Country India District Bardhaman Assembly constituency Pandaveswar Area 156 km² Population 115,924 (2011) | State West Bengal Parliamentary constituency Asansol Elevation 354 ft (108 m) Local time Thursday 9:00 PM | |
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Faridpur Durgapur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Durgapur subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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History
Faridpur is an old village. The area was earlier densely forested. Some ancient Buddhist sculptures were discovered in the village of Pratapur under Faridpur police station. Peterson’s Gazetteer of 1910 mentions five police stations under Asansol subdivision – Asansol, Raniganj, Kanksa, Barakar and Faridpur.
Geography
Laudoha, a constituent gram panchayat of Faridpur-Durgapur CD Block, is located at 23°40′04.8″N 87°18′34.2″E.
The southern part of Faridpur Durgapur CD Block is part of the Ajay Damodar Barakar tract. This area is sort of an extension of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. It is a rocky undulating area with laterite soil, with the Ajay on the north, the Damodar on the south and the Barakar on the west. The northern part of the CD Block is part of the Kanksa Ketugram plain. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal, in the eighteenth century, led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.
Faridpur Durgapur CD Block is bounded by Dubrajpur and Ilambazar CD Blocks, in Birbhum district, on the north, Kanksa CD Block on the east, Durgapur (municipal corporation), with Barjora CD Block, in Bankura district, beyond it, on the south and Andal and Pandabeswar CD Blocks on the west.
It is located 70 km from Bardhaman, the district headquarters.
Faridpur Durgapur CD Block has an area of 155.97 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 6 gram panchayats, 88 gram sansads (village councils), 54 mouzas and 48 inhabited villages. Faridpur and New Township police stations serve this block.Headquarters of this CD Block is at Laudoha.
Kunur River, one of main tributaries of the Ajay, 112 km in length, has its origin near Bansgara in the Faridpur police station area. With water from several small streams swelling it during the monsoons, it often floods large areas of Ausgram and Mangalkot police stations. It joins the Ajay near Ujani village.
Gram panchayats of Faridpur-Durgapur block/panchayat samiti are: Gogla, Gourbazar, Ichapur, Jemua, Laudoha and Protappur.
Population
As per the 2011 Census of India Faridpur Durgapur CD Block had a total population of 115,924, of which 85,370 were rural and 30,554 were urban. There were 60,478 (52%) males and 55,446 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 13,309. Scheduled Castes numbered 36,641 (31.61%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 8,073 (6.96%).
As per 2001 census, Faridpur Durgapur block had a total population of 108,619, out of which 59,253 were males and 49,336 were females. Faridpur-Durgapur block registered a population growth of 19.00 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Bardhaman district was 14.36 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.Scheduled castes at 35,692 formed around one-third the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 8,211.
Census Towns in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Mandarbani (4,592), Banagram (5,635), Sirsha (4,600), Nabaghanapur (5,383), Sarpi (5,549) and Ichhapur (4,795).
Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Madhaipur (5,140), Shyamsundarpur (6,273) and Jemua (5,976).
Other villages in Fardipur Durgapur CD Block are (2011census figures in brackets): Laudoha (2,399), Gogla (1,799), Pratappur (1,644), Tilaboni (1,659) and Jhanjra (2,125).
Literacy
As per the 2011 census the total number of literates in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block was 76,080 (74.14% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 43,951 (82.05% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 32,129 (65.50% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 16.55%.
As per 2001 census, Faridpur-Durgapur block had a total literacy of 67.34 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 77.94 per cent female literacy was 55.14 per cent. Bardhaman district had a total literacy of 70.18 per cent, male literacy being 78.63 per cent and female literacy being 60.95 per cent.
See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate
Languages and religion
Bengali is the local language in these areas.
