Nischintapur, Budge Budge

Nischintapur is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Budge Budge police station in the Budge Budge I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Area overview
Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.

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
Nischintapur is located at 22.4608°N, 88.173°W. It has an average elevation of 9 m.

Balarampur, Uttar Raypur, Buita, Benjanhari Acharial, Abhirampur and Nischintapur form a cluster of census towns around Budge Budge and Pujali, as per the map of the Budge Budge I CD block on page 167 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Nischintapur had a total population of 6,353, of which 3,231 (51%) were males and 3,122 (49%) were females. There were 566 people in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people was 4,756 (82.18% of the population over 6 years old).

Kolkata Urban Agglomeration
The following municipalities and census towns in the South 24 Parganas district were part of the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Maheshtala (M), Joka (CT), Balarampur (CT), Chata Kalikapur (CT), Budge Budge (M), Nischintapur (CT), Uttar Raypur (CT), Pujali (M) and Rajpur Sonarpur (M).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nischintapur covered an area of 1.87 km2. Budge Budge railway station is 7 km away. Among the civic amenities it had protected water supply involving hand pumps. It had 1,300 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 32 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school and 1 middle school. The nearest general degree college was at Budge Budge 4 km away. It had 3 non-formal education centres (Sarba Siksha Abhiyan).

Transport
A short stretch of local roads link Nischintapur to the Budge Budge Trunk Road.

Budge Budge railway station is located nearby.

Education
Budge Budge Institute of Technology was established in 2009. It offers, diploma, degree and post garuduate courses.

BBIT Public School is affiliated to the CBSE Board.

Khariberia Vivekananda Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1960. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.

Badamtala High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1973. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.

Kalipur High School is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1919. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.

Kalipur Girls High School is a Bengali-medium girls-only institution established in 1946. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.

Healthcare
Benjanhari Acharial Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Benjanhari Acharial, is the major government medical facility in the Budge Budge I CD block.