Haldia
Haldia | |
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City | |
• Body |
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Area | |
• City | 109 km2 (42 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,982 km2 (765 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• City | 200,762 |
• Metro | 2,749,364 |
Haldia is an
Geography
Location
Haldia is located at 22°02′N 88°04′E / 22.03°N 88.06°E.[5] It has an average elevation of 8 metres (26 ft).
Demographics
As of 2011[update] census, Haldia had a population of 200,762, out of which 104,852 were males and 95,910 were females. The 0–6 years population was 21,122. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 89.06 per cent.[6]
As of 2001[update] India census, Haldia had a population of 170,695. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. In Haldia, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.[7]
Japanese community
Haldia once had a small, thriving Japanese community. The Japanese community of Haldia were mostly engineers and top executives at the
Administration
The city of Haldia is governed by the Haldia Municipality. Earlier Haldia Municipality had 26 wards. In 2015, the number of wards was increased to 29.[10]
Haldia Municipality falls under the jurisdiction of two police territories, served by Haldia and Bhabanipur police stations. Haldia police station is located in Chinranjibpur, and covers an area of 98 km2 (38 sq mi) with a population of 65,000.[
Haldia is also a base of the Indian Coast Guard.[citation needed] Indian coast guard DHQ 8 (Headquarters for West Bengal) is located at Haldia.[citation needed] There is a hoverport to house four of the eighteen hovercraft belonging to the Indian Coast Guard. The Indian coast guard also has a pontoon jetty to berth a fleet of ships.[citation needed] Presently two fast patrol vessels, one inshore patrol vessels, and one small craft are based at Haldia.[citation needed]
Climate
Haldia has a
Climate data for Haldia (1981–2010, extremes 1981–2007) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 32.3 (90.1) |
37.7 (99.9) |
37.8 (100.0) |
40.4 (104.7) |
40.9 (105.6) |
39.9 (103.8) |
38.2 (100.8) |
36.9 (98.4) |
35.8 (96.4) |
36.9 (98.4) |
35.5 (95.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
40.9 (105.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.1 (91.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
9.1 (48.4) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 15.7 (0.62) |
28.2 (1.11) |
36.3 (1.43) |
63.5 (2.50) |
108.0 (4.25) |
308.8 (12.16) |
380.7 (14.99) |
367.8 (14.48) |
343.5 (13.52) |
160.7 (6.33) |
47.9 (1.89) |
3.1 (0.12) |
1,864.3 (73.40) |
Average rainy days | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 14.1 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 83.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST )
|
58 | 60 | 66 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 74 | 67 | 61 | 73 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[11][12] |
Transportation
Road-way
Haldia is connected to
Rail-way
Haldia railway station is the major railway station connecting the city to Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi. For long-distance trains, except one or two weekly for Delhi and Chennai, you have to go to either Mecheda, Howrah(near Kolkata) or Kharagpur.
Water-way
Haldia is also connected via the 1,620 km (1,010 mi) long inland waterway, National Waterway 1, that runs from Prayagraj across the Ganges, Bhagirathi and Hooghly river system to Haldia (Sagar). A catamaran service used to operate from Kolkata to Haldia, but was withdrawn due to its high price and unpopularity among tourists.[citation needed] A governmental ferry service operates between Haldia and Nandigram.
Industry
Haldia has several major factories, including South Asian Petrochemicals Ltd,
Sports
The Indian Football Association and Tata Football Academy have been operating for years in the city to scout and promote football talents. A new project called Haldia International Sports City is also under construction.[13]
Cricket is a popular sport in Haldia with multiple coaching clubs and local facilities available for the youth and teenagers to train, and compete at local and regional level cricket tournaments. Haldia also has multiple football coaching clubs. The city has a few public and private wooden floor badminton courts and swimming pools- people come from various places to have their coaching in these arenas.
References
- ^ "Haldia City" (PDF).
- ^ "Haldia Info".
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- ^ "About Haldia, Information on Haldia, Know About Haldia City". www.haldiaonline.in. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Haldia, India". www.fallingrain.com.
- ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, (erstwhile) Medinipur District". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "2009 | News Releases | News & Media | Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "Expats in new India". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Desk, India com News (17 August 2017). "Haldia Municipality Election Result: Complete List of 29 Winners". India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News | India.com.
- ^ "Station: Haldia Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 309–310. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M235. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Haldia to get India's first sports city The Times of India.
External links
- Haldia travel guide from Wikivoyage