Kanyanagar

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Kanyanagar is located at It has an average elevation of
Bishnupur, Kanyanagar, Amtala, Ramkrishnapur, Kriparampur and Chak Enayetnagar (a little away) form a cluster of census towns, as per the map of the Bishnupur I CD block on page 207 and map of the Bishnupur II CD block on page 233 of the District Census Handbook 2011 for the South 24 Parganas.

According to the 2011 census of India, Kanyanagar had a total population of 10,823, of which 5,499 (51%) were males and 5,324 (49%) were females. There were 848 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons was 8,663 (86.85% of the population over 6 years). According to the 2001 Census of India, Kanyanagar had a population of 10,193. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. It has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 71%. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Kanyanagar covered an area of 1.8 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved over head tank and service reservoir. It had 1,600 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 2 dispensary/ health centres. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, nearest senior secondary school at Bishnupur, 1 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 public library. Three important commodities it produced were muri (puffed rice), textiles, soft toys.

A short stretch of local roads link Kanyanagar to the National Highway 12.

Udayrampur Pallisree Sikhsayatan is a coeducational school affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. Vidyanagar College was established at Vidyanagar in 1963.

Chandi Doulatabad Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds, at Doulatabad (PO Nepalganj), is the major government medical facility in the Bishnupur I CD block.