Khadalgobra

Khadalgobra is a census town in Ramnagar I CD block in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Khadalgobra
Census Town
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Coordinates: 21.627667°N 87.522178°E / 21.627667; 87.522178
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Area
• Total	2.1858 km2 (0.8439 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,344
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanthi
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Ramnagar
Website	purbamedinipur.gov.in

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Cities and towns in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical and religious centre, S: port, sea-beach
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Khadalgobra is located at 21.627667°N 87.522178°E / 21.627667; 87.522178.

Urbanisation

93.55% of the population of Contai subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 6.45% of the population live in the urban areas and it is considerably behind Haldia subdivision in urbanization, where 20.81% of the population live in urban areas.^[1]

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.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Khadalgobra had a total population of 5,344 of which 2,736 (51%) were males and 2,608 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 574. The total number of literates in Khadalgobra was 4,074 (85.41% of the population over 6 years).^[2]

Infrastructure

As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Khadalgobra covered an area of 2.1858 km². It had the facility of a railway station at New Digha close by and bus routes in the town. Amongst the civic amenities it had 550 domestic electric connections. Amongst the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools and 1 middle school. The nearest secondary school and senior secondary school are at South Simulia 1.5 km away. The nearest degree college was at Depal 14 km away.^[3]

Transport

Khadalgobra is on National Highway 116B.^[4]