North 24 Parganas: Some Key Features

INTRODUCTION
North 24 Parganas has a geographical area of 4094 Sq Km and Density is 2445/ Sq Km .According to Census 2011, Population of
the district is 10,009,781 of which males are 5,119,389 and female 4,890,392 .In the year Population was 8,934,286 of which
males were 4,638,756 and female 4,295,530 respectively. There has been change of 12.04 % in the population compared to year
2001 and 22.69% increased was noted compared to 1991 in year 2001.The district constitute 10.97% of Maharashtra Population.
Sex Ratio is 955/1000. Child Population is 957,973.
The district has five Sub-divisions and 37 police stations with District Head Quarter at Barasat . Gender Development Indices of
WB North 24 Parganas District lies at 7 Position.
Presently we are working in Barrackpore Sub Division mainly under Garulia,Bhatpara. Bhatpara is the biggest municipality
growing at the rate of 9.19 percent per decade. In terms of growth rate of population Garulia is a decaying town. The
population of Garulia declined by 5.7 percent over the last Census decade. The scenario however is different in nearby Naihati
where the decadal growth rate is 62.34 percent.
Percentage of Slum Population of Total Population is around 61.82 in both Gaulia and Bhatpara Municipality acoording to 2001 Census

In India, Slums have been defined under Section 3 of the Slums Area (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956. As
areas where buildings*are in any respect unfit for human habitation;
* are by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement and design of such buildings, narrowness or faulty
arrangements of streets, lack of ventilation, light, sanitation facilities or any combination of these factors which are
detrimental to safety, health and morals. (Provisional Population Totals, Series 20, West Bengal, pp-A-67). Census
2001, also identifies a slum area as follows: A compact area of at least 300 population or about 610-70 households
of poorly built congested tenements, in unhygienic environment usually with inadequate infrastructure and lacking
in proper sanitary and drinking water facilities