Chandannagore subdivision

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'''Chandannagore subdivision''' is an administrative subdivision of the [[Hooghly district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], India.

==Overview==
A major portion of Chandannagore subdivion is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, the agriculturally rich [[alluvium|alluvial]] plains lying between the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] and the [[Damodar River|Damodar]]. The narrow strip of land along the Hooghly is part of the Hooghly Flats. The entire area is a part of the [[Ganges Delta|Gangetic Delta]]. The Hooghly is a tidal river and has a high west bank. The Portuguese, the Dutch, the French, the Danes and the British dominated industry, trade and commerce in this area for more than two centuries, and as a result the Hooghly Flats is highly industrialised.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physiography, Page 17-24|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 19 June 2017 }}</ref>

==Subdivisions==
The Hooghly district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Table 2.2, 2.4(a) |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 3 October 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Subdivision ||Headquarters|| Area km2 || Population (2011) ||Rural Population % (2011)||Urban Population % (2011)
|-
|[[Chinsurah subdivision|Chinsurah]]||[[Hugli-Chuchura]]||1,148.15||1,657,518||68.63||31.37
|-
|Chandannagore||[[Chandannagar]]||508.08||1,127,176||58.52||41.48
|-
|[[Srirampore subdivision|Srirampore]]||[[Serampore]]||422.45||1,469,849||26.88||73.12
|-
|[[Arambag subdivision|Arambag]]||[[Arambag]]||1,058.87||1,264,602||94.77||5.23
|-
|[[Hooghly district]]||[[Chinsurah]]||3,149.00||5,519,145||61.43||38.57
|-
|}

[[file:Subdivision of Hooghly District.jpg|thumb|400 px|right]]

==Administrative units==
Chandannagore subdivision has 5 police stations, 3 community development blocks, 3 panchayat samitis, 41 gram panchayats, 352 [[mouza]]s, 339 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7 [[census town]]s. The single municipal corporation is [[Chandernagore Municipal Corporation]]. The municipalities are [[Tarakeswar Municipality]], [[Bhadreswar Municipality]] and [[Champdany Municipality]]. The census towns are: [[Bargachhia]], [[Balarambati]], [[Singur]], [[Nasibpur]], [[Jagatnagar]], [[Baruipara]] and [[Borai, Hooghly|Borai]]. The subdivision has its headquarters at [[Chandannagar]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly | work = Table 2.1 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 6 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/PANCHAYATS.aspx |title = Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal |work = Hooghly - Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 19 June 2017}}</ref>

{{OSM Location map
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==Kolkata Urban Agglomeration==
The following Municipal Corporation and Municipalities in Chandannagore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: [[Chandannagar]] (M Corp.), [[Bhadreswar, Hooghly|Bhadreswar]] (M) and [[Champdani]] (M).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | work= Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher= Census of India 2011 | access-date = 16 June 2017}}</ref>

==Police stations==
Police stations in Chandannagore subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 3 October 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.policewb.gov.in/wbp/district/Hooghly/hglyphone.php | title = Hooghly District Police | publisher = West Bengal Police | access-date = 20 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705234600/http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/district/Hooghly/hglyphone.php | archive-date = 5 July 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Police station ||Area covered km2 ||Municipal town || CD Block
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|[[Tarakeswar#Police station|Tarakeswar]]|| n/a ||[[Tarakeswar]]||[[Tarakeswar (community development block)|Tarakeswar]]
|-
|[[Haripal#Police station|Haripal]]|| n/a || - ||[[Haripal (community development block)|Haripal]]
|-
|[[Singur#Police station|Singur]]|| n/a || - ||[[Singur (community development block)|Singur]]
|-
|[[Bhadreswar, Hooghly#Police station|Bhadreswar]]|| n/a ||[[Bhadreswar, Hooghly|Bhadreswar]], [[Champdani]], [[Chandannagar]] (partly)||[[Singur (community development block)|Singur]]
|-
|[[Chandannagar#Police station|Chandannagar]]|| n/a ||[[Chandannagar]]|| -
|-
|}

