Cities and towns in the northern part of Kharagpur subdivision (including Khararagpur I & II, Debra and Pingla CD blocks) of Paschim Medinipur district M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, F: facilities Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district's population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[2]
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.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India Debra had a total population of 2,347 of which 1,184 (50%) were males and 1,163 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 228. The total number of literate persons in Debra was 1,730 (73.71% of the population over 6 years).[3]
There are a number of schools/ institutions in Debra:
Maa Sarada Vidyamandir
Debra Kinder Garden School
Anganbari School Debra
Sister Nivedita School
Debra Primary School
Debra Harimati Saraswat Vidyamandir
Healthcare
Debra Rural Hospital, with 40 beds at Debra Bazar, is the major government medical facility in the Debra CD block.[8]
Debra Superspeciality hospital is functioning and is an improvement over the facilities offered by the Rural Hospital, but with specialists leaving frequently, many patients have to face the earlier trouble of being referred to Kharagpur/ Midnapore and that often leads to indignation and trouble.[9]