Jump to content

Bangaon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rupakbiswas (talk | contribs) at 10:26, 27 January 2012 (→‎Geo-political significance). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This article is about the municipality in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake subdivision, see Bangaon subdivision. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Bangaon (community development block). For 3 its namesake parliamentary constituency, see Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency).

Template:Three other uses

Bangaon
Bangaon
City
Population
 (2011)
 • Total110,668
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 headquarters of Bangaon subdivision.

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

Bangaon is near the border with Bangladesh. The railway route to East Bengal 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 Border. This is Asia's largest land Port. And recently India Government has decided to transfer the port into a modern Port.[4]

Climate

  • Rainfall - 1,579mm(normal)
  • Temperature - Max 43 °C in May and Min 9 °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

The Ichamati River flows past Bangaon.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Bangaon municipality had a population of 110,668, out of which 56,416 were males and 54,252 were females. The 0-6 years population was 8,452. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 90.25 per cent.[5]

See also: List of cities in West Bengal

As of 2001 India census,[6] 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. SC population is around 80-90%.

Municipality

The Municipality is presently headed jointly by the All India Trinamool Congress and Indian National Congress party. The present chairman of Bangaon Municipality is Smt. Jyotsna Adhya. She has been elected from TMC. The Bangaon have two bridges called Ray Bridge and Rakhaldas Setu. It also have a Town Hall(Lalit Mohan Bani Vavan). The Town Hall is stand beside Bangaon Triangular Park(Rabindra Statue).

Road

National Highway No. 35, or Jessore Road goes past Bangaon. "Chakdah Road" (state highway no. 1) is the connector/Bypass between NH-34 and NH-35.

Sports

In sports and cultural activities Bangaon is very well in the State. There are many Playing grounds in Bangaon like 1. Stadium 2. Prataphgarh 3. Subash Pally's Math 4. BDO office's Play ground.5.avijan sangher math6.rate para. Football and Cricket are the main game of Bangaon. Stadium is the main ground of Bangaon. Here mostly cricket and Football matches takes place. Other Fields are the Cricket Ground. Prataphgarh is main Cricket Ground. which is situated opposite of Bangaon Sub divisional Hospital.

Area of contamination

Bangaon is one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[7]

Education

Dinobandhu Mahavidyalay is the only degree college in Bangaon which is currently affiliated to West Bengal State University (formerly affiliated to University of Calcutta). There are many high and primary schools. Bongaon High School (Estd. 1886), Kumudini Girls' High School, Kabi Keshablal Vhidhyapith (Subhas Nagar), Saktigarh High School, Gouri Sundari Girls (Subhas Nagar), New Bangaon Boys, New Bangaon Girls' High School(H.S), Champaberia High School, Thakur Haridas Girls', Rakhaldas Boys are some of the High Schools here.

Healthcare

Bangaon has a Government aided Hospital namely Dr. J. R. Dhar Sub Divisional Hospital.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 Bangaon are Dr.Sunirmal Mitra, Dr. Partha Protim Mondal, Dr.Samir Kr. Kanjilal, Dr.Joydeb Mukherjee, Dr.Nitish Biswas, Dr.D.Bahubalindra, Dr.M.N.Roy, Dr. Anjan Khan, Dr.Ranjan Sengupta, Dr.Udash Ghosh, Dr.G. Podder, Dr. Saroj Biswas and leading Homoeopathic doctor Dr. Biswajit Basu and many more doctors . There are some private Nursing Homes also.

Culture

Festival

"Durga Puja" is the main festival of Bangaon. The second largest Durga Puja is held in Bangaon after Kolkata. Some other important festivals of the people are "Kali puja", "Biswakarma Puja", "Lokenath Puja", "Saraswati Puja", "Holi" ,"rathjatra",etc.

Fairs

Some popular fairs or carnivals of Bangaon are Sat-Bhai Kali Talar mela (held in January), Charaker mela( held in mid April,the Bengali new year), Bangaon mela (also held in April) etc.

  • Saat Bhai Kali Talar Mela
    Saat Bhai Kali Talar Mela

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. ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-21. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  6. ^ Template:GR
  7. ^ "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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangaon&oldid=473490651"