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| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| State | File:Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Budge Budge Municipality |
| Area | |
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| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 85.14 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 945 ♂/♀ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700137 |
| Telephone code | +91 33 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-19, WB-20, WB-95, WB-96, WB-97, WB-98 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Budge Budge |
| Website | www |
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Budge Budge (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[3]
Geography
Area overview
Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.[4][5][6]
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
Budge Budge is located at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.. It has an average elevation of 7 metres (23 ft).[7]
Balarampur, Uttar Raypur, Buita, Benjanhari Acharial, Abhirampur and Nischintapur form a cluster of census towns around Budge Budge and Pujali, as per the map of the Budge Budge I CD block on the page number 167 in the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas district.[8]
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).
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Demographics
Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1901 | 13,051 | — |
| 1911 | 17,982 | +37.8% |
| 1921 | 25,723 | +43.0% |
| 1931 | 24,183 | −6.0% |
| 1941 | 32,394 | +34.0% |
| 1951 | 32,196 | −0.6% |
| 1961 | 39,824 | +23.7% |
| 1971 | 51,039 | +28.2% |
| 1981 | 70,404 | +37.9% |
| 1991 | 77,575 | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 81,554 | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 76,837 | −5.8% |
| Source: Census of India[10] | ||
According to the 2011 Census of India, Budge Budge had a total population of 76,837, of which 39,510 (51.42%) were males and 37,327 (48.58%) were females. It had a population density of 8,481 inhabitants per square kilometre (21,970/sq mi) with a sex ratio of 945 females for every 1000 males. There were 6,946 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years which is 9.04% of the total population. The Scheduled Castes numbered 7,015 (9.13%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 103 (0.13%). The total number of literate persons was 59,504 (85.14% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 32,078 (89.05% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 27,426 (80.97% of the female population over 6 years). Budge Budge had a total of 18,055 households as per report released by 2011 Census of India.[11]
Language
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At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 95.23% of the population spoke Bengali, 4.54% Hindi and 0.22% Urdu as their first language.[12]
Religion
According to the 2011 Census of India, 69.61% of the population is Hindu, 29.28% Muslim, 0.49% Christian, 0.40% Sikh, 0.02% Buddhist and 0.04% Jain. 0.16% did not state a religion in the census.[13]
Civic administration
Municipality
Budge Budge Municipality covers an area of Template:Cvt. It has jurisdiction over the entire city of Budge Budge. The municipality was established in 1900. It is divided into 20 administrative wards. Since the 2022 municipal election, it is being controlled by the All India Trinamool Congress.[14][15]
Police station
Budge Budge police station covers an area of Template:Cvt. It has jurisdiction over parts of the Budge Budge Municipality, and the Budge Budge I and Budge Budge II CD blocks.[16][17]
Transport
Budge Budge is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.[18]
Budge Budge railway station is on the Sealdah–Budge Budge line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway.[18][19]
Commuters
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005–2006, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from 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.[20]
Notable people
- Abinas Ruidas,[21] footballer
Education
- Budge Budge College, established in 1971, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, political science, philosophy, economics, geography, education, mathematics and accounting & finance, and general degree courses in arts, science, and accounting & finance.[22]
- Budge Budge Institute of Technology, established in 2009, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.[23][24]
Healthcare
Budge Budge ESI Hospital, with 300 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Budge Budge.[25]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan Area". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas". Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory" (PDF). Page 13, Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas". Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311. Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Budge Budge
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District Census Handbook South Twentyfour Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 167 – Map of Budge Budge I CD block. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Climate: Budge Budge". Climate Data. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 999-1031 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 999-1006. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-B, Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract" (PDF). Urban PCA-Town wise Primary Census Abstract, Pages 536-583. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: West Bengal". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Budge Budge Municipality". West Bengal Valuation Board. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Budge Budge Municipality". Department of Municipal Affairs. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Budge Budge police station". Diamond Harbour police district. West Bengal police. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District Statistical Handbook 2014 South 24 Parganas". Table No. 2.1. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ a b Google maps
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."34112 Sealdah – Budge Budge Local". Time Table. India Rail Info. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mondal, Bhaswati. "Commuting and Metropolitan Development of Kolkata". Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Abhinas Ruidas", Wikipedia, 14 July 2025, retrieved 2 October 2025
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Budge Budge College". BBC. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Budge Budge Institute of Technology". BBIT. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Budge Budge Institute of Technology". CollegeDunia. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
External links
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