Bamna, Magrahat

Bamna is a census town 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.

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 dotted with small towns. 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
Bamna is located at 22.2185°N, 88.3422°W

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 the South 24 Parganas.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bamna had a total population of 4,517 of which 2,334 (52%) were males and 2,183 (48%) were females. There were 720 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate people in Bamna was 2,822 (74.32% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bamna covered an area of 1.6651 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 345 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 veterinary hospital. Among the educational facilities it had was 4 primary schools, 1 middle school. Three important commodities it produced were: paddy, vegetables, leather goods.

Transport
Bamna is off the Sangrampur Station/ Samashat Road.

Sangrampur railway station is located nearby.

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