==Blocks==
Community development blocks in Chandannagore subdivision are:<ref name=handbook2014/><ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 24 October 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! CD Block ||Headquarters|| Area km2 || Population (2011) ||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]] %||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|ST]] %||[[Hindus]] %||[[Muslims]] %||Literacy Rate %||Census Towns
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|[[Tarakeswar (community development block)|Tarakeswar]]||[[Tarakeswar]]||119.93||179,148||23.63||5.04||88.94||10.20||79.96||-
|-
|[[Haripal (community development block)|Haripal]]||[[Haripal|Khamarchandi]]||184.42||261,073||28.03||6.70||78.42||20.39||78.59||1
|-
|[[Singur (community development block)|Singur]]||[[Singur]]||164.85||276,413||17.02||1.47||90.72||8.92||84.07||6
|-
|}

===Blocks Map===
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:HARIPAL CD BLOCK MAP.svg|Map of Haripal CD Block.
File:SINGUR CD BLOCK MAP.svg|Map of Singur CD Block.
File:Tarokeswr CD Block Map.svg|Map of Tarokeswr CD Block.
</gallery>

==Gram panchayats==
The subdivision contains 41 [[gram panchayat]]s under 3 [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]]:<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/PANCHAYATS.aspx |title = Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal |work = Hooghly - Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 20 June 2017}}</ref>

* [[Haripal (community development block)|Haripal]] block consists of 15 gram panchayats, viz. Alipur Kashipur, Haripal Kingkarbati, Nalikul Purba, Pyantra, Bandipur, Haripal Sahadev, Narayanpur Bahirkhanda, Sripatipur Ilipur, Chandanpur, Jejur, Dwarhatta, Kaikala, Paschim Gopinathpur, Haripal Ashutosh and Nalikul Paschim.
* [[Singur (community development block)|Singur]] block consists of 16 gram panchayats, viz. [[Anandanagar]], Basubati, Gopalnagar, Singur–I, Bagdanga Chinamore, Beraberi, [[Kamarkundu]] Gopalnagar Daluigachha, Singur–II, Bainchipota, Bighati, Mirzapur Bankipur, Balarambati, Bora, Baruipara Paltagarh, Borai Pahalampur and Nasibpur.
* [[Tarakeswar (community development block)|Tarakeswar]] block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Ashtara Dattapur, Bhanjipur, Naita Malpaharpur, Talpur, Baligori–I, [[Champadanga]], Purba Ramnagar, Baligori–II, Kesabchak and Santoshpur.

==Economy==
===Industry===
Chandannagore subdivision has five jute mills – Northbrook Jute Mill, Dalhousie Jute Mill, Angus Jute Works (all at [[Champdani]] under [[Bhadreswar, Hooghly|Bhadreswar]] police station), Victoria Jute Mill (at Telinipara) and Gondalpara Jute Works (at [[Gondalpara]]) – all along the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ijma.org/list-of-members.html |title = List of Members | publisher= Indian Jute Mills Association| access-date = 26 June 2017}}</ref> Jute mills drew in a large labour force from the neighbouring states of Bihar and Orissa, as well as eastern Uttar Pradesh, quite often forming an overwhelming majority of the population in the area, living in shanty towns and bustees dotting the mill area. The proportion of migrants in the population was 80% in Bhadreswar.<ref>Goswami, Onkar, ''Calcutta’s Economy 1918-1970 The fall from Grace'' in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol II, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 90, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-563697-X}}</ref> The entire jute industry is in a bad shape.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/why-bengals-jute-industry-is-hanging-by-a-thread/ |title = Why Bengal’s jute industry is hanging by a thread |work = Premankur Biswas | publisher= The Indian Express, 29 June 2014| access-date = 26 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/sirens-off-in-six-jute-mills-in-west-bengal-in-less-than-a-month-114062600651_1.html |title = Sirens off in six jute mills in West Bengal in less than a month |work = Namrata Acharya | publisher= Business Standard, 26 June 2014| access-date = 26 June 2017}}</ref>

See also – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7LgQjKkOVo Victoria Jute Mill, a part of Indian heritage]

