Bally Jagachha
Bally Jagachha is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Howrah Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Bally is located at.Bally Jagachha CD Block is bounded by Chanditala II and Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Blocks, in Hooghly district, in the north, Kolkata, across the Hooghly River in the east and part of the south, Sankrail CD Block in part of the south and Domjur CD Block in the west.
It is located 8 km from Howrah, the district headquarters.
Area and administration
Bally Jagachha CD Block has an area of 72.05 km2. Nischinda Police Station and Liluah Police Station of Howrah City Police serve this CD Block. Bally Jagachha panchayat samity has 8 gram panchayats. The block has 3 inhabited villages. Headquarters of this block is at Kona.Topography
Howrah district is located on the west bank of the Hooghly. The Rupnarayan flows on the west and south of the district and the Damodar intersects it. The district consists of a flat alluvial plain.Gram panchayats
Gram panchayats of Bally Jagachha block/panchayat samiti are: Bally, Chakpara Anandanagar, Chamrail, Durgapur Abhaynagar I, Durgapur Abhaynagar II, Jagadishpur, Nischinda and Sanpuipara Basukati.Demographics
Overview
Rural population is 49.63% of the total population of Howrah district as per 2001 census. Scheduled castes account for 15.41% of the population, scheduled tribes 0.44% and Muslims 24.4% of the population. As the economy is prevalently industrial, majority of the population depends on industries for a living. Only 30% of the population is engaged in cultivation.Population
As per 2011 Census of India Bally Jagachha CD Block had a total population of 209,504, of which 9,300 were rural and 200,204 were uban. There were 107,926 males and 101,578 females. Population below 6 years was 19,915. Scheduled Castes numbered 30,615 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 1,823.As per 2001 census, Bally Jagachha block had a total population of 164,520, out of which 86,409 were males and 78,111 were females. Bally Jagacha block registered a population growth of 28.63 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Howrah district was 12.76 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent. Scheduled castes at 31,141 formed around one-fifth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 3,629.
Census Towns and large village
Census Towns in Bally Jagachha CD Block : Jagadishpur, Jaypur Bil, Bally, Chakapara, Chamrail, Eksara and Khalia.The following Municipalities and Census Towns in Howrah district were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: Howrah, Bally, Bally, Jagadishpur, Chamrail, Eksara, Chakapara Khalia, Jaypur Bil,, Bankra, Nibra, Mahiari, Bipra Noapara, Ankurhati, Kantlia, Salap, Tentulkuli, Domjur, Dakshin Jhapardaha, Makardaha, Khantora, Bhandardaha,, Kamranga, Argari, Andul, Ramchandrapur, Jhorhat, Hatgachha, Dhuilya, Panchpara, Podara, Banupur, Sankrail, Manikpur, Sarenga, Raghudebbati Nalpur, Chak Srikrishna,, Uluberia Khalisani Uttar Pirpur Balaram Pota, Santoshpur .
As per 2011 census there was only one large village in Bally Jagachha CD Block : Debirpara.
Literacy
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Bally Jagachha CD Block was 166,364 out of which 89,030 were males and 77,334 were females.As per 2011 census, literacy in Howrah district was 78.66%. Literacy in West Bengal was 77.08% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.
As per 2001 census, Bally Jagachha block had a total literacy of 84.44 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 89.24 per cent female literacy was 79.08 per cent. Howrah district had a total literacy of 77.01 per cent, male literacy being 83.22 per cent and female literacy being 70.11 per cent.
Religion and language
In 2011 census Hindus numbered 197,131 and formed 94.09% of the population in Bally Jagacha CD Block. Muslims numbered 9,852 and formed 4.70% of the population. Others numbered 2,521 and formed 1.21% of the population.At the time of the 2011 census, 79.87% of the population spoke Bengali and 17.44% Hindi as their first language.