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Banipur is an educational township planned by Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. and after Sri Tarun Kanti Ghosh (Congress MP), It has educational institutions created on Gandhiji's ideas. |
Banipur is an educational township planned by Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. and after Sri Tarun Kanti Ghosh (Congress MP), It has educational institutions created on Gandhiji's ideas. |
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Gram Seva Sangha of Hatthuba, Habra is famous for its work in rural development sector.Durga Puja and Kali Puja is famous in Habra. Some beautiful residential area located in Habra are Prafullanagar and North Habra. |
Gram Seva Sangha of Hatthuba, Habra is famous for its work in rural development sector.Durga Puja and Kali Puja is famous in Habra. Some beautiful residential area located in Habra are Prafullanagar and North Habra. |
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'''An NGO named HABRA ANUBHAV is acting in this area. This NGO mainly works on community mental health programme'''. |
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== Economy == |
== Economy == |
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Habra
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| Website | north24parganas.nic.in/ |
Habra (Bengali: হাবড়া) is a city, a municipality and a police station of Barasat sadar subdivision[2] in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an administrative subdivision. Habra is situated on the Jessore Road between Kolkata and the Bangladesh border at Petrapole. Its location makes it an important town for export and import of goods between India and Bangladesh.
History
Under British rule it was a base for Royal Air Force fighters. It was also the first municipality in West Bengal to be governed by the centre-right Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP.
Geography
Habra is located at 22°50′N 88°38′E / 22.83°N 88.63°E.[3] It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[4] Habra had a population of 127,695. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Habra has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 74%. In Habra, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Transport
It is 45 km from Sealdah Station and 22 km from Barasat on the Sealdah-Bangaon branch line of Eastern Railway.[5] It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Habra Railway Station is on Station Road and beside of Habra High School. Station Road is directly connected on NH 35 (Jessore Road).
Buses from Habra Bus Terminal are directly connected to Naihati, Maslandapur, Bangaon, Barasat, Nagarukhra, Kalyani, Basirhut and Kolkata.
Rather than Bus or Train, Rental Taxi, Tracker, Auto Rickshaw, Cycle Van, Cycle rickshaw are other transportations for communication.
Politics
In 2006 Assembly elections, P K Bhattacharyya of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Tapati Dutta of Trinamool Congress, who had won the 2001 election defeating Amitava Nandi of CPI (M) for the Habra Assembly seat. In 1996, Baren Basu of CPI (M) had defeated his nearest rival Abdul Hamid Mandal of Congress . In 1991 and 1987, Kamal Sengupta (Bose) of CPI (M) defeated Biman Dutta of Congress. In 1982 Nirode Roy Choudhury defeated Biman Dutta of Congress. In 1977 Nirode Roy Choudhury of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Krishnadas Chattopadhyay of Congress.[6]After 2008 Municipal election, TMC defeated Left heavyly presently The municipality is run by TMC.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 100 Habra assembly constituency covers Kumra, Pritibha, Rautara and Machhalandpur II gram panchayats of Habra I community development block and Habra municipality.[7]
Habra assembly constituency is part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[7]
Education
In Habra Block-1, there have many educational institutions (Asia's biggest from the number of Educational Institutions in a block). These are the Schools, Colleges and Engineering Institutes of Habra. The prominent High & Kindergarden Schools in Habra are The George Telegraph Training Institute (Famous vocational training institute for technical courses) Habra High School for Boys, Habra High School for Girls, Kalyangarh Vidyamandir, Kalyangarh Balika Bidyalaya Haripur Sanskriti sngha sikha niketan, Habra Kamini Kumar Girls' High School, Prafullanagar Vidya Mandir, Prafullanagar Balika Vidyalaya, Habra Model High School, Banipur Baniniketan High school Banipur Baniniketan Girls’ High school South Habra High School, Prafulla Nagar Nursury & K.G. School, Nivedita Nursery & K.G School, Jaygachi Shayamaprasad High School, Hatthuba Adarsha Vidyapith for Boys, Kalibala Kanya Vidhyapith, Hatthuba Adarsha Vidyapith for Girls, Kamarthuba Vivekananda Vidyapith, Shree Chaitanya College of Science & Arts, Shree Chaitanya MahaVidyalaya, (Shree Chaitanya College of Commerce) Govt. Basic cum Multipurpose School, Banipur Gandhi Centenary B.T College, Gandhi Centenary B. T. College & Modern School, Banipur Woman’s College, Govt. College of Education (Banipur), Post Graduate Physical Trainning College, Banipur Janata College, North Point Academy, St.Stephens School, Stratford Day School, St. Francis Day School, IERCEM Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Banipur, Vivekananda Institute of Management and Technology, Jahwar Nabodaya Vidalaya (Banipur), Janata College of Education & Library Science Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Sports School ( Banipur), Junior Basic Training College (JBT) Habra Bio-Chemic & Homoeopathy College Banipur Home (Orphans House) Habra Youth Computer centre, Netaji Subhash Open University Rabindra Mukta University Banipur Institute of Art & culture Webel Informatics limited Williams College of Hotel Management West Bengal's well known Banipur Loka Utsav is held at Banipur, Habra. It is the 2nd largest Loka Utsav in West Bengal. ( 1st Sunday of February every year, 8 days) Banipur is an educational township planned by Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. and after Sri Tarun Kanti Ghosh (Congress MP), It has educational institutions created on Gandhiji's ideas. Gram Seva Sangha of Hatthuba, Habra is famous for its work in rural development sector.Durga Puja and Kali Puja is famous in Habra. Some beautiful residential area located in Habra are Prafullanagar and North Habra. An NGO named HABRA ANUBHAV is acting in this area. This NGO mainly works on community mental health programme.
Economy
Habra Bazar is main hub for Business and one of the huge local goods supplier to Kolkata. Green vagitable, Milk, Fish, Chicken, Rice, Jute use to supplied in Kolkata and other part of India everyday. Export and Import business with Bangladesh is also another common business.
Local Branches of Major Banks are listed here:
1. Central Bank Of India
2. Bank of India
3. Allahabad Bank
4. UCO Bank
5. Bank of Baroda
6. State Bank Of India
7. HDFC Bank.
8. ICICI Bank
9. AXIS Bank
10. Punjab National Bank
11. United Bank of India
12. Indian Bank
13. State Co-Operative Bank
14. Sagar Grameen Bank
15. Syndicate Bank
References
- ^ Official District Administration site
- ^ District-wise list of statutory towns
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Habra
- ^ Template:GR
- ^ Eastern Railway time table
- ^ Election Results
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
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