Barijpur

Barijpur 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 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
Barijpur is located at 22.2275°N, 88.2894°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 South 24 Parganas.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Barijpur had a total population of 5,536 of which 2,941 (53%) were males and 2,595 (47%) were females. There were 868 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Barijpur was 3,328 (71.29% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Barijpur covered an area of 1.4545 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 412 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities Barijpur had 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, the nearest secondary and senior secondary schools at Uttar Kusum 2 km away.

Transport
Barijpur is on the Uttar Kusum-Nazra Road.

Deula 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.