6)
* Budge Budge I CD block: Biraj Lakshmi (PO Pujali) (6), Jamalpur (6)
* Budge Budge II CD block: Burul (6), Gojapoali (PO Poali)(6)
There are primary health centres – Haridevpur (PO Paschim Putiary) (2) and Garfa (6)- located in Kolkata

## Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Alipore Sadar subdivision were as follows:
| Lok Sabha constituency | Reservation | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Reservation | CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas |
| Diamond Harbour | None | Satgachhia | None | Bishnupur II CD Block, and Burul, Chakmanik, Gaja Poyali, Kamrabad, Naskarpur, Rania and Satgachhia gram panchayats of Budge Budge II CD Block |
| | | Bishnupur | Reserved for SC | Bishnupur I CD Block and Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD Block |
| | | Maheshtala | None | Ward Nos. 8, 11–35 of Maheshtala municipality |
| | | Budge Budge | None | Budge Budge municipality, Pujali municipality, Budge Budge I CD Block, and Dongaria Raipur, Kasipur Alampur, North Bawali and South Bawali gram panchayats of Budge Budge II CD Block |
| | | Metiaburuz | None | Ward Nos. 1–7, 9, 10 of Maheshtala municipality, and Ward Nos. 136–141 of Kolkata municipal corporation |
| Jadavpur | None | Jadavpur | None | Ward Nos. 96, 99, 101–106, 109, 110 of Kolkata municipal corporation |
| | | Tollyganj | None | Ward Nos. 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 111–114 of Kolkata municipal corporation |
| Kolkata Dakshin | None | Kasba | None | Ward Nos. 66, 67, 91, 92, 107, 108 of Kolkata municipal corporation |
| | | Behala Purba | None | Ward Nos. 115–117, 120–124 and 142–144 of Kolkata municipal corporation |
| | | Behala Paschim | None | Ward Nos. 118, 119, 125–132 of Kolkata municipal corporation |