# Dafarpur

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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                 = Dafarpur
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| nickname                = 
| settlement_type         = Census Town
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates             = {{coord|24.4460|N|88.1025|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        =           
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1       = [State](/source/States_and_territories_of_India)
| subdivision_name1       = [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal)
| subdivision_type2       = [District](/source/List_of_districts_of_India)
| subdivision_name2       = [Murshidabad](/source/Murshidabad_district)
| established_title       = <!-- Established -->
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_total_km2          = 5.665
| elevation_footnotes     = 
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| population_total        = 16587
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_rank         = 
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| population_footnotes    = 
| demographics_type1      = Languages
| demographics1_title1    = Official
| demographics1_info1     = [Bengali](/source/Bengali_language), [English](/source/English_language)
| timezone1               = [IST](/source/Indian_Standard_Time)
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| area_code_type          = Telephone/STD code
| area_code               = 03483
| postal_code_type        = [PIN](/source/Postal_Index_Number)
| postal_code             = 742227
| registration_plate      = [WB](/source/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India)-57, [WB](/source/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India)-58
| blank1_name_sec1        = [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha) constituency
| blank1_info_sec1        = [Jangipur](/source/Jangipur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency))
| blank2_name_sec1        = [Vidhan Sabha](/source/Vidhan_Sabha) constituency
| blank2_info_sec1        = [Jangipur](/source/Jangipur%2C_West_Bengal_Assembly_constituency)
| website                 = {{URL|murshidbad.nic.in/}}
| footnotes               = 
}}

'''Dafarpur''' is a [census town](/source/census_town) in the [Raghunathganj I](/source/Raghunathganj_I) [CD block](/source/Community_development_blocks_in_India) in the [Jangipur subdivision](/source/Jangipur_subdivision) of the [Murshidabad district](/source/Murshidabad_district) in the state of [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal), [India](/source/India).

== Geography ==
{{OSM Location map
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|mark-coord5={{coord|24|28|2|N|88|2|2|E}} | label-pos5=left|label5= Ghorsala| numbered5=CT| mark-title5=[Ghorsala](/source/Ghorsala) (CT)
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|mark-coord13={{coord|24|28|20|N|88|5|37|E}} | label-pos13=left|label13= Jot Kamal| numbered13=CT| mark-title13=[Jot Kamal](/source/Jot_Kamal) (CT)
|mark-coord14={{coord|24|27|54|N|88|5|44|E}} | label-pos14=left|label14= Osmanpur| numbered14=CT| mark-title14=[Osmanpur](/source/Osmanpur) (CT)
|mark-coord15={{coord|24|0|36|N|88|28|36|E}} | label-pos15=right|label15= Sahajadpur| numbered15=CT| mark-title15=[Sahajadpur](/source/Sahajadpur) (CT)
|mark-coord16={{coord|24|27|45|N|88|6|27|E}} | label-pos16=right|label16= Khodarampur| numbered16=CT| mark-title16=[Khodarampur](/source/Khodarampur) (CT)
|mark-coord17={{coord|24|27|21|N|88|7|22|E}} | label-pos17=right|label17= Donalia| numbered17=CT| mark-title17=[Donalia](/source/Donalia) (CT)
|mark-coord18={{coord|24|26|55|N|88|7|53|E}} | label-pos18=right|label18= Teghari| numbered18=CT| mark-title18=[Teghari, Murshidabad](/source/Teghari%2C_Murshidabad) (CT)
|mark-coord19={{coord|24|26|26|N|88|9|9|E}} | label-pos19=right|label19= Krishna Sali| numbered19=CT| mark-title19=[Krishna Sali](/source/Krishna_Sali) (CT)
|mark-coord20={{coord|24|26|0|N|88|10|32|E}} | label-pos20=bottom|label20= Bara Jumla| numbered20=CT| mark-title20=[Bara Jumla](/source/Bara_Jumla) (CT)
|mark-coord21={{coord|24|31|6|N|88|2|38|E}} | label-pos21=right|label21= AMU: Murshidabad Centre| numbered21=F| mark-title21= [Aligarh Muslim University: Murshidabad Centre](/source/Aligarh_Muslim_University%3A_Murshidabad_Centre) (F) |shape-color21=#967117
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===Location===                                
Dafarpur is located at {{coord|24.4460|N|88.1025|E|display=inline}}.

