Uttar Kusum
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Uttar Kusum
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| settlement_type = Census Town
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| coordinates = {{coord|22.2295|N|88.3012|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png}} West Bengal
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = South 24 Parganas
| subdivision_type3 = CD block
| subdivision_name3 = Magrahat I
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 3.31
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| elevation_m = 8
| population_total = 10716
| 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|access-date=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|access-date=5 July 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = English
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 743375
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91 3174
| registration_plate = WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99
| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Mathurapur (SC)
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Magrahat Paschim
| website = {{URL|www.s24pgs.gov.in}}
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Uttar Kusum is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
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|mark-coord2={{coord|22|18|56|N|88|16|6|E}} | label-pos2=right|label2=Sirakol| numbered2=CT| mark-title2= Sirakol (CT)
|mark-coord3={{coord|22|16|25|N|88|18|12|E}} | label-pos3=left|label3=Uttar Bishnupur| numbered3=CT| mark-title3= Uttar Bishnupur (CT)
|mark-coord4={{coord|22|14|15|N|88|17|14|E}} | label-pos4=left|label4=Ghola Noapara| numbered4=CT| mark-title4= Ghola Noapara (CT)
|mark-coord5={{coord|22|14|50|N|88|16|20|E}} | label-pos5=left|label5=Usthi| numbered5=CT| mark-title5= Usthi (CT)
|mark-coord6={{coord|22|12|55|N|88|17|21|E}} | label-pos6=left|label6=Barijpur| numbered6=CT| mark-title6= Barijpur (CT)
|mark-coord7={{coord|22|13|30|N|88|18|4|E}} | label-pos7=left|label7=Uttar Kusum| numbered7=CT| mark-title7= Uttar Kusum (CT)|shape-color7=black| label-size7=13|label-color7=black
|mark-coord8={{coord|22|12|50|N|88|20|10|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8=Kalikapota| numbered8=CT| mark-title8= Kalikapota (CT)
|mark-coord9={{coord|22|12|0|N|88|20|31|E}} | label-pos9=right|label9=Bamna| numbered9=CT| mark-title9= Bamna, Magrahat (CT)
|mark-coord10={{coord|22|15|40|N|88|17|36|E}} | label-pos10=left|label10= Baneswarpur| numbered10=R| mark-title10= Baneswarpur (R)|shape-color10=#C42222
|mark-coord11={{coord|22|17|55|N|88|23|46|E}} | label-pos11=right|label11=Dhamua| numbered11=CT| mark-title11= Dhamua (CT)
|mark-coord12={{coord|22|17|20|N|88|23|17|E}} | label-pos12=right|label12=Shyampur| numbered12=CT| mark-title12= Shyampur, Magrahat (CT)
|mark-coord13={{coord|22|17|15|N|88|21|0|E}} | label-pos13=top|label13=Nainan| numbered13=CT| mark-title13= Nainan (CT)
|mark-coord14={{coord|22|16|25|N|88|21|40|E}} | label-pos14=right|label14=Uttar Kalas| numbered14=CT| mark-title14= Uttar Kalas (CT)
|mark-coord15={{coord|22|15|40|N|88|20|33|E}} | label-pos15=right|label15=Dihi Kalas| numbered15=CT| mark-title15= Dihi Kalas (CT)
|mark-coord16={{coord|22|14|10|N|88|21|16|E}} | label-pos16=right|label16=Swangrampur| numbered16=CT| mark-title16= Swangrampur (CT)
|mark-coord17={{coord|22|13|25|N|88|22|16|E}} | label-pos17=right|label17=Bilandapur| numbered17=CT| mark-title17= Bilandapur (CT)
|mark-coord18={{coord|22|14|50|N|88|22|42|E}} | label-pos18=right|label18=Magrahat| numbered18=CT| mark-title18= Magrahat (CT)
|mark-coord19={{coord|22|9|44|N|88|21|36|E}} | label-pos19=top|label19=Chandpur| numbered19=CT| mark-title19= Chandpur, Mandirbazar (CT)
|mark-coord20={{coord|22|10|20|N|88|24|35|E}} | label-pos20=right|label20=Bangsidharpur| numbered20=CT| mark-title20= Bangsidharpur (CT)
|mark-coord21={{coord|22|9|5|N|88|23|30|E}} | label-pos21=left|label21=Purba Bishnupur| numbered21=CT| mark-title21= Purba Bishnupur (CT)
|mark-coord22={{coord|22|9|47|N|88|19|32|E}} | label-pos22=left|label22= Mandirbazar| numbered22=R| mark-title22= Mandirbazar (R)|shape-color22=#C42222
|mark-coord23={{coord|22|7|57|N|88|20|25|E}} | label-pos23=left|label23= Krishnapur| numbered23=R| mark-title23= Krishnapur, Mandirbazar (R)|shape-color23=#C42222
