Uttar Kalas

Uttar Kalas is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II 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
Uttar Kalas is located at 22.256°N, 88.347°W. It has an average elevation of 8 m.

Uttar Kalas, Dihi Kalas, Swangrampur and after a small gap Magrahat and Bilandapur form a cluster of census towns in the south-east corner of the Magrahat II CD block, as per the map of the Magrahat II CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas. Dhamua, Shyampur and Nainan form another cluster of census towns closeby in the Magrahat II CD block.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Uttar Kalas had a total population of 6,474, of which 3,382 (52%) were males and 3,092 (48%) were females. There were 1,086 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons was 4,070 (75.54% of the population over 6 years).

According to the 2001 Census of India, Uttar Kalas had a population of 5,437. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. It has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 63% and female literacy of 49%. 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Uttar Kalash covered an area of 0.9 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 15 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank. It had 200 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 maternity and child welfare centre, a nursing home 3 km away, a veterinary hospital 3 km away and 2 medicine shops in the town. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Magrahat 3 km away. Three important commodities it produced were: feather duster, magic items and embroidery. It had the branch of a nationalised bank.

Transport
Uttar Kalas is on the Usthi-Magrahat Road.

Magra Hat railway station is located nearby.

Education
Kalash High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1947. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.

Healthcare
Magrahat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Magrahat, is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat II CD block.