===Area overview===
Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 [census towns](/source/census_towns) and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the [Rarh region](/source/Rarh_region) that is spread over from adjoining [Santhal Pargana division](/source/Santhal_Pargana_division) of [Jharkhand](/source/Jharkhand). The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A | work= Physiography, Page 13 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://murshidabad.gov.in/About.aspx#2 | title= Murshidabad | work= Geography | publisher= Murshidabad district authorities| access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref> The river [Ganges](/source/Ganges), along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long [Farakka Barrage](/source/Farakka_Barrage), one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fbp.gov.in/ | title = Farakka Barrage Project | publisher = FBP | access-date = 12 September 2017}}</ref> Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://edgeofhumanity.com/2020/12/27/child-labor-illnesses-lost-childhoods-indias-tobacco-industry/ |title = Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India’s tobacco industry  |publisher= Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020| access-date = 13 July 2021}}</ref> The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW [Farakka Super Thermal Power Station](/source/Farakka_Super_Thermal_Power_Station) and the 1,600 MW [Sagardighi Thermal Power Station](/source/Sagardighi_Thermal_Power_Station).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/farakka | title= Power Generation | work= Farakka |publisher= NTPC| access-date = 7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/wbpdcl/sagardighipowerstation.html | title = The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited | work = Sagardighi Thermal Power Project | publisher = WBPDCL | access-date = 15 August 2017 | archive-date = 23 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170823115439/http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/wbpdcl/sagardighipowerstation.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the [beedi](/source/beedi) industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/28080/6/06_chapter%201.pdf| title = Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal | first= Sunirmal| last= Kar| work = Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5 | publisher = Shodhganga | access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thestatesman.com/features/the-poor-man-s-cigarette-1485045757.html | title = The ‘Poor man’s cigarette’ | work = Gurvinder Singh | publisher = The Statesman, 22 January 2017 | access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Beedi-workers-of-Jangipur-hold-key/article16588097.ece#! | title = Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key | work = Indrani Dutta | publisher = The Hindu, 1 May 2009 | access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref> As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the [Ganges](/source/Ganges) alone in Murshidabad district. [Severe erosion](/source/River_bank_erosion_along_the_Ganges_in_Malda_and_Murshidabad_districts) occurs along the banks.<ref name="erosion1">{{cite web | url = http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf | title = Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal | work = Swati Mollah | publisher = Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013 | access-date = 5 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170820073737/http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf | archive-date = 20 August 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<small>Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.</small>

==Demographics==
According to the [2011 Census of India](/source/2011_Census_of_India), Dafarpur had a total population of 16,587, of which 8,470 (51%) were males and 8,117 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,504. The total number of literate persons in Dafarpur was 9,014 (64.01% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, Series 20, Part XII B| work= Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 314055, page 32-33|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal | access-date = 2 July 2021}}</ref>	

==Infrastructure==
According to the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'',  2011, Dafarpur covered an area of 5.665&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It had 1&nbsp;km roads with open drains. The protected water-supply involved river infiltration gallery. It had 1,280 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 maternity & child welfare centre. Among the educational facilities, it had 8 primary schools, 2 middle schools in town, secondary school at Kharibona 1&nbsp;km away, senior secondary school at [Raghunathganj](/source/Raghunathganj) 4&nbsp;km away, general degree college at [Jangipur](/source/Jangipur%2C_Murshidabad) 4&nbsp;km away.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf | title =  District Census Handbook Murshidabad, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 981-987: Statement I: Growth History,  Pages 990-993: Statement III: Civic & Other Amenities, Pages 993-995: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 995-1001 Section V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities; Pages 1 001- 1002: Statement VI: Industry & Banking  | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal  |access-date =  26 June 2021}}</ref>

== Healthcare ==
Raghunathganj I CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of [arsenic contamination](/source/Arsenic_contamination_of_groundwater). The [WHO](/source/World_Health_Organization) guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10&nbsp;mg/ litre, and the Indian Standard value is 50&nbsp;mg/ litre. The maximum concentration in Raghunathaganj I CD block is 3,003&nbsp;mg/litre.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb1.htm| title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (20 years study )| publisher = SOES| work = Murshidabad| access-date = 4 August 2017| archive-date = 22 July 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722092741/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb1.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Murshidabad District}}

Category:Cities and towns in Murshidabad district

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