Gocharan

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Gocharan

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| settlement_type = Village

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| coordinates = {{coord|22.2799|N|88.4540|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_type3 = CD Block

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png}} West Bengal

| subdivision_name2 = South 24 Parganas

| subdivision_name3 = Baruipur

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 0.53

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| elevation_m = 9

| population_total = 1147

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Bengali{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|accessdate=5 July 2019}}{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=Ministry of Minority Affairs|accessdate=5 July 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}}

| demographics1_title2 = Additional official

| demographics1_info2 = English

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 743391

| area_code_type = Telephone code

| area_code = +91 33

| registration_plate = WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99

| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency

| blank1_info_sec1 = Jadavpur

| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency

| blank2_info_sec1 = Baruipur Purba (SC)

| website = {{URL|www.s24pgs.gov.in}}

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Gocharan is a village within the jurisdiction of the Baruipur police station in the Baruipur CD block in the Baruipur subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Gocharan is located at {{coord|22.2799|N|88.4540|E|format=dms}}. It has an average elevation of {{convert|9|m}}.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India, Gocharan had a total population of 1,147.{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdate = 3 January 2020}}

Transport

Gocharan is on the State Highway 1.Google maps

Gocharan railway station is on the Sealdah–Namkhana line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-sealdah-namkhana-local-34792/14397/325/9534 | title = 34792 Sealdah-Namkhana Local | work = Time Table | publisher = India Rail Info | accessdate = 15 December 2019}}

=Commuters=

With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. 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. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.{{cite web | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328319153 | title = Commuting and Metropolitan Development of Kolkata |first= Bhaswati| last= Mondal| accessdate = 16 December 2019}}

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Panchgachhia (PO Gocharan).{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/PHC.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres | publisher = Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 11 November 2019 | archive-date = 21 April 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180421215645/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/PHC.pdf | url-status = dead }}

References

Category:Villages in South 24 Parganas district