Khardaha

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{{Infobox settlement 
| name = Khardaha
| other_name = 
| nickname =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Barrackpore Trunk Road - Khardaha - North 24 Parganas 2012-04-11 9491.JPG
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
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| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = Khardaha Municipality
| leader_title =Chairman
| leader_name =Nilu Sarkar
<ref>[http://khardahmunicipality.in/?page_id=63 Khardah Municipality]</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 6.87
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 15
| population_total = 108,496
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 700115, 700116, 700112, 700117, 700118
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91 33
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Khardaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khardaha]]
| website = [http://khardahmunicipality.in/ khardahmunicipality.in]
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'''Khardaha''' is a city and a municipality of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| title =Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area| access-date =2007-09-03| publisher =Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000049/http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html| archive-date =2007-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |title=CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 |publisher=web.cmc.net.in |access-date=2012-09-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116151404/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |archive-date=2011-11-16}}</ref>

==History==
Initially Khardah was a part of South Barrackpore and West Barrackpore municipalities established in 1877. South Barrackpore Municipality was renamed Khardah Municipality in 1920.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://khardahmunicipality.in/| title = Brief history and formation of Khardah Municipality | work = About us | publisher = Khardah Municipality | access-date = 25 June 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Rabindra_Bhavan_-_Khardaha_-_North_24_Parganas_2012-04-11_9698.JPG|thumb|Khardah Municipality]]

==Geography==
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===Location===
Khardaha is located at {{Coord|22.72|N|88.38|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Khardah.html|title=Khardah, India|publisher=fallingrain.com|access-date=2012-09-08}}</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It has a [[train station|railway station]] on the [[Sealdah–Ranaghat line|Sealdah-Ranaghat section]], sandwiched between [[Sodepur]] and [[Sukchar]] (to the south) and [[Titagarh]] (to the north). The railway station divides the town into two parts – the eastern part is known as [[Rahara, Kolkata|Rahara]], while the western part is known as Khardaha.

Khardaha is bounded by [[Titagarh]] to the north, [[Patulia]] and [[Bandipur, North 24 Parganas|Bandipur]] to the east, [[Panihati]] to the south and the [[Hooghly River]] to the west.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Map of Barrackpore II CD Block on Page 379 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 27 June 2018}}</ref>

96% of the population of [[Barrackpore subdivision]] (partly presented in the map alongside, all places marked in the map are linked in the full screen map) lives in urban areas. In 2011, it had a density of population of 10,967 per km2. The subdivision has 16 municipalities and 24 census towns.<ref name=handbook2013>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook |work = North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 2 May 2018 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Demographics==
===Population===
{{Historical population
| source = [[Census of India]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 11 June 2018}}</ref>
| 1921 | 5486
| 1931 | 6018
| 1941 | 9568
| 1951 | 18524
| 1961 | 28362
| 1971 | 36679
| 1981 | 50202
| 1991 | 88358
| 2001 | 122133
| 2011 | 108496
}}

As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Khardaha had a total population of 108,496, of which 54,879 (51%) were male and 53,617 (49%) were female. 7,332 were under 6 years old. The total number of literates in Khardaha was 95,469 (94.37% of the population over 6 years).<ref name="census3-2011">{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 7 June 2018 }}</ref>

As of the 2001 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Khardaha had a population of 116,252. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Khardaha had an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 83% and female literacy was 79%. 8% of the population was under 6 years old.

===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
The following Municipalities, Census Towns and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: [[Kanchrapara]] (M), [[Jetia]] (CT), [[Halisahar]] (M), [[Balibhara]] (CT), [[Naihati]] (M), [[Bhatpara]] (M), [[Kaugachhi]] (CT), [[Garshyamnagar]] (CT), [[Garulia]] (M), [[Ichhapur Defence Estate]] (CT), [[North Barrackpur]] (M), [[Barrackpur Cantonment]] (CB), [[Barrackpore]] (M), [[Jafarpur]] (CT), [[Ruiya]] (CT), [[Titagarh]] (M), '''Khardaha''' (M), [[Bandipur, North 24 Parganas|Bandipur]] (CT), [[Panihati]] (M), [[Muragachha]] (CT) [[New Barrackpore]] (M), [[Chandpur, Ghola|Chandpur]] (CT), [[Talbandha]] (CT), [[Patulia]] (CT), [[Kamarhati]] (M), [[Baranagar]] (M), [[South Dumdum]] (M), [[North Dumdum]] (M), [[Dum Dum]] (M), [[Noapara, India|Noapara]] (CT), [[Babanpur]] (CT), [[Teghari]] (CT), [[Nanna, North 24 Parganas|Nanna]] (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG) and [[Panpur]] (OG).<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 = 7 June 2018}}</ref>

