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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
The district lies within the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta.The river Ganges flows along the entire west border of the district.
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 early June to mid September.The weather remains dry during the winter(mid November to mid February) 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,Bidhannagar)
- 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:89,30,295 (2001 census)
Male:46,35,262 Female:42,95,033
- Area:4094 square km
- Population Density:2181 per square km
- Sex ratio: 927 females per 1000 males
- Decadal Growth Rate 1991-200 : 22.64
- Literacy rate(excluding 0-6 age group),in percentage:78.07
Male:83.92 Female:71.72
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 links
- Everything about the district of North 24 Parganas- a really good site
- map of North 24 Parganas
- another map of North 24 Parganas
- Census 2001 data
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