Cities and towns in the eastern part of Diamond Harbour subdivision (including Magrahat I & II, Mandirbazar, Mathurapur I & II CD blocks) in South 24 Parganas district M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, T: religious centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Area overview
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps.[3][4][5]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Uttar Kalas, Dihi Kalas, Swangrampur and after a small gap Magrahat and Bilandapur form a cluster of census towns in the south-east corner of the Magrahat II CD block, as per the map of the Magrahat II CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas. Dhamua, Shyampur and Nainan form another cluster of census towns closeby in the Magrahat II CD block.[6]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Dihi Kalas had a total population of 11,494 of which 5,906 (51%) were males and 5,588 (49%) were females. There were 1,779 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literates in Dihi Kalas was 7,131 (73.40% of the population over 6 years).[7]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Dihi Kalash covered an area of 3.1646km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 13km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank. It had 300 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 maternity and child welfare centre, a dispensary/ health centre 1.5km away, a family welfare centre 1.5km away, a nursing home 0.45km away, a veterinary hospital 1.5km away and 1 medicine shop in the town. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, the nearest secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Uttar Kalas 1km away, the nearest general degree college at Magrahat 3km away. Important commodities it produced were: feather duster and embroidery. It had the branch of a nationalised bank.[8]
↑"District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A"(PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 999-1006 Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 1006-1010; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 1010-1015; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1015-1019; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1019-1027 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1027- 1029: Statement VI: Industry and Banking. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