===Police station===
Khardaha police station under [[Barrackpore Police Commissionerate]] has jurisdiction over Khardaha Municipal area and [[Barrackpore II]] CD Block.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook|title=District Statistical Handbook|work=North 24 Parganas 2013, Table 2.1|publisher=Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=21 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/bkp_commissionerate.php|title=Barrackpore Police Commissionerate|work=List of Police Stations with telephone numbers|publisher=West Bengal Police|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143852/http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/bkp_commissionerate.php|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
{{see also|Barrackpore subdivision#Municipal towns/cities}}
As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Khardaha covered an area of 6.87 km2, with both open and closed drains. It had 115 medicine shops, 37 primary schools, one middle school, 13 secondary/senior secondary schools and one college for arts/science/commerce, one orphanage home, one stadium, three cinemas, three public libraries and three reading rooms. It had 6 bank branches.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 791-794; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 795-796; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 31 May 2018}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Industry===
Major industries in Khardaha are:
* Khardah Jute Mill was nationalised in 1980 and made a part of [[National Jute Manufactures Corporation Limited]]. It was closed in 2004 and after implementation of a revival scheme Khardah Jute Mill was reopened in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://njmc.org.in/index.php | title = National Jute Manufactures Ltd. | publisher = NJMC | access-date = 12 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://jutecomm.gov.in/closure.htm | title = Mills under suspension of work as on 26 June 2009 | publisher = Jute Commissioner, Government of India | access-date = 12 July 2018 | archive-date = 17 July 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180717002218/http://jutecomm.gov.in/closure.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> The Union Cabinet, at a meeting held on 10 October 2018, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave the green signal for the closure of National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Ltd. (NJMC) along with its subsidiary Birds Jute and Exporters Ltd. (BJEL). NJMC had been incurring losses for several years and was under reference to BIFR since 1993. The Mills of NJMC which were proposed for revival, namely, Kinnison Mill at Titagarh, Khardah Mill at Khardah and RBHM Mill at Katihar were under suspension since August 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-closure-of-national-jute-manufactures-corporation-ltd-and-its-subsidiary-birds-jute-exports-ltd/ | title = News Updates | publisher = PM India |access-date = 23 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://apparelresources.com/business-news/sourcing/central-govt-gives-green-signal-shut-national-jute-manufacturers-corporation/ | title = Central government gives green signal to shut National Jute Manufacturers Corporation| date = 11 October 2018| publisher = Apparel Resources 11 October 2018|access-date = 23 March 2019}}</ref>

* [[Electrosteel Castings|Electrosteel Castings Ltd.]] started manufacturing cast iron pipes at Khardaha in 1955, and evolved as a pioneer in [[ductile iron]] pipe manufacturing. It produces 280,000 tonnes of ductile iron pipes annually and exports over half of its production. At Khardaha it also produces ductile iron fittings (5,000 tonnes per annum) and 250,000 tonnes of pig iron annually for captive use. Umang Kejriwal and Mayank Kejriwal have been managing directors since 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.electrosteelcastings.com/facilities/plant-khardah.asp | title = Electrosteel Castings Ltd. | publisher = ECL | access-date = 16 July 2018 | archive-date = 16 July 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180716051407/http://www.electrosteelcastings.com/facilities/plant-khardah.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.electrosteelsteels.com/about/group-companies.aspx | title = Electrosteel Castings Ltd. | publisher =ECL| access-date = 16 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/ELECTRO-STEEL-CASTINGS-LTD/L27310OR1955PLC000310 | title = Electrosteel Castings Ltd. | publisher = Zauba Corp | access-date = 16 July 2018}}</ref>[[File:Electrosteel_Castings_Limited_-_Khardaha_-_North_24_Parganas_2012-04-11_9703.JPG|thumb|Electrosteel]]

==Transport==
[[File:Kolmetro.png|thumb|Kolkata new proposed Metro [[Pink Line (Kolkata Metro)|Pink Line]] ([[Baranagar]] - [[Barrackpore]])]]
[[File:Khardaha railway station (1).jpg|thumb|left|200 px|[[Khardaha railway station]]]]
[[Barrackpore Trunk Road|B.T. Road]] passes through Khardaha.<ref name=google>Google maps</ref>

78 is the most frequent bus in Khardaha which runs from [[Barrackpore]] Court to [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]]. Besides many buses connect Khardaha to various neighbourhoods - 81/1 ([[Barasat]] to [[Bally, Bally-Jagachha|Rajchandrapur]]), C28 and S32 ([[Barrackpore]] Court to [[Howrah Station]]), S11 ([[Nilganj]] to [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]]), E32 ([[Nilganj]] to [[Howrah Station]]) etc.

