Harinadibhastsala

Harinadibhastsala is a census town in the Santipur CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Location
Harinadibhastsala is located at 23.2465°N, 88.3813°W.

The map of Santipur CD block, in the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, shows Harinadibhastsala as being adjacent to Nrisinghapur.

Area overview
Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Ranaghat subdivision has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts lying across the river. Topographically, Ranaghat subdivision is spread across the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district, and the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The Churni separates the two plains. A portion of the east forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The lower portion of the east is covered by a portion of the North 24 Parganas district. The subdivision has achieved reasonably high urbanisation. 41.68% of the population lives in urban areas and 58.32% lives in rural areas.

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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Harinadibhastsala had a total population of 4,983, of which 2,543 (51%) were males and 2,440 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 579. The total number of literate persons in Harinadibhastsala was 2,980 (67.67% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Harinadibhastsala covered an area of 1.6107 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 1 km road, the protected water supply involved hand pump, tube well, borewell. It had 400 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 veterinary hospital. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, the nearest senior secondary school at Haripur 3 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities,it had 1 orphanage. Two important items it produced were rice, sari.

Education
Santipur College was established at Santipur in 1948.

Ranaghat College was established at Ranaghat in 1950.

Healthcare
Nabla (Fulia) Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds at Fulia Colony, is the major government medical facility in the Santipur CD block.

Santipur State General Hospital at Santipur functions with 131 beds.