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 in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision there are 24 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an Open Street Map, while we are using coordinates as in Google maps. 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
Dihi Kalas is located at Uttar Kalas, Dihi Kalas, Swangrampur and after a small gap Magrahat and Bilandapur form a cluster of census towns in the south-east corner of the Magrahat II CD block, as per the map of the Magrahat II CD block in the District Census Handbookfor the South24 Parganas. Dhamua, Shyampur and Nainan form another cluster of census towns closeby in the Magrahat II CD block.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Dihi Kalas had a total population of 11,494 of which 5,906 were males and 5,588 were females. There were 1,779 persons in the age range of 0-6 years. The total number of literates in Dihi Kalas was 7,131.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Dihi Kalash covered an area of 3.1646 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 13 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank. It had 300 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 maternity and child welfare centre, a dispensary/ health centre 1.5 km away, a family welfare centre 1.5 km away, a nursing home 0.45 km away, a veterinary hospital 1.5 km away and 1 medicine shop in the town. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, the nearest secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Uttar Kalas 1 km away, the nearest general degree college at Magrahat 3 km away. Important commodities it produced were: feather duster and embroidery. It had the branch of a nationalised bank.
