In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 census towns.

Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved uncovered wells.

Among the medical facilities it had a family welfare centre in the town and a nursing home 0.5 km away.

This place also houses the largest proportion of backward people compared to the state...

So far as the crime scenario is concerned the economically weaker group, i.e. the women and children, suffer the most in this district.”[11] Mathurapur is on the State Highway 1.

As of 2005–06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily.

After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata.