Laudoha


Laudoha is a village in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of the West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location

The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating laterite region. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal in the 18th century led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 census towns .

Civic administration

Police station

Faridpur police station, located on Ukhra-Madaiganj Road, in Laudoha gram panchayat, has jurisdiction over parts of the Faridpur Durgapur CD block. The area covered is 106.56 km2 and the population covered is 94,603.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the Faridpur Durgapur CD block are located at Laudoha.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Laudoha had a total population of 2,399, of which 1,232 were males and 1,167 were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 257. The total number of literate persons in Laudoha was 1,660.
Laudoha K.T.B. Institution is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1963. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 12 computers, a library with 2,000 books and a playground.
Kalipur High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1907. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X.

Healthcare

Laudoha Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Laudoha, is the major government medical facility in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block. There are primary health centres at Lowapur, PO Ichhapur and Kantaberia, PO Dhabani.