South 24 Parganas district

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/South_24_Parganas_district

GPTKB entity

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:district
gptkbp:area	9960 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:North_24_Parganas_district gptkb:Bangladesh gptkb:Bay_of_Bengal gptkb:Kolkata gptkb:East_Midnapore_district
gptkbp:climate	Tropical wet and dry
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Mathurapur gptkb:Kulpi gptkb:Metiabruz gptkb:Sagar_Island gptkb:Basanti gptkb:Sundarbans gptkb:Baruipur gptkb:Budge_Budge gptkb:Maheshtala gptkb:Sonarpur gptkb:Bishnupur gptkb:Bhangar gptkb:Gosaba gptkb:Magrahat gptkb:Namkhana gptkb:Patharpratima gptkb:Pujali gptkb:Rajpur_Sonarpur gptkb:Diamond_Harbour gptkb:Kakdwip gptkb:Falta gptkb:Jaynagar_Majilpur gptkb:Mandirbazar Canning
gptkbp:districtCollector	Sumit Gupta (as of 2023)
gptkbp:division	gptkb:Presidency_division
gptkbp:established	1986
gptkbp:gender	956 females/1000 males
gptkbp:hasCoastline	Yes
gptkbp:hasWildlife	gptkb:Haliday_Island_Wildlife_Sanctuary gptkb:Lothian_Island_Wildlife_Sanctuary gptkb:Sajnekhali_Wildlife_Sanctuary gptkb:Narendrapur_Wildlife_Sanctuary
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Alipore
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	South 24 Parganas district
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code	IN-WB
gptkbp:literacyRate	78.57%
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:India gptkb:West_Bengal
gptkbp:mainIndustry	Tourism Agriculture Fishing Horticulture
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Sundarbans_mangrove_forest gptkb:Ganga_Sagar_pilgrimage gptkb:Sagar_Mela
gptkbp:nowPartOf	gptkb:24_Parganas_district
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Bengali English
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency	gptkb:Mathurapur gptkb:Jadavpur gptkb:Baruipur gptkb:Basirhat gptkb:Diamond_Harbour gptkb:Jayangar
gptkbp:population	8161961
gptkbp:populationAsOf	2011
gptkbp:protectedArea	gptkb:Sundarbans_Biosphere_Reserve gptkb:Buxa_Tiger_Reserve gptkb:Sundarbans_National_Park
gptkbp:river	gptkb:Hooghly gptkb:Muriganga gptkb:Bidyadhari gptkb:Matla gptkb:Saptamukhi gptkb:Thakuran
gptkbp:timezone	IST
gptkbp:utcOffset	+5:30
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode	WB-19 to WB-22
gptkbp:website	https://s24pgs.gov.in/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Baruipur gptkb:Sonarpur
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5