Konardihi
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Konardihi
Kumardihi | |
|---|---|
Census Town | |
  Konardihi Location in West Bengal, India  Konardihi Konardihi (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°40′26″N 87°15′54″E / 23.673849°N 87.26498°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.11 km2 (2.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 8,448 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Languages* | |
| • Official | Bengali, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 713363 |
| Telephone/STD code | 0341 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pandaveswar |
| Website | paschimbardhaman |
Konardihi is a census town in the Pandabeswar CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Location
2.5miles
Sonpur Bazari
Area Office
Area Office
Area Office
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural administrative centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Konardihi is located at 23°40′26″N 87°15′54″E / 23.673849°N 87.26498°E.
Konardihi, Nabgram, Chak Bankola, Sankarpur, Haripur, Bahula, Chhora and Parashkol form a cluster of census towns in the southern portion of Pandabeswar CD block.[1]
Urbanisation
As per the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[2]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Konardihi had a total population of 8,448, of which 4,470 (53%) were males and 4,018 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 902. The total number of literate persons in Konardihi was 5,734 (75.59% of the population over 6 years).[3]
*For language details see Pandabeswar (community development block)#Language and religion
As of 2001[update] India census,[4] Konardihi had a population of 8,248. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Konardihi has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Konardihi, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Konardihi covered an area of 7.11 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved service reservoir, tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells. It had 764 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had were 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Ukhra 3.5 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had were 1 public library and 1 reading room. Among the important commodities it produced were paddy and coal.[5]
Economy
It is in the heart of the coal mining zone.[6]
As per the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Bankola Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bankola Colliery, Khandra Colliery, Kumardih A Colliery, Kumardih B Colliery, Moira Colliery, Nakrakonda Colliery, Shankarpur Colliery, Shyamsundarpur Colliery and Tilaboni Colliery.[7]
