Haripal is an administrative division in Chandannagore subdivision

Chandannagore subdivision

Chandannagore subdivision , is a subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Chandannagar municipal corporation and three municipalities and three community development blocs: Haripal, Singur and Tarakeswar. The three blocks contain 41 gram panchayats and...

 of Hooghly district

Hooghly District

Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River.The headquarters of the district are at Chinsura...

 in the India

India

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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...

. Haripal police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Khamarchandi, five minutes walking distance from Harpial railway station.

Geography

Haripal is located at 22.833333°N 88.116667°E.

Haripal community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 has an area of 184.40  km².

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Haripal block/ panchayat samiti are:Bandipur, Chandanpur, Dwarhata, Haripal-Asutosh, Haripal-Sahadev, Haripur-Kinkarbati, Jejur

Jejur

Jejur is a gram panchayat under Haripal block in Chandannagar subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about from Haripal railway station on the Howrah-Tarakeswar line.-Geography:Jejur is located at...

, Kaikala, Nalikul-Paschim, Nalikul-Purba, Narayanpur-Bahirkhand, Olipur-Kashipur, Pantra, Paschim Gopinathpur and Sripatipur-Elipur.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Haripal block had a total population of 235,671, out of which 118,464 were males and 117,207 were females. Haripal block registered a population growth of 14.29 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Hooghly district was 15.72 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Literacy

As per the 2001 census, Pursurah block had a total literacy of 51.27 per cent. While male literacy was 71.43 per cent, female literacy was 41.96 per cent.

Agriculture

This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages.
Though rice is the prime crop of the district, the agricultural economy largely depends on potato, jute, vegetables and orchard products. Vegetable is a prize crop in the blocks of Haripal, Singur, Chanditala, Polba and Dhaniakhali being grown in a relay system throughout the year. Though potato is cultivated in all the blocks of this district Dhaniakhali, Arambagh, Goghat, Pursurah, Haripal, Polba-Dadpur, Tarakeswar, Pandua and Singur contributed much of its production of this district.

Some of the primary and other hats or markets in the Haripal block area are: Basudevpur hat, Bondipur hat, Dar hatta hat, Jejur Daily Market, Kaikala hat, Kalchara hat, Nalikul hat, Sipaigachi hat, Jagin market, Haripal Barabazar and Haripal Station Bazar.

Transport

Haripal is a station on the Howrah-Tarakeswar

Tarakeswar

Tarakeswar is a town and a municipality in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a police station in Chandannagar subdivision. Tarakeswar is a renowned place of pilgrimage and the greatest centre of the Shiva sect in West Bengal. 58 km away from Kolkata, Tarakeswar can be...

 line and is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Howrah.

Communication

Champadanga area exchange with code 3212 serves: Begampur

Begampur

Begampur is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Begampur is located at . It has an average elevation of 15 metres ....

, Bhagabatipur, Champadanga

Champadanga

Champadanga is a village under Tarakeswar bloc and police station in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Economics:This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages. Chief products are potato and rice....

, Chanditala

Chanditala

Chanditala II is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chanditala and Dankuni police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Chanditala...

, Dihi-badpur, Dwarhatta, Eksara, Gopinagar, Haripal, Harinkhola, Jangipara

Jangipara

Jangipara is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jangipara police station serves this block...

, Jinpur, Masat, Nalipur, Rajbalhat, Shaympur, Tarakeswar

Tarakeswar

Tarakeswar is a town and a municipality in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a police station in Chandannagar subdivision. Tarakeswar is a renowned place of pilgrimage and the greatest centre of the Shiva sect in West Bengal. 58 km away from Kolkata, Tarakeswar can be...

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