Chhota Suzapur
Chhota Suzapur is a census town in the Kaliachak I CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography. Location. Chhota Suzapur is located at . According to the map of Kaliachak CD block in the "District Census Handbook, Maldah", 2011, Chhota Suzapur, Bara Suzapur, Chaspara, Nazirpur, Bamangram and Jalalpur form a cluster of census towns. Area overview. The area shown in the adjoining map is the physiographic sub-region known as the "diara". It “is a relatively well drained flat land formed by the fluvial deposition of newer alluvium .” The most note-worthy feature is the Farakka Barrage across the Ganges. The area is a part of the Malda Sadar subdivision, which is an overwhelmingly rural region, but the area shown in the map has pockets of urbanization with 17 census towns, concentrated mostly in the Kaliachak I CD block. The bank of the Ganges between Bhutni and Panchanandapur (both the places are marked on the map), is the area worst hit by left bank erosion, a major problem in the Malda area. The ruins of Gauda, capital of several empires, is located in this area. Demographics. According to  the 2011 Census of India, Chhota Suzapur had a total population of 11,216, of which 5,808 (52%) were males and 5,408 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,757. The total number of literate persons in Chhota Suzapur was 7,314 (77.32% of the population over 6 years). Infrastructure. According to the "District Census Handbook, Maldah", 2011, Chhota Suzapur covered an area of 0.9052 km. It had 10 km roads with both open and closed drains. The protected water-supply involved river infiltration gallery, tap water from treated sources, tube well/ bore well. It had 904 domestic  electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 4 dispensaries/ health centres, 6 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 8 primary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 secondary schools, 3 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at Malda 10 km away. It produced resham silk, mango, potato. It had branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 1 private commercial bank. Healthcare. There is a primary health centre, with 10 beds at Sujapur.