Amongst the other well-known industrial units in Chandannagore subdivision are: Lagan Engineering and Braithwaite. Lagan Engineering is a jute machinery manufacturing company set up in 1955 in Angus in [[Champdani]]. The machinery it has manufactured has been functioning well in numerous jute mills. It has been modernising to keep abreast with the latest technological developments. It was initially set up by the Northern Ireland-based-[[Mackie International|James Mackie & Sons]], run for a short period by the Government of India, which subsequently divested its shares to Murlidhar Ratanlal Exports Ltd.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.lagan.co.in/ |title = Lagan Engineering |work = Market Leader in Jute Machinery Manufacturing | publisher= Lagan Engineering| access-date = 26 June 2017}}</ref> Braithwaite's Angus Works was set up at [[Champdani]] in 1960 for manufacturing cranes, foundry products and machinery components etc. In 2010, the administrative control of [[Braithwaite & Co.]] was taken over by the [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.braithwaiteindia.com/corporate.html |title = Braithwaite – Engineering Excellence on the Move| publisher= Braithwaite & Co. Ltd. | access-date = 26 June 2017}}</ref>

[[Singur]] gained international media attention since [[Tata Motors]] started constructing a factory to manufacture their $2,500 car, the [[Tata Nano]] at Singur. The small car was scheduled to roll out of the factory by 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-corporate/article1753082.ece |title = Tata Motors’ small car to roll out of Singur by 2008 |publisher= The Hindu Business Line, 26 November 2006 | access-date = 3 June 2016}}</ref> In October 2008 Tatas announced withdrawal from the project.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://twocircles.net/2008oct04/tatas_singur_withdrawal_slap_west_bengal_biman_bose.html#.V1Feo5F97IU |title = Tata’s Singur Withdrawal ‘slap’ for West Bengal: Biman Bose|publisher= Two Circles.net, 4 October 2008 | access-date = 24 May 2016}}</ref> In 2016, the Supreme Court quashed the West Bengal government's acquisition of 997 acres of agricultural land for Tata Motors and ordered its return to 9,117 landowners.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Return-Singur-land-to-farmers-SC-orders-West-Bengal-govt./article14600055.ece | title = Return land to Farmers: SC orders West Bengal govt.| first= Krishnadas |last = Rajagopal| access-date = 8 June 2017 | publisher = The Hindu, 31 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/bengal-to-return-singur-land-to-farmers-on-sept-14/article9100087.ece | title = Bengal to return Singur land to farmers on Sept 14 | access-date = 8 June 2017 | publisher = The Hindu Business Line, 12 September 2016}}</ref>

===Handloom weaving===
The [[handloom saree]]s of [[Dhaniakhali (community development block)|Dhaniakhali]], [[Begampur, India|Begampur]], [[Jangipara (community development block)|Jangipara]], [[Rajbalhat]] areas and [[Dhoti|dhutis]] of [[Haripal (community development block)|Haripal]], Rajbalhat, [[Khanakul I|Khanakul]] areas of Hooghly district are widely familiar.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf |title = District Human Development Report: Hooghly |work = page 67 |publisher = Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2011 |access-date = 26 June 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170807182323/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf# |archive-date = 7 August 2017 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref>

===Agriculture===
Hooghly is an agriculturally prosperous district of West Bengal. Although the economy has been shifting away from agriculture, it is still the pre-dominant economic activity and the main source of livelihood for the rural people of the district. One third of the district income comes from agriculture.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf |title = District Human Development Report: Hooghly |work = page 58 |publisher = Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2011 |access-date = 26 June 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170807182323/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf# |archive-date = 7 August 2017 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Given below is an overview of the agricultural production (all data in tonnes) for Chandannagore subdivision, other subdivisions and the Hooghly district, with data for the year 2013-14.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Tables 18.1. Data for subdivisions/ district calculated by totalling the CD Block data provided |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 6 October 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! CD Block/ Subdivision ||Rice||Wheat || Jute ||Pulses||Oil seeds||Potatoes||Sugarcane
|-
|[[Tarakeswar (community development block)|Tarakeswar]]||86,418|| - ||58,340|| - ||3,421||81,573|| -
|-
|[[Haripal (community development block)|Haripal]]||49,443|| - ||24,593|| - ||1,965||173,968|| -
|-
|[[Singur (community development block)|Singur]]||53,930||12||53,343|| - ||1,136||58,151|| -
|-
|'''Chandannagore subdivision'''||189,791||12||136,276|| - ||6,522||313,692|| -
|-
||[[Chinsurah subdivision]]||235,561||92||111,218||4||10,362||812,808||162
|-
|[[Srirampore subdivision]]||126,852||11||39,820||12||8,058||436,111||2,437
|-
|[[Arambag subdivision]]||255,011||75||134,541||30||19,477||514,903||123,934
|-
|[[Hooghly district]]||807,215||190||421,855||46||44,419||2,077,514||126,533
|-
|}

