Ajodhyanagar


Ajodhyanagar is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Area overview

Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision

Location

Ajodhyanagar is located at
Hasimnagar, Baneshwarpur of the Falta CD block and Ajodhyanagar, Sirakol of the Magrahat I CD block form a cluster of census towns.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Ajodhyanagar had a total population of 4,409 of which 2,173 were males and 2,236 were females. There were 584 persons in the age range of 0-6 years. The total number of literate persons in Ajodhyanagar was 2,691.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Ajodhyanagar covered an area of 1.0252 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank. It had 353 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 3 hospitals, 4 dispensaries/ health centres and 6 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school.

Transport

Ajodhyanagar is on the National Highway 12.

Healthcare

Baneswarpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Baneswarpur, is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat I CD block.