Nandakumar, Purba Medinipur

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Nandakumar is a village in Nandakumar CD block in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Nandakumar
Village
Nandakumar Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Nandakumar Nandakumar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°11′19.7″N 87°55′08.7″E / 22.188806°N 87.919083°E / 22.188806; 87.919083
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Population  (2011)
• Total	845
Languages
• Official	Bengali, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	721632 (Nandakumar)
Telephone/STD code	03228
Lok Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Nandakumar
Website	purbamedinipur.gov.in

Geography

 

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Cities and towns in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Police station

Nandakumar police station has jurisdiction over Nandakumar CD block. Nandakumar police station covers an area of 151.73 km² with a population of 239,442. It is located at Nandakumar Bazar.^[1][2]

CD block HQ

The headquarters of this CD block are located at Kumarpur.^[3]

Urbanisation

94.08% of the population of Tamluk subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 5.92% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the second lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district, just above Egra subdivision.^[4]

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.

Demographics

As per the map of Nandakumar CD block and subsequent alphabetical list of villages in the District Census Handbook, Purba Medinipur, Nandakumar is a part of Kumarpur village.^[5]

As per 2011 Census of India Kumarpur had a total population of 845 of which 441 (52%) were males and 404 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 77. The total number of literates in Kumarpur was 643 (83.72% of the population over 6 years).^[6]

Transport

Nandakumar stands at the crossing of NH 116 connecting Kolaghat and Haldia (both in Purba Medinipur district) and SH 4 connecting Jhalda (in Purulia district) and Digha (in Purba Medinipur district).^[7][8]

There is a separate Mechada-Tamluk-Haldia road via Sutahata and Durga Chak, that passes through Nandakumar.^[9]

Legend

km Asansol–Tatanagar– Kharagpur line       Kharagpur–Puri line               Kharagpur–Bankura– Adra line   Kalaikunda           Kharagpur–Bankura –Adra line                                   Nimpura           Nimpura Through Yard                           Nimpura Goods Yard                         Girimaidan Hijli           Kharagpur-Puri line               0 Kharagpur     NH 60     7 Jakpur     13 Madpur   19 Shyam Chak   24 Balichak   27 Duan   30 Radhamohanpur   35 Haur   39 Khirai km   Kangsabati River   44 Panskura Raghunathbari 20           to Ghatal (planned) Rajgoda 28       48 Narayan Pakuria Murail Saheed Matangini 33       51 Bhogpur Tamluk 36 00     54 Nandaigajan Nandakumar 10           57 Mecheda Nandakumar-Balaipanda new line (planned)         43 Keshabpur Chak Simulia         49 Satish Samanta Halt Bargoda         51 Mahishadal Moyna         60 Barda Balaipanda         66 Basulya Sutahata   NH 41         Haldia Energy Power Station Haldi River       71 Durgachak Lavan Satyagrah Smarak 21           HPCL Siding Deshapran 33           Indorama Checmicals Siding Deshapran-Kendamari new line (planned)           Gholpukur           74 Durgachak Town New Krishnanagar           77 Silpaprabesh Hampigram           Haldia Industrial Belt Nandigram           Kendamari           Henria 39           Haldia Dock Complex Nachinda 52           Kanthi 63       79 Bandar                 ICF Haldia Sitalpur 69               81 Haldia Sujalpur 71       Ashapurna Devi 76         Kolaghat Thermal Power Station Badalpur 78       60 Kolaghat Kanthi-Egra new line (planned)       Rupnarayan River Raipur       64 Deulti Satmile         67 Ghoraghata Paschimbatya         70 Bagnan Balighai           Bagnan–Amta line (planned) Egra       Damodar River Bhatda       78 Kulgachia Dubda       79 Bir Shibpur Paniparul Road           Pujali–Uluberia line (planned) Depal       83 Uluberia Champa River       85 Phuleswar Ramnagar (Bengal) 86       88 Chengel Egra-Digha new line (planned)         Fort Gloster Jute Mill Tikra 88     91 Bauria Digha–Jaleswar line (planned)         95 Nalpur Digha 94             Ambuja Cement     97 Abada     Sankrail Goods yard     99 Sankrail     Delta Jute Mill   103 Andul               105 Mourigram                         Santragachi–Amta branch line Hindustan Industries and Engineering           108 Santragachi     Padmapukur             NH 12 (Kona Expressway) Guest Keen Williams         109 Ramrajatala       111 Dasnagar Shalimar │ Shalimar rail yard       112 Tikiapara       Howrah–Bardhaman main line & Howrah–Bardhaman chord   115 Howrah km

Sources:^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Nandakumar railway station is situated on the Tamluk-Digha line,^[14]

Healthcare

Khejurberia Rural Hospital at Khejurberia, PO Nandakumar (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Nandakumar CD block. There are primary health centres at Dakshin Damodarpur (with10 beds) and Dakshin Gumai, PO Kalyanchak (with 2 beds).^[15]

Nandakumar picture gallery

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  Sridharpur Maktab Prathamik Vidyalaya

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  Paramhansapr Dakshin Prathamik Vidyalaya

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  Satsang Vihar

References

1. . Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
2. . Purba Medinipur District Police. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
3. "District Census Handbook: Purba Medinipur" (PDF). Map of Purba Medinipur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
4. . Table 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
5. "District Census Handbook, Purba Medinipur, Series 20, Part XIIA, Census of India, 2011" (PDF). Map on Page 297. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
6. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
7. (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
8. "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
9. Google maps
10. Google Maps
11. Kharagpur-Howrah Local 38606 Indiarailinfo
12. Howrah-Haldia Local 68689 ⇒ 38089 Indiarailinfo
13. Santragachi-Digha EMU 78001 ⇒ 68687 Indiarailinfo
14. "68690 Digha-Mecheda Local". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
15. "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

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