===Poverty===
The information given above leads us on to a comment in the District Human Development Report for Hooghly district: In the sub-division wise comparison of the levels of poverty in Hooghly district, Srirampur and Chandannagore share the lowest incidence of poverty.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf |title = District Human Development Report: Hooghly |work = page 90 |publisher = Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2011 |access-date = 26 June 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170807182323/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf# |archive-date = 7 August 2017 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref>

==Education==
Hooghly district had a literacy rate of 81.80% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Chinsurah subdivision had a literacy rate of 79.17%, Chandannagore subdivision 83.01%, Srirampore subdivision 86.13% and Arambag subdivision 79.05.
<ref name=2handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly | work = Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 6 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Hooghly district for the year 2013-14:<ref name=2handbook2014/>

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|-
!width="110" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
!colspan="2"|Primary School
!colspan="2"|Middle School
!colspan="2"|High School
!colspan="2"|Higher Secondary School
!colspan="2"|General College, Univ
!colspan="2"|Technical / Professional Instt
!colspan="2"|Non-formal Education
|-
!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student 
|-
|align=left|[[Chinsurah subdivision|Chinsurah]]
|align="center"|899
|align="center"|85,213
|align="center"|46
|align="center"|3,885
|align="center"|98
|align="center"|48,722
|align="center"|109
|align="center"|124,068
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|16,342
|align="center"|26
|align="center"|10,564
|align="center"|2,413
|align="center"|45,289
|-
|align=left|Chandannagore
|align="center"|606
|align="center"|53,382
|align="center"|32
|align="center"|3,312
|align="center"|46
|align="center"|22,000
|align="center"|77
|align="center"|89,132
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|20,450
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|778
|align="center"|1,297
|align="center"|29,127
|-
|align=left|[[Srirampore subdivision|Srirampore]]
|align="center"|577
|align="center"|64,207
|align="center"|25
|align="center"|3,611
|align="center"|65
|align="center"|37,997
|align="center"|97
|align="center"|108,199
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|16,631
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|793
|align="center"|1,337
|align="center"|33,060
|-
|align=left|[[Arambag subdivision|Arambag]]
|align="center"|935
|align="center"|80,705
|align="center"|49
|align="center"|5,462
|align="center"|83
|align="center"|48,513
|align="center"|76
|align="center"|91,911
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|16,950
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|228
|align="center"|1,838
|align="center"|57,383
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Hooghly district]]
|align="center"|3,013
|align="center"|283,407
|align="center"|152
|align="center"|16,270
|align="center"|292
|align="center"|157,232
|align="center"|359
|align="center"|413,310
|align="center"|28
|align="center"|70,373
|align="center"|38
|align="center"|12,363
|align="center"|6,885
|align="center"|164,859
|-
|}

Note: Primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.<ref name=2handbook2014/>

