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North 24 Parganas is a district of West Bengal, India. This district is also written as 24 Parganas(North).
The headquarters of this district is in Barasat.
History
Geography
Location
Latitude: 23°15'East - 22°11' East Longitude: 89°5'North - 88°20' North
Land
Soil Status varies from sandy to clay loam
Ratio of land High:Medium:Low=17:44:39
Climate
The climate is tropical- like the rest of the Gangetic West Bengal.The hallmark is the Monsoon- from earlu June to mid September.The weather remains dry during the winter(mid November to mid Febrary) and humid during summer.
Annual Rainfall 1,579mm(Normal)
Temperature 41°C in May(Max) and 10°C in January(Min)
Relative Humidity Between 50% in March & 90% in July
Economy
Government and politics
Administrative Units
Sub-Divisions 5(Barasat,Barrackpore,Basirhat,Bongaon,Bidgannagar)
Blocks 22
Panchayat Samities 22
Gram Panchayats 200
Mouzas 1,606
Municipalities 27
Non-Municipal Towns 33
Outgrowths 11
Cantonment Board 01
Police Stations 35
Inhabited villages 1,599
Municipalities
- Kanchrapara
- Halisahar
- Naihati
- Bhatpara
- Garulia
- North Barrackpur
- Barrackpore
- Titagarh
- Khardaha
- Panihati
- Kamarhati
- Baranagar
- North Dum dum
- South Dum Dum
- Dum Dum
- New Barrackpore
- Bidhannagar
- Barasat
- Madhyamgram
- Rajarhat-Gopalpur
- Habra
- Gobardanga
- Asoknagar-Kalyangarh
- Basirhat
- Baduria
- Taki
- Bongaon
Transport
Demographics
Population:90,25,832 (2001 census)
Education
Primary School 3,799
Middle School 163
High School 510
Higher Secondary 328
Degree College 37
Technical Schools & Colleges 16
Health facilities
District Hospital 01 with 500 beds
Sub Divisional Hospital 04 with 870 beds
State General Hospital 08 with 872 beds
ESI Hospital 01 with 200 beds
Rural Hospital 07 with 228 beds
Block Primary Health Centre 15
Important Towns
External link
Everything about the district of North 24 Parganas- a really good site
another map of North 24 Parganas
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