In 2001 Bengali was the mother-tongue of 79.9% of the population of Bardhaman district, Hindi was the mother-tongue of 10.9%, Santali 4.9%, Urdu 2.8%, Bhojpuri 0.1% and Oraon 0.1%. There were other languages spoken by small percentages. The percentage of population which reported Bengali as mother-tongue has declined from 82.3% in 1961 to 79.9% in 2001, the percentage of population which reported Hindi as mother-tongue increased from 8.5% in 1961 to 10.9% in 2001. However, as of 2017, CD Block-wise/ other region-wise break-up of mother tongue is not available in census/ other official sources.
There have been reports in the media about the Hindi speaking population being substantial in the Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency). Bardhaman district provided attractive livelihood opportunities for immigrants from Bihar/ Jharkhand.
In the 2011 census Hindus numbered 98,921 and formed 85.33% of the population in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block. Muslims numbered 16,105 and formed 13.89% of the population. Christians numbered 179 and formed 0.15% of the population. Others numbered 719 and formed 0.62% of the population.
Rural poverty
As per poverty estimates obtained from household survey for families living below poverty line in 2005, rural poverty in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block was 28.84%.
Livelihood
In Faridpur Durgapur CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 10.98%, agricultural labourers 29.83%, household industry workers 2.60% and other workers 56.59%.
In Faridpur Durgapur CD Block, although cultivators or agricultural labourers formed a good portion of the workforce, comparatively more workers were engaged in the secondary and tertiary sectors.
Infrastructure
All 54 or 100% of mouzas in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block were electrified by 31 March 2014.
All 54 mouzas in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block had drinking water facilities in 2013-14. There were 44 fertiliser depots, 10 seed stores and 26 fair price shops in the CD Block.
Coal mining
Some underground mines of Eastern Coalfields have been selected for modernisation. Mass production technology has been introduced by deploying continuous miner combined with shuttle car at Jhanjra and Sarpi projects. Tilaboni colliery would also be modernized.
Agriculture
Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of bargadars to a higher share of crops from the land that they tilled, it was not implemented fully. Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords. From 1977 onwards major land reforms took place in West Bengal. Land in excess of land ceiling was acquired and distributed amongst the peasants.Following land reforms land ownership pattern has undergone transformation. In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block could be classified as follows: bargadars 16.58%, patta (document) holders 18.72%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 4.64%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 15.67% and agricultural labourers 44.39%.
In 2003-04 net cropped area in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block was 10,127 hectares and the area in which more than one crop was grown was 4,060 hectares.
In 2013-14, Faridpur Durgapur CD Block produced 3,061 tonnes of Aman paddy, the main winter crop from 2,005 hectares, 22 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from7 hectares, 90 tonnes of wheat from 30 hectares and 1,290 tonnes of potatoes from 43 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.
In 2013-14, the total area irrigated in Faridpur Durgapur CD Block was 278.44 hectares, out of which 223.81 hectares were irrigated by canal water, and 54.63 hectares by river lift irrigation.
Banking
In 2013-14, Faridpur Durgapur CD Block had offices of 9 commercial banks and 2 gramin banks.
Transport
Faridpur Durgapur CD Block has 31 originating/ terminating bus routes.
Education
In 2013-14, Faridpur Durgapur CD Block had 66 primary schools with 6,574 students, 6 high school with 3,759 students and 6 higher secondary schools with 6,477 students. Faridpur Durgapur CD Block had 1 technical/ professional institution with 96 students, 192 institutions for special and non-formal education with 7,120 students
Healthcare
In 2014, Faridpur Durgapur CD Block had 1 block primary health centre and 2 primary health centres with total 27 beds and 4 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 15 family welfare subcentres. 1,487 patients were treated indoor and 82,807 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.
Faridpur Durgapur CD Block is one of the areas of Bardhaman district which is affected by a low level of arsenic contamination of ground water.
Politics
During the period 1967 to 1972, there was an assembly constituency named Faridpur. Ajit Kumar Bandopadhyay of INC won the seat in 1972. Sanat Kumar Banerjee of CPI (M) won it in 1971. Manoranjan Bakshi of Bangla Congress won it in 1969 and 1967.