Sankrail (community development block)

Andul Mouri (post office) is located at 22°35′10″N 88°14′12″E / 22.58599°N 88.23668°E / 22.58599; 88.23668 Sankrail CD Block is bounded by Domjur and Bally Jagachha CD Blocks in the north, Kolkata, across the Hooghly River, and Budge Budge I and Budge Budge II CD Blocks, in South 24 Parganas district, also across the Hooghly River, in the east and south and Uluberia I and Panchla CD Blocks in the west.

The Rupnarayan flows on the west and south of the district and the Damodar intersects it.

As per 2011 Census of India Sankrail CD Block had a total population of 343,933, of which 35,195 were rural and 308,738 were uban.

[6] As per 2001 census, Sankrail block had a total population of 290,877, out of which 152,985 were males and 137,892 were females.

Sankrail block registered a population growth of 19.46 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade.

[1][7] Census Towns in Sankrail CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Dhulagari (23,740), Mirjapur (5,114), Argari (10,715), Andul (6,302), Dhuilya (20,962), Kamranga (4,585), Jhorhat (16,940), Masila (12,239), Kendua (6,338), Nabhghara (5,875), Ramchandrapur (10,312), Hatgachha (5,980), Panchpara (19,283), Podara (21,589), Banupur (9,626), Sankrail (29,114), Sankrailjala (8,812), Osmanpur (5,289), Manikpur (19,804), Sarenga (25,200), Ula (6,738), Nalpur (6,911) and Raghudebbati (14,165).

[6] Outgrowths in Sankrail CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Chak Srikrishna, Ward No.

[6] As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Sankrail CD Block was 254,663 (83.11% of the population over 6 years) out of which 136,214 (53%) were males and 118,449 (47%) were females.

[10] As per 2001 census, Sankrail block had a total literacy of 75.78 per cent for the 6+ age group.

In 2011 census Hindus numbered 216,749 and formed 65.52% of the population in Sankrail CD Block.

Sankrail CD Block had 294 institutions with 35,964 students for special and non-formal education.

[2] Sankrail CD Block had 3 health centres, 5 clinics, 2 dispensaries and 1 hospital with 142 beds and 26 doctors in 2003.

Map of Howrah District