Harindanga, Falta

Harindanga is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Falta police station in the Falta 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 western portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 11 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the western part, located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is covered by the Kulpi Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5–6 metres above sea level. Archaeological excavations at Deulpota and Harinarayanpur, on the bank of the Hooghly River indicate the existence of human habitation more than 2,000 years ago.

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
Harindanga is located at 22.2996°N, 88.1844°W.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Harindanga had a total population of 2,171, of which 1,128 (52%) were males and 1,043 (48%) were females. There were 140 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Harindanga was 1,722 (84.79% of the population over 6 years).

CD block HQ
The headquarters of the Falta CD block are located at Harindanga, PO Chaberia, The map of CD block Falta on page 471 in District Census Handbook for South 24 Parganas shows the block headquarters as being located at Harindanga.

Transport
A short stretch of the Fatepur-Falta Road links Harindanga to the National Highway 12.

Education
Sadhan Chandra Mahavidyalaya, established in 2007, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, education and political science, and a general course in arts.

Harindanga High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1948. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class Xii.

Healthcare
Falta Block Primary Health Centre at Falta, with 10 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Falta CD block.