Budge Budge

Area overview

Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the 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.^[4][5][6]

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

Budge Budge is located at 22°28′25″N 88°10′26″E. It has an average elevation of 7 metres (23 ft).^[7]

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 the page number 167 in the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas district.^[8]

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).

Population

According to the 2011 Census of India, Budge Budge had a total population of 76,837, of which 39,510 (51.42%) were males and 37,327 (48.58%) were females. It had a population density of 8,481 inhabitants per square kilometre (21,970/sq mi) with a sex ratio of 945 females for every 1000 males. There were 6,946 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years which is 9.04% of the total population. The Scheduled Castes numbered 7,015 (9.13%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 103 (0.13%). The total number of literate persons was 59,504 (85.14% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 32,078 (89.05% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 27,426 (80.97% of the female population over 6 years). Budge Budge had a total of 18,055 households as per report released by 2011 Census of India.^[11]

Language

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 95.23% of the population spoke Bengali, 4.54% Hindi and 0.22% Urdu as their first language.^[12]

Religion

According to the 2011 Census of India, 69.61% of the population is Hindu, 29.28% Muslim, 0.49% Christian, 0.40% Sikh, 0.02% Buddhist and 0.04% Jain. 0.16% did not state a religion in the census.^[13]

Municipality

Budge Budge Municipality covers an area of 9.06 km² (3.50 sq mi). It has jurisdiction over the entire city of Budge Budge. The municipality was established in 1900; 126 years ago (1900). It is divided into 20 administrative wards. Since the 2022 municipal election, it is being controlled by the All India Trinamool Congress.^[14][15]

Police station

Budge Budge police station covers an area of 49.61 km² (19.15 sq mi). It has jurisdiction over parts of the Budge Budge Municipality, and the Budge Budge I and Budge Budge II CD blocks.^[16][17]

Commuters

With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005–2006, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from East Pakistan/ Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.^[20]