Howrah district

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Howrah district (Template:IPAc-en, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.[1]

Geography

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Map of Howrah District

The Howrah district lies between 22°48′ N and 22°12′ N latitudes and between 88°23′ E and 87°50′ E longitudes.[2] The district is bounded by the Hooghly River and the North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts on the east, on the north by the Hooghly district (Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions), and on the south by Midnapore East district (Tamluk sub-division). On the west Howrah district is bordered by the Ghatal sub-division of Midnapore West district, and partly by the Arambagh sub-division of Hooghly district to the north-west, and the Tamluk sub-division of Midnapore East district to the south-west.

Boundaries of the district are naturally determined by Rupnarayan River on west and south-west, and by Bhagirathi-Hooghly river on east and south-east side. On north side, the boundary is an artificial one except for Bally Canal on north-east and Damodar River on north-west.[3]

Annual normal rainfall is 1461 millimetre per year. Annual maximum temperature varies between 32-39 °C, whereas minimum temperature varies between 8-10 °C.

Divisions

Howrah District is split into the Howrah Sadar subdivision and the Uluberia subdivision. The Howrah Sadar subdivision has 1 municipal corporation with 1 municipality and 5 community development (CD) blocks. The Uluberia subdivision has 1 municipality and 9 community development blocks.

Each block consists of a rural area divided into gram panchayats along with census towns.[4] The district has 30 police stations (Howrah Police Commissionerate has 16 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS and Howrah Rural PD has 10 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS), 157 gram panchayats[5] and 50 census towns.

Area Subdivision Type Notes
Howrah Municipal Corporation Howrah Sadar Municipal Corporation includes the merged Bally Municipality and total number of wards is sixty six now[6][7]
Bally Jagachha Howrah Sadar CD Block consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and six census towns: Bally (different from Bally municipality), Chakapara, Chamrail, Eksara, Khalia and Jagadishpur Durgapur-Avoynagar1, Durgapur-Avoynagar2, Nischinda
Domjur Howrah Sadar CD Block consists of rural area with 18 gram panchayats and sixteen census towns: Domjur, Dakshin Jhapardaha, Khantora, Bhandardaha, Makardaha, Kantlia, Tentulkuli, Salap, Bankra, Nibra, Ankurhati, Bipra Noapara, Kalara, Kesabpur, Natibpur, and Mahiari
Panchla Howrah Sadar CD Block consists of rural area with 11 gram panchayats and seven census towns: Bikihakola, Beldubi, Deulpur, Gangadharpur, Jujersha, Jala-Biswanathpur, Banaharishpur, Chara-Panchla, Panchla, Subharara and Sahapur
Sankrail Howrah Sadar CD Block consists of rural area with 16 gram panchayats and fourteen census towns: Argari, Dhuilya, Andul, Ramchandrapur, Podara, Panchpara, Hatgachha, Jhorhat, Banipur, Mashila, Sankrail, Manikpur, Nalpur, Raghudebbati and Sarenga
Jagatballavpur Howrah Sadar CD Block consists of rural area with 14 gram panchayats and two census town: Mansinhapur and Munsirhat
Uluberia Municipality Uluberia Municipality
Amta I Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area with 13 gram panchayats and Two census town: Amta and Guzarpur
Amta II Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area only with 14 gram panchayats and three census town: Khorop, Narit and Joypur
Bagnan I Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area with 10 gram panchayats and two census towns: Khalor and Bagnan
Bagnan II Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area with 7 gram panchayats and one census town: Naupala
Uluberia I Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area only with 9 gram panchayats.The most important village is Bar-Mongrajpur under Hatgacha-1 G.P.
Uluberia II Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area with 8 gram panchayats and three census towns: Santoshpur, Balaram Pota and Uttar Pirpur
Shyampur I Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area only with 10 gram panchayats
Shyampur II Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area only with 8 gram panchayats
Udaynarayanpur Uluberia CD Block CD block consists of rural area only with 11 gram panchayats

Demographics

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According to the 2011 census Howrah district has a population of 4,850,029,[8] roughly equal to the nation of Singapore[9] or the US state of Alabama.[10] This gives it a ranking of 23rd in India (out of a total of 640).[8] The district has a population density of Template:Convert.[8] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.31%.[8] 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Haora has a sex ratio of 935 females for every 1000 males[8] and a literacy rate of 83.85%. 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.82% and 0.31% of the population respectively.[8]

Total area in Howrah District is 1467 km2. Total population is 4,273,099 as per census 2001 records. 57.91% of the population live in Howrah Sadar subdivision and rest 42.09% live in Uluberia subdivision. Population Density: 2913 per km2.

Religion

Religions of Howrah District (2011)[11]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 72.90%
Islam
 
 26.20%
Other or not stated
 
 0.90%
Religion in Howrah district
Religion Population (1941)[12]Template:Rp Percentage (1941) Population (2011)[11] Percentage (2011)
Hinduism File:Om.svg 1,184,863 79.50% 3,535,844 72.90%
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg 296,325 19.88% 1,270,641 26.20%
OthersTemplate:Efn 9,116 0.61% 43,544 0.90%
Total Population 1,490,304 100% 4,850,029 100%

Hindus are the majority population. Muslims, unlike the rest of Bengal, are more concentrated in urban areas than Hindus. Muslims are a significant minority in Panchla (46.62%), Uluberia I (43.92%), Uluberia II (39.36%) and Bagnan I (36.74%) blocks and make up a significant minority (44.79%) in Uluberia city.[11]

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Howrah Municipal Corporation

Language

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According to the 2011 census, 84.99% of the population spoke Bengali, 10.92% Hindi and 2.86% Urdu as their first language. Hindi and Urdu are mainly spoken in urban areas.[13]

Assembly constituencies

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S No. Name Lok Sabha constituency MLA Party
169 Bally Howrah Rana Chatterjee Template:Full party name with color
170 Howrah Uttar Gautam Chowdhuri Template:Full party name with color
171 Howrah Madhya Arup Roy Template:Full party name with color
172 Shibpur Manoj Tiwary Template:Full party name with color
173 Howrah Dakshin Nandita Chowdhury Template:Full party name with color
174 Sankrail (SC) Priya Paul Template:Full party name with color
175 Panchla Gulsan Mullick Template:Full party name with color
176 Uluberia Purba Uluberia Bidesh Ranjan Bose Template:Full party name with color
177 Uluberia Uttar (SC) Nirmal Maji Template:Full party name with color
178 Uluberia Dakshin Pulak Roy Template:Full party name with color
179 Shyampur Kalipada Mandal Template:Full party name with color
180 Bagnan Arunava Sen Template:Full party name with color
181 Amta Sukanta Kumar Paul Template:Full party name with color
182 Udaynarayanpur Samir Kumar Panja Template:Full party name with color
183 Jagatballavpur Srerampur Sitanath Ghosh Template:Full party name with color
184 Domjur Kalyan Ghosh Template:Full party name with color

See also

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