Rahmatpur

Rahmatpur is a village in the Karimpur II CD block in the Tehatta subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Location
Rahmatpur is located at 23.93417°N, 88.59195°W.

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 Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. The Jalangi River forms the district/ subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural. 97.15% of the population lives in the rural areas and 2.85% lives in the urban 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, Rahmatpur had a total population of 6,225, of which 3,216 (52%) were males and 3,009 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 605. The total number of literate persons in Rahmatpur was 3,718 (66.16% of the population over 6 years).

CD block HQ
The headquarters of Karimpur II CD block are located at Rahmatpur.

Transport
A short stretch of Thanarpara - Mahish Bathan Road links Rahmatpur to State Highway 11, running from Mahammad Bazar (in Birbhum district) to Ranaghat (in Nadia district).

In popular culture
The village is notable for being the birthplace of the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in the animated sitcom, The Simpsons.