[[Khardaha railway station]] on the [[Sealdah-Ranaghat line]] is 18.5 km from [[Sealdah railway station]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/sealdah-kalyani-simanta-local-31311/16438/325/958#st | title = 31311 Sealdah-Kalyani Simanta Local | work = Time Table | publisher = indiarailinfo | access-date = 12 June 2018}}</ref><ref name=google/> It is part of the [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system.[[File:Khardaha_railway_station_(2).jpg|thumb]]

Shyamsundar ferry ghat is used by commuters to reach [[Rishra]] on the other side of [[Hooghly River]]. There is auto service available from station to ferry ghat. Ferry doesn't operate till late night.[[File:খড়দহ_ফেরি_ঘাট_ও_হুগলী_নদী_৩_-_Khardah_Ferry_Ghat_and_Hooghly_River.jpg|thumb|Khardah ShyamSundar Ferry Ghat]]

===Commuters===
Around a total of 3.2 million people from all around the city commute to Kolkata daily for work. In the Sealdah-Krishnanagar section there are 34 trains that carry commuters from 30 railway stations. In the Sealdah-Shantipur section 32 trains carry commuters from 29 stations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.indiansss.org/pdf/pdfset-8/issueset-9/Art_017.pdf| title = The Suburban Railway Network of Kolkata: A Geographical Apprisal| first = Teesta| last = Dey| publisher = eTraverse, the Indian journal of spatial science, 2012| access-date = 12 June 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171118122331/http://indiansss.org/pdf/pdfset-8/issueset-9/Art_017.pdf| archive-date = 18 November 2017| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:R_K_Mission,_Rahara_1_রামকৃষ্ণ_মিশন_বালকাশ্রম,রহড়া.jpg|thumb|Entry gate to Rahara Ramakrishna Mission]]

Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School has facilities for teaching from class 1 to 12 (Higher secondary) in both Bengali and English mediums. It is an all boys' school.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rkmissionrahara.org/gotopage.asp?GoTo=P0100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307214718/http://www.rkmissionrahara.org/gotopage.asp?GoTo=P0100 |archive-date=7 March 2011 |title=Welcome - Ramakrishna Mission Rahara, India}}</ref>
[[File:R_K_Mission_Boys'_Home_High_School,_Rahara_1.jpg|thumb|RK Mission Boys' Home High School]]

Khardaha also has an all boys' college which is called, [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College]], a part of Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Both graduate and post graduate courses are taught. But, only Science subjects are offered here.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rkmvccrahara.org/ |title = Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara}}</ref>
[[File:R_K_Mission_Brahmananda_College_of_Education_campus,_Rahara.jpg|thumb|RK Mission Brahmananda College]]
[[File:Main_Entrance_of_the_R_K_M_Vivekananda_Centenary_College,_Rahara.jpg|thumb|Centenary College gate, Brahmananda College]]

An all girls' school is located right by the side of Rahara Mission, called, Bhabhanath Institution for Girls.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://schools.olympiadsuccess.com/s/north-twenty-four-pargana/rahara-bhabanath-institution-for-girls-ward-no-10-khardaha-municipality-north-twenty-four-pargana-700118 | title=Rahara Bhabanath Institution for Girls, Khardaha Municipality North Twenty Four Pargana - Admissions 2019, Fee Structure }}</ref> Kalyannagar Vidyapith, another school is also located in the area. There are also two High school situated at right side, they are Shibnath High School for Boys and Priyanath Girls School for Girls. Recently another English Medium school for secondary section has been established in the name of Khardaha Indira Memorial School.

==Health==
Khardaha Municipal hospital or Balaram sevamandir is the main Govt. funded hospital in Khardaha.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA761CA761&q=khardah%20municipal%20hospital&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiluv35_OzaAhWb_YMKHQiYCksQvS4ITTAB&biw=1920&bih=974&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=22721238,88376329,850&tbm=lcl&rldimm=16735321182514363834&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2#rlfi=hd:;si:16735321182514363834;mv:!1m3!1d17520.78989064332!2d88.3836738!3d22.70904925!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i377!2i457!4f13.1;tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2 |title = khardah municipal hospital — Google Local}}</ref> There are many private medical dispensaries with their own doctors and specialists scattered through town.

