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Bangaon
Bangaon
city
Population
 (2001)
 • Total102,115
Websitenorth24parganas.nic.in/

Bangaon (Bengali: বনগাঁ) is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Bangaon is one of the five sub-divisions of the District Of North 24 Parganas. Other sub-divisions are Barasat, Barrackpore, Basirhat and Bidhan Nagar.

Geography

Bangaon is located at 23°04′N 88°49′E / 23.07°N 88.82°E / 23.07; 88.82.[1] It has an average elevation of 7 metres (22 feet). It is the last station on the Sealdah-Bangaon section of Eastern Railway, 77 km from Sealdah Station.[2] It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. The Sealdah – Bangaon railway was built between 1882 and 1884.[3]

Geo-political significance

Bongaon has border with Bangladesh. In Bongaon it is called Petrapole and in the Bangladesh side it is called Benapole. It is the most favoured road check post. The Indian Railway has started a weekly goods rail transport of 35 wagons, Sonar Bangla, from Bongaon. It was started by the then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee under the NDA government. The route was established in 1884 and the Barisal Express operated passenger services till 1947. After the partition, a mixed service (passenger and goods) continued till the Indo- Pakistan war of 1965. With the creation of Bangladesh, the goods train service was reintroduced for two years from 1972 but again closed for lack of goods. India and Bangladesh signed an agreement in July last to re- establish the train link. This was in line with the initiatives of the previous BNP Government, which formed a committee in 1994 to assess the feasibility. Officials said the route would cut short 63 km compared to the Darshana-Gethe track to Dhaka and facilitate smooth traffic of 7 lakh metric tonnes of expected import-export items in a year. According to the agreement, goods train from both sides would be allowed at Benapole and Petrapole from where the Bangladesh Railway and the Indian Railway would take wagons of their counterparts to the destination.Petrapole Border is the most Profitable Border among the whole Indo-Bangladesh border. Most Business of Bangladesh come from this Bordeer. [4]

Climate

  • Rainfall - 1,579mm(normal)
  • Temperature - Max 41 °C in May and Min 10 °C in January
  • Relative Humidity - Between 50% in March & 90% in July
  • Soil Status - varies from sandy to clay loam
  • Ratio of Land - High:Medium:Low = 17:44:39

River

Ichamati River goes through the Bongaon Subdivision.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[5] Bangaon had a population of 102,115. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bangaon has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Bongaon is one of the State Assembly Constituency ( No-085 ). Present Member of Legislative Assembly is Mr. Saugata Roy ( M.L.A ) a All India Trinamool Congress candidate.[6] The Municipality is presently headed jointly by the Trinamool Congress and Indian National Congress Party. and the current / working chairman of Bongaon municipality is MR PRASANTA KR BALA. He has been elected from T.M.C.

Bangaon is own Lok Sabha constituency from this year 2009]].[7] And the newly elected M.P. of this constituency is Gobinda Chandra Naskar of All India Trinamool Congress .

Education

Among the schools, the Bongaon High School for boys (phone number - 03215 255144) and Kumudini Girls School for girls are one of the most sought after by students, though there are other good schools.By the way another high school Bongaon Kabi Kesheblal Vidyapith for Boys also has a good educational background. Bongaon has a college named Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya affiuliated to Calcutta University (Phone Number - 03215 255044).The name of the other Important schools are, Kabikashablal Vidya Pith,Saktigarh High school,Gourisundari Balika Vidyalaya etc

Road

National Highway No. 35 goes through the Bongaon Subdivision. "Chakdah Road" is the connector/Bypass between NH-34 and NH-35.

Sports

In sports and cultural activities Bongaon is very well in the State. There are many Playing grounds in Bongaon like 1. Stadium 2. Prataphgarh 3. Subash Pally's Math 4. BDO office's Play ground. Football and Cricket are the main game of Bongaon. Stadium is the main ground of Bongaon. Here mostly cricket and Football matches takes place. Other Fields are the Cricket Ground. Prataphgarh is main Cricket Ground. which is situated opposite of Bongaon Sub divisional Hospital.

Arsenic contamination

Bangaon is one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination. [8]

Healthcare

Bongaon has a Government aided Hospital namely Dr. J. R. Dhar Sub Divisional Hospital, Phone & Fax No.-03215 255073.It has 200 beds and 30 doctors. As most of the people of this region are Below Poverty Line they get free treatments here. Some leading doctors of Bongaon are Dr. Ashim Kr. Kundu(MD), Dr. Joydeb Mukherjee(MD), Dr. Nitish Biswas(MD), Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas (DA,Presently he is in a hospital of North Bengal, also practicing in Bongaon for 1 week of every month),Dr. M N Roy(MS), Dr. U P Das(MD) and many more. There are some private Nursing Homes in Bongaon.

Main Festival

"Durga Puja" is the main festival of Bengali. Some other important Festivals of the Bengali People are "Kali puja","Biswakarma Puja","Lokenath Puja", "Saraswati Puja" etc.

References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bangaon
  2. ^ Eastern Railway time table.
  3. ^ Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3.
  4. ^ The Hindu Business Line 18 June 2006
  5. ^ Template:GR
  6. ^ Byelection result
  7. ^ "General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  8. ^ "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study )". Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
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