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Raghunathpur

Raghunathpur is a census town in Buxar District in the Indian state of Bihar.-Geography:Raghunathpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 58 metres .-Demographics:...

 for other towns with a similar name.

Bhangar Raghunathpur is a census town

Census town

In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...

 in South 24 Parganas district in the India

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 of West Bengal

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. Bhangar has a police station in Baruipur subdivision

Baruipur subdivision

Baruipur subdivision , is a subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of three municipalities and seven community development blocks: Baruipur, Bhangar–I, Bhangar–II, Jaynagar–I, Jaynagar–II, Kultali and Sonarpur...

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Demographics

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Census

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, Bhangar Raghunathpur had a population of 5009. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bhangar Raghunathpur has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 65% and female literacy of 53%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Healthcare

Certain areas of South 24 Parganas district has been identified where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination

Arsenic contamination of groundwater

Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a natural occurring high concentration of arsenic in deeper levels of groundwater, which became a high-profile problem in recent years due to the use of deep tubewells for water supply in the Ganges Delta, causing serious arsenic poisoning to large numbers of...

. High levels of arsenic in ground water was found in 12 blocks of the district. Water samples collected from tubewells in the affected places contained arsenic above the normal level (10 microgram a litre as specified by the World Health Organisation). The affected blocks are Baruipur, Bhangar I, Bhangar II, Bishnupur I, Bishnupur II, Basanti, Budge Budge, Canning I, Canning II, Sonarpur, Mograhat II and Joynagar.