Narendrapur

Narendrapur is a locality in Rajpur Sonarpur of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

Area overview

Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 10 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the northern part of the subdivision is a flat plain bordering the metropolis of Kolkata.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.

Location

Narendrapur is located at Template:Coord. It has an average elevation of Template:Convert.

Transport

Narendrapur is on the State Highway 1.<ref name="google">Google maps</ref>

Narendrapur railway station is on the Sealdah–Namkhana line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.<ref name="google"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Commuters

With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005-06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Education

Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, established in 1960, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, political science, philosophy, economics, geography, education, mathematics and accounting & finance, and general degree courses in arts, science, and commerce.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy, established in 1965, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta and is recognised by the Rehabilitation Council of India. It specialises in education/ teacher education. It has a hostel, a computer centre and a playground.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium school for boys. It was established in 1958 and has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Healthcare

Sonarpur Rural Hospital, with 25 beds, at Rajpur Sonarpur, is the major government medical facility in the Sonarpur CD block.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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