Dudhkalmi | |
Settlement Type: | Census Town |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 22.7183°N 88.1992°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hooghly |
Established Title: | Nearest City |
Established Date: | Serampore |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 5,558 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Registration Plate: | WB |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Serampore |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Chanditala |
Dudhkalmi is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Dudhkalmi is located at 22.7183°N 88.1992°W.
Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Nababpur, Bhagabatipur, Kumirmora and Ramanathpur form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD Block.[1]
Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and the rest is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above).[2] [3] All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Villages and census towns in Nababpur gram panchayat are: Alipur, Dudhkalmi, Nababpur and Pakur.[4]
As per 2011 Census of India Dudhkalmi had a total population of 5,558 of which 2,628 (47%) were males and 2,930 (53%) were females. Population below 6 years was 664. The total number of literates in Dudhkalmi was 4,130 (84.39% of the population over 6 years).[3]
Janai Road railway station on Howrah-Bardhaman chord line is the nearest railway station.