Sukdal

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native_name = Sukdal | type = city | latd =23.48 | longd =87.32
state_name = West Bengal
district = Bardhaman
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website = bardhaman.gov.in/
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Sukdal ( _bn. সুকদল) is a census town under Bud Bud police station [ [http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of stautory towns] ] of Durgapur subdivision in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Bud Bud is located in the laterite plains between Damodar River and Ajay River. [ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, "Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti" (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), Bn icon , Vol I, p. 14, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3 ] Khari or Khargeswari River flows through the area. It is believed that the river was earlier linked with Damodar. [ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p31, p39 ]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Sukdal had a population of 11,785. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sukdal has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%. In Sukdal, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

Sukdal has five primary and one secondary schools. [ [http://bardhaman.gov.in/education/schudir.asp 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003] ]

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