The following institutions are located in Chandannagore subdivision:
*[[Chandernagore Government College|Chandernagore College]], is a general degree college at [[Chandannagar]]. It was established as St. Mary's Institution in 1862, raised to a First Arts level college in 1891, renamed College Dupleix in 1901. It was closed down in 1908 and reopened in 1931. In 1945, the college section was separated from the school section and renamed College de Bussy. It was renamed Chandernagore College in 1948. Chandannagar came under Indian Union on 2 May 1950 and was integrated with the state of West Bengal on 2 October 1954. The college was directly administered by the Government of West Bengal.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chandernagorecollege.org/institute/history.shtml | title = Chandernagore College| publisher = CC |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/Other%20Information/Chandernagore_Government_College.shtml | title = Chandernagore Government College | publisher = College Admission |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>
*[[Sir J. C. Bose School of Engineering]], an engineering college, established at [[Mankundu]], [[Chandannagar]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://skf.edu.in/ | title = Supreme Knowledge Group of Institutions | publisher = SKF |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>
*Pearl Rosary School is the most renowned school in the locality. The school is affiliated to WBBSE and WBCHSE. The school is an authorised study centre of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Govt of India.
*[[Tarakeswar Degree College]] was established at [[Tarakeswar]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tarakeswardegreecollege.org/ | title = Tarakeswar Degree College | publisher = TDC |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/TarakeswarDegreeCollege/Tarakeswar_Degree_College.shtml | title = Tarakeswar Degree College | publisher = College Admission |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>
*[[Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, Haripal]], a general degree college, established at [[Haripal]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://vmharipal.ac.in/vmhome.php | title = Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, Haripal | publisher = VMH | access-date = 30 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170701015551/http://www.vmharipal.ac.in/vmhome.php | archive-date = 1 July 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/VivekanandaMahavidyalayaHooghly/Vivekananda_Mahavidyalaya_Hooghly.shtml | title = Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya | publisher = College Admission |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>
*[[Singur Government College]], a general degree college, was established at [[Singur]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://singurgovtcollege.org/about/ | title = Government General Degree College, Singur | publisher = Singur Government College | access-date = 30 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170707124205/http://singurgovtcollege.org/about/ | archive-date = 7 July 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/SingurGovtGeneralDegreeCollege/SingurGovtGeneralDegreeCollege.shtml | title = Singur Government General Degree College | publisher = College Admission |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>
*[[Kabi Sukanta Mahavidyalaya]], a general degree college, was established at [[Bhadreswar, Hooghly|Bhadreswar]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ksmv.info/admission.html | title = Kabi Sukanta Mahavidyalaya| publisher = KSMV |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.minglebox.com/college/Kabi-Sukanta-Mahavidyalaya/contact | title = Kabi Sukanta Mahavidyalaya | publisher = Minglebox |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>
*[[Rabindra Mahavidyalaya]], a general degree college, was established at [[Champadanga]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://rabindramahavidyalaya.org/ | title = Rabindra Mahavidyalaya | publisher = RM |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>
*[[Khalisani Mahavidyalaya]], a general degree college, as established at Khalisani, [[Chandannagar]], in 1970.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.khalisanicollege.org/ | title = Khalisani Mahavidyalaya | publisher = KM |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Hooghly district.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly | work = Table 3.1, 3.3 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 6 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"
|-
!width="110" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
!width="160" colspan="4" rowspan="1"| Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB

!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Other State Govt Deptts
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Local bodies
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Central Govt Deptts / PSUs
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|NGO / Private Nursing Homes
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Total
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Total Number of Beds
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Total Number of Doctors*
!widthspan="130" rowspan="2"|Indoor Patients
!widthspan="130" rowspan="2"|Outdoor Patients
|-
!width="40"|Hospitals 
!width="40"|Rural Hospitals 
!width="40"|Block Primary Health Centres 
!width="40"|Primary Health Centres 
|-
|align=left|[[Chinsurah subdivision|Chinsurah]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|24
|align="center"| -
|align="center"| -
|align="center"| -
|align="center"|31
|align="center"|61
|align="center"|1,091
|align="center"|108
|align="center"|94,213
|align="center"|1,830,358
|-
|align=left|Chandannagore
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|41
|align="center"|53
|align="center"|828
|align="center"|56
|align="center"|70,724
|align="center"|1,105,060
|-
|align=left|[[Srirampore subdivision|Srirampore]]
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"| -
|align="center"|80
|align="center"|99
|align="center"|1,894
|align="center"|85
|align="center"|63,619
|align="center"|1,252,941
|-
|align=left|[[Arambag subdivision|Arambag]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|35
|align="center"|58
|align="center"|919
|align="center"|57
|align="center"|83,469
|align="center"|1,743,719
|-
|align=left|[[Hooghly district]]
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|60
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|187
|align="center"|271
|align="center"|4,732
|align="center"|306
|align="center"|312,025
|align="center"|5,932,078
|-
|}
.* Excluding nursing homes