==Culture==
[[File:R_K_Mission,_Rahara.jpg|thumb|Rahara Ramakrishna Mission temple]]

Every year in the month of December, Khardaha municipality organizes a flower show.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/events/176222865909385 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> Khardaha Sanskritik Utsav (Cultural Festival) is organized on a regular basis, where performers from all over India come to entertain people.<ref name="khardah-rahara.blogspot.ca">{{cite web |url=http://khardah-rahara.blogspot.ca/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070727/http://khardah-rahara.blogspot.ca/ |archive-date=5 May 2018 |title=Khardah, Khardaha and Rahara}}</ref> Khardaha book fair is a culturally significant event that takes place every year.<ref name="khardah-rahara.blogspot.ca"/>

[[Nityananda|Nityananda Mahaprabhu]], a primary religious figure within the [[Gaudiya Vaishnava]] tradition of [[Bengal]], came and settled in a hut named Kunjabati at Khardaha.<ref>Sen, Sukumar (1991, reprint 2007). ''Bangala Sahityer Itihas'', Vol.I, {{in lang|bn}}, Kolkata: Ananda Publishers, {{ISBN|81-7066-966-9}}, pp.236, 321-2</ref><ref name=khardaha>{{cite web | url = https://www.trodly.com/india/destination-6034/26-shiva-temples-khardah | title = 26 Shiva temples, Khardaha | publisher = Trodly | access-date = 24 March 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Kunjabati_Premises_at_Khardaha_in_North_24_Pargana_district,_West_Bengal_08.jpg|thumb|Kunjabati]]
[[File:Kunjabati_Premises_at_Khardaha_in_North_24_Pargana_district,_West_Bengal_02.jpg|thumb|Kunjabati]]

His son and daughter were born at this place. After their death, they were buried here (read [[Samadhi (shrine)]] ).
[[File:Kunjabati_Premises_at_Khardaha_in_North_24_Pargana_district,_West_Bengal_06.jpg|thumb|Kunjabati]]
[[File:Kunjabati_Premises_at_Khardaha_in_North_24_Pargana_district,_West_Bengal_10.jpg|thumb|Kunjabati]]

26 Shiva temples were built on the bank of the Ganges, in the early 19th century by Ramhari Biswas and his son, Prankrishna.<ref name=khardaha/>
[[File:26_Shiva_Temples_Khardah.jpg|thumb|26 Shiva Temple complex of Khardah]]
[[File:26_Shiva_temple_complex_at_Khardaha_in_North_24_Parganas_district,_West_Bengal_01.jpg|thumb|Entry to temple complex]]
[[File:26_Shiva_temple_complex_at_Khardaha_in_North_24_Parganas_district,_West_Bengal_04.jpg|thumb|Near a temple]]

[[David McCutchion|David J. McCutchion]] describes several temples at Khardaha:<ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 33, 54,74, 78 . The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>
*Shyama Sundar temple (18th century?) – renovated [[At-chala|atchala]] with [[porch]] on triple archway
[[File:Radha_Shyamsundar_Jiu_temple_at_Khardaha_in_North_24_Parganas_district,_West_Bengal_02.jpg|thumb|Shyamsundar Jiu temple]]

*Mahaprabhu Navaratna temple – straight corniced [[Navaratna (architecture)|navaratna]] structure
[[File:Mahaprabhu_Temple_at_Khardaha_in_North_24_Parganas_district,_West_Bengal_01.jpg|thumb|Mahaprabhu Navaratna temple]]

*Radhakanta Jiu temple - looks similar to Shyamsundar Jiu temple but smaller
[[File:RadhaKanta_Jiu_Temple_at_Khardaha_in_North_24_Parganas_district,_West_Bengal_01.jpg|thumb|Radhakanta Jiu temple]]

*Rasmancha – low octagonal structure with 16 turrets
[[File:Rasmancha-Khardaha-West Bengal-14.jpg|thumb|Rasmancha, Khardaha]]
[[File:Gope_Astami_Mela_khardah_West_Bengal.jpg|thumb|Gope Astami Mela at Rasmancha]]

*Rabindranath Tagore's one house was once near the ferry ghat but today only the entry Gate remains.[[File:খড়দহ_ফেরি_ঘাট_ও_হুগলী_নদী_২_-_Khardah_Ferry_Ghat_and_Hooghly_River.jpg|thumb|Khardah ferry ghat]]

*Durga puja immersion ceremony near the Rashkhola ghat
[[File:Durga_utsab_of_west_bengal.jpg|thumb|Immersion at Khardah ghat]]

[[File:Sunset_over_Hoogly_River-khardah_fakkighat_kolkata.jpg|thumb|Sunset]]
[[File:Sunset_over_Hoogly_river.jpg|thumb|Sunset]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Khardaha}}
*[http://khardahmunicipality.in/ Khardah Municipality official website]
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