Usthi


Usthi is a census town and a gram panchayat 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 in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision

Location

Usthi is located at.
Usthi, Ghola Noapara, Barijpur and Uttar Kusum form a cluster of census towns in the Magrahat I CD block. Uttar Bishnupur, Kalikapota and Bamna are a little away from this cluster. This is as per the map of the Magrahat I CD block on page 445 in the District Census Handbook for South 24 Parganas.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Usthi had a total population of 6,230, of which 3,173 were males and 3,057 were females. There were 839 persons in the age range of 0-6 years. The total number of literate persons in Usthi was 4,483.

Civic administration

Police station

Usthi police station has jurisdiction over the Magrahat I CD block.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the Magrahat I CD block are located at Usthi.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Usthi covered an area of 1.2378 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 527 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had was 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 senior secondary school.

Transport

Usthi-Sirakol Road links Usthi to the National Highway 12/ Diamond Harbour Road.

Education

Usthi KCPM Institution is a Bengali-medium coeducational higher secondary school established in 1924. It has arrangements for teaching from class V to class XII.
Shirakole Mahavidyalaya at Sirakol is located nearby.

Healthcare

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