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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Usthi
Usthi is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

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8km
5miles
Hooghly River
Jatar Deul
T
Jatar Deul (T)
Lakshmikantapur
R
Lakshmikantapur (R)
Baribhanga Abad
R
Baribhanga Abad (R)
Raidighi
R
Raidighi (R)
Lalpur
CT
Lalpur, Mathurapur (CT)
Purba Ranaghat
CT
Purba Ranaghat (CT)
Mathurapur
CT
Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas (CT)
Krishna Chandrapur
CT
Krishna Chandrapur (CT)
Krishnapur
R
Krishnapur, Mandirbazar (R)
Mandirbazar
RV
Mandirbazar, Diamond Harbour (R)
Purba Bishnupur
CT
Purba Bishnupur (CT)
Bangsidharpur
CT
Bangsidharpur (CT)
Chandpur
CT
Chandpur, Mandirbazar (CT)
Magrahat
CT
Magrahat (CT)
Bilandapur
CT
Bilandapur (CT)
Swangrampur
CT
Swangrampur (CT)
Dihi Kalas
CT
Dihi Kalas (CT)
Uttar Kalas
CT
Uttar Kalas (CT)
Nainan
CT
Nainan (CT)
Shyampur
CT
Shyampur, Magrahat (CT)
Dhamua
CT
Dhamua (CT)
Baneswarpur
R
Baneswarpur (R)
Bamna
CT
Bamna, Magrahat (CT)
Kalikapota
CT
Kalikapota (CT)
Uttar Kusum
CT
Uttar Kusum (CT)
Barijpur
CT
Barijpur (CT)
Usthi
CT
Ghola Noapara
CT
Ghola Noapara (CT)
Uttar Bishnupur
CT
Uttar Bishnupur (CT)
Sirakol
CT
Sirakol (CT)
Ajodhyanagar
CT
Ajodhyanagar (CT)

Area overview

Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps.

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.

Location

Usthi is located at 22°14′15″N 88°16′21″E / 22.2375°N 88.2724°E / 22.2375; 88.2724.

Usthi, Ghola Noapara, Barijpur and Uttar Kusum form a cluster of census towns in the Magrahat I CD block. Uttar Bishnupur, Kalikapota and Bamna are a little away from this cluster. This is as per the map of the Magrahat I CD block on page 445 in the District Census Handbook for South 24 Parganas.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Usthi had a total population of 6,230, of which 3,173 (51%) were males and 3,057 (49%) were females. There were 839 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Usthi was 4,483 (83.167% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Usthi police station has jurisdiction over the Magrahat I CD block.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the Magrahat I CD block are located at Usthi.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Usthi covered an area of 1.2378 km. Among the civic amenities, it had 527 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had was 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 senior secondary school.

Transport

Usthi-Sirakol Road links Usthi to the National Highway 12/ Diamond Harbour Road.

Education

Usthi KCPM Institution is a Bengali-medium coeducational higher secondary school established in 1924. It has arrangements for teaching from class V to class XII.

Shirakole Mahavidyalaya at Sirakol is located nearby.

Healthcare

Baneswarpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Baneswarpur is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat I CD block.