|mark-coord24={{coord|22|7|10|N|88|25|39|E}} | label-pos24=bottom|label24=Krishna Chandrapur| numbered24=CT| mark-title24= Krishna Chandrapur (CT)
|mark-coord25={{coord|22|7|13|N|88|23|39|E}} | label-pos25=left|label25=Mathurapur| numbered25=CT| mark-title25= Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas (CT)
|mark-coord26={{coord|22|8|40|N|88|26|0|E}} | label-pos26=right|label26=Purba Ranaghat| numbered26=CT| mark-title26= Purba Ranaghat (CT)
|mark-coord27={{coord|22|7|49|N|88|25|23|E}} | label-pos27=right|label27=Lalpur| numbered27=CT| mark-title27= Lalpur, Mathurapur (CT)
|mark-coord28={{coord|22|0|4|N|88|26|7|E}} | label-pos28=left|label28= Raidighi| numbered28=R| mark-title28= Raidighi (R)|shape-color28=#C42222
|mark-coord29={{coord|22|2|12|N|88|26|43|E}} | label-pos29=left|label29= Baribhanga Abad| numbered29=R| mark-title29= Baribhanga Abad (R)|shape-color29=#C42222
|mark-coord30={{coord|22|6|30|N|88|19|15|E}} | label-pos30=bottom|label30= Lakshmikantapur| numbered30=R| mark-title30= Lakshmikantapur (R)|shape-color30=#C42222
|mark-coord31={{coord|21|59|55|N|88|29|15|E}} | label-pos31=bottom|label31= Jatar Deul| numbered31=T| mark-title31= Jatar Deul (T)|shape-color31=#AA6666
|mark-coord32={{coord|22|0|30|N|88|10|15|E}}| label32=Hooghly River| label-color32 = #77A1CB| label-angle32=-65| label-pos32=right| label-size32=10| mark-size32=0| mark-title32=none}}
=Area overview=
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps.{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas|work= Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019 }}{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory |work= Page 13, Physiography| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019}}{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas | work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 | publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 | access-date = 5 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}
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=
Uttar Kusum is located at {{coord|22.2295|N|88.3012|E|display=inline}}
Usthi, Ghola Noapara, Barijpur and Uttar Kusum form a cluster of census towns in the Magrahat I CD block. Uttar Bishnupur, Kalikapota and Bamna are a little away from this cluster. This is as per the map of the Magrahat I CD block on page 445 in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory |work= Page 445 - Map of Magrahat I CD block | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 18 November 2019}}
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Uttar Kusum had a total population of 10,716 of which 5,580 (52%) were males and 5,136 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,818. The total number of literates in Uttar Kusum was 5,849 (65.73% of the population over 6 years).{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 16 November 2019}}
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Uttar Kusum covered an area of 3.3112 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 814 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school.{{cite web | url =http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook South Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 999-1006 Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 1006-1010; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 1010-1015; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1015-1019; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1019-1027 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1027- 1029: Statement VI:Industry and Banking | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 19 November 2018}}
Transport
Education
Uttar Kusum High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1950. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/south--twenty-four-pargan/19182113801/uttar-kusum-high-school.html | title = Uttar Kusum High School | publisher = Schools | access-date = 26 November 2019}}
Healthcare
Baneswarpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Baneswarpur, is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat I CD block.{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 26 November 2019}}
References
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