Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision there are 10 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the northern part of the subdivision is a flat plain bordering the metropolis of Kolkata. 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
Bidyadharpur is located at. It has an average elevation of. Petua, Panchghara, Mallikpur and Hariharpur form a cluster of census towns in the Baruipur CD block, as per the map of the Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.This cluster has Rajpur Sonarpur on the east and Bidyadharpur on the north, both in the Sonarpur CD block, as per the map of Sonarpur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bidyadharpur had a total population of 4,630, of which 2,327 were males and 2,303 were females. There were 549 people in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Bidyadharpur was 3,040.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bidyadharpur covered an area of 1.1421 km2. Among the physical aspects, Bidyadharpur railway station is in the town. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved service reservoir. It had 430 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, the nearest middle school at Madgar 1 km away, the nearest secondary school at Malia 1 km away, the nearest senior secondary school at Ghasiara close by.
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005-06, more than 1.7 million commuters use the Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile 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.
