Rajpur Sonarpur
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Rajpur Sonarpur is a city and a municipality
under Sonarpur police station of Baruipur subdivision
in South 24 Parganas district
in the India
n state
of West Bengal
. While they form a common municipality both the places are also identified individually.
Sonarpur is located at 22.43°N 88.42°E It has an average elevation of 9 m (29.5 ft).
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, Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality have area and population of 55.30 km2. and 336,707 respectively. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rajpur Sonarpur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 73%. In Rajpur Sonarpur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
With the partition of India there was a massive influx of refugees from East Pakistan into Kolkata and its peripheral areas. Of over a million refugees who entered West Bengal in 1950 alone settled mostly in squatter colonies between Naihati
and Sonarpur on the east bank of the Hooghly and between Mogra
and Uluberia
on the west bank.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
under Sonarpur police station of 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...
in South 24 Parganas district
South 24 Parganas district
South 24 Parganas district is an important district of West Bengal State with its district headquarters in Alipore. It has the urban fringe of Calcutta on one side and the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans....
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
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of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
. While they form a common municipality both the places are also identified individually.
Geography
Rajpur is located at 22.41°N 88.42°E It has an average elevation of 8 m (26.2 ft).Sonarpur is located at 22.43°N 88.42°E It has an average elevation of 9 m (29.5 ft).
History
A fairly detailed time line for the history of Sonarpur is available on the internet:View History
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality have area and population of 55.30 km2. and 336,707 respectively. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rajpur Sonarpur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 73%. In Rajpur Sonarpur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
With the partition of India there was a massive influx of refugees from East Pakistan into Kolkata and its peripheral areas. Of over a million refugees who entered West Bengal in 1950 alone settled mostly in squatter colonies between Naihati
Naihati
Naihati is a town and an important railway junction station on the Indian Railways network, in the district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.-Geography:Naihati is located at...
and Sonarpur on the east bank of the Hooghly and between Mogra
Mogra
Mogra is a gram panchayat , police station and headquarters of Chinsurah-Mogra community development block in Hooghly district in West Bengal, India...
and Uluberia
Uluberia
Uluberia is a city and a municipality in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.-Geography:...
on the west bank.