Anantapur, Purba Medinipur Explained

Anantapur is a census town and a gram panchayat, in Tamluk CD block in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location

Anantapur is located at 22.3251°N 87.8203°W.

Urbanisation

94.08% of the population of Tamluk subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 5.92% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the second lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district, just above Egra subdivision.^[1]

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.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Anantapur had a total population of 5,532 of which 2,849 (52%) were males and 2,683 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 701. The total number of literates in Anantapur was 4,328 (89.59% of the population over 6 years).^[2]

Infrastructure

As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Anantapur covered an area of 1.3557 km². It had the facility of a railway station at Raghunathbari 4 km away and bus route in the town. Amongst the civic amenities it had 613 domestic electric connections. Amongst the medical facilities it had 3 medicine shops in the town. Amongst the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, 3 middle schools, 1 secondary school and 1 senior secondary school in the town. The nearest degree college was at Tamluk 10 km away. Amongst the recreational and cultural facilities a cinema theatre was there at Radhamani 4 km away.^[3]

Transport

Anantapur is on State Highway 4.^[4]

Education

Ananatapur Bani Niketan Girls High School is a girls only higher secondary school affiliated to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.^[5]

Chanserpur High School, PO Chanserpur, is a Bengali-medium boys only higher secondary school, established in 1914. It has arrangements for teaching from class VI to XII. It has a library and a play ground.^{[6] [7]}

Healthcare

Anantapur Rural Hospital at Anantapur, PO Chanserpur (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Tamluk CD block. There is a primary health centre at Kelomal Purbanakha, PO Putputia (with 10 beds).^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur . Table 2.2 . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 20 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
2. Web site: 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables . West Bengal – District-wise . Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 2 April 2019 .
3. Web site: District Census Handbook Purba Medinipur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Section II Town Directory, Statement I: Growth History, Pages 1207-1209; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 1210; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1211-1212; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1212-1213; Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1213-1215 . Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 7 April 2019.
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5. Web site: Anantapur Bani Niketan High School. WBCHSE . 7 April 2019.
6. Web site: Chnserpur High School . ICBSE . 7 April 2019.
7. Web site: Chanserpur High School . WBCHSE . 7 April 2019.
8. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics . Government of West Bengal . 27 March 2019.