Medical institutions in Chandannagore subdivision are as follows: 
'''Hospitals''': (Name, location, beds)<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 July 2017}}</ref> 
Chandannagar Subvisional Hospital, [[Chandernagore Municipal Corporation]], 250 beds Rupali Nandi Cancer Research Centre, [[Chandernagore Municipal Corporation]], 30 beds 
Gourhati ESI Hospital, [[Champdany Municipality]], 216 beds

'''Rural Hospitals''': (Name, block, location, beds) <ref name=medical/> 
Tarakeswar Rural Hospital, Tarakeswar CD Block, [[Tarakeswar]], 60 beds Haripal Rural Hospital, Haripal CD Block, PO [[Haripal|Khamarchandi]], 30 beds Singur Rural Hospital, Singur CD Block, [[Singur]], 60 beds

'''Primary Health Centres''': (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)<ref name=medical/> 
Tarakeswar CD Block: Duttapur (4 beds), Talpur (10 beds). 
Haripal CD Block: Bandipur (10 beds), Olipur (6 beds), Chapsara, Hurat (6 beds). 
Singur CD Block: [[Bajemelia]], PO [[Gopalnagar]] (10 beds), Balarambati (10 beds), Bora (10 beds).

'''Private Hospitals''':* (Name, location, beds)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hooghly.gov.in/public_doc/Hooghly%20Health%20Profile%202013.pdf| title = Private Hospitals in Hooghly district | work= The list includes Nursing Homes also, but here we are giving only Hospitals | publisher = Hooghly district administration |access-date = 17 July 2017}}</ref> 
Bhadreswar Municipal Hospital, Telenipara, Bhadreswar, 100 beds 
.* Excluding nursing homes

==Electoral constituencies==
[[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) and [[Vidhan Sabha]] (state assembly) constituencies in Chandannagore subdivision were as follows:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18, 15 February 2006 | access-date= 24 May 2017|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Lok Sabha constituency ||Reservation||Vidhan Sabha constituency ||Reservation||CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas
|-
|[[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]||None||[[Singur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Singur]]||None||[[Anandanagar|Anandanagore]], Bagdanga Chinamore, [[Baruipara]] Paltagarh, [[Beraberi]], Bighati, Bouichipota, Bora, Borai Pahalampur, [[Gopalnagar|Gopalnagore]], Mirzapur-Bankipur, Nasibpur, [[Singur]] I and Singur II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Singur (community development block)|Singur]] community development block and [[Begampur, India|Begampur]], [[Kapashanria|Kapasaria]] and [[Panchghara]] gram panchayats of [[Chanditala II]] CD Block
|-
| - || - ||[[Chandannagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandannagar]]||None||[[Chandannagar]] municipal corporation and [[Bhadreswar, Hooghly|Bhadreswar]] municipality
|-
| - || - ||Other five assembly segments in Chinsurah subdivision|| - || -
|-
|[[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arambagh]]||Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]||[[Haripal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haripal]]||None||[[Haripal]] CD Block and Balarambati, Basubati and [[Kamarkundu|Kamarkundu Gopalnagar]], Daluigachha GPs of [[Singur (community development block)|Singur]] CD Block
|-
| - || - ||[[Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tarakeswar]]||None||[[Tarakeswar]] municipality, [[Tarakeswar (community development block)|Tarakeswar]] CD Block, and Bhanderhati I, Bhanderhati II, Gopinathpur I, Gopinathpur II and Perambua Sahabazar GPs of [[Dhaniakhali (community development block)|Dhaniakhali]] CD Block
|-
| - || - ||Other four assembly segments in Arambagh subdivision and one assembly segment in Paschim Medinipur district|| - || -
|-
|}

==References==
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