Tiorkhali

Tiorkhali is located at 23°25′12″N 88°24′48″E / 23.419893°N 88.413457°E / 23.419893; 88.413457.

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature.^[1] The Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision, presented in the map alongside, has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman district lying across the river. The long stretch along the Bhagirathi has many swamps. The area between the Bhagirathi and the Jalangi, which flows through the middle of the subdivision, is known as Kalantar, a low-lying tract of black clay soil. A big part of the subdivision forms the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district. The Jalangi, after flowing through the middle of the subdivision, turns right and joins the Bhagirathi. On the south-east, the Churni separates the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain from the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain. The east forms the boundary with Bangladesh.^[2] The subdivision is moderately urbanized. 20.795% of the population lives in urban areas and 79.205% lives in rural areas.^[3]

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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

According to the 2011 Census of India, Tiorkhali had a total population of 11,148, of which 5,663 (51%) were males and 5,485 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,296. The total number of literate persons in Tiorkhali was 6,960 (70.65% of the population over 6 years).^[4]

The following municipality and census towns were part of Nabadwip Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: Nabadwip (M), Char Maijdia (CT), Char Brahmanagar (CT), Bablari Dewanganj (CT), Tiorkhali (CT), Gadigachha (CT) and Majdia.^[5]

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Tirokhali covered an area of 1.8009 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved tap water from untreated sources, hand pumps. It had 2,247 domestic electric connections, 50 road light points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, I veterinary hospital, 1 mobile health clinic. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary school, 1 middle school, nearest secondary schools at Gadigachha 1.5 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 orphanage, 1 public library. Three important commodities it produced were blanket, handloom sari, handloom lungi. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank.^[6]