Khandrui
Khandrui | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Location in West Bengal, India  Khandrui (India) | |
| Coordinates: 21°57′51″N 87°24′45″E / 21.964179°N 87.412562°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,014 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721445 (Turkagarh) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03229 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Dantan |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Khandrui is a village in the Dantan II CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
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5miles
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
Location
[edit]Khandrui is located at 22°57′51″N 87°24′45″E / 22.964179°N 87.412562°E.
Area overview
[edit]Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[2]
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
[edit]According to the 2011 Census of India, Khandrui had a total population of 6,014, of which 3,036 (50%) were males and 2,978 (50%) were females. There were 824 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Khanduri was 3,884 (74.84% of the population over 6 years).[3]
Healthcare
[edit]Khandrui Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Khandrui, PO Turkagarh, is the major government medical facility in Dantan II CD block.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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