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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dainhat
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
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| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = Dainhat Municipality
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name='Dainhat City'>{{cite web|title=Dainhat City|url=https://www.sudawb.org/wbdma_oldversion/HTM/DIS/MUNI_ULB_Dainhat.htm}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2 = 10.36
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| population_total = 24390
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_footnotes = <ref name='Dainhat City'/>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| website = {{URL|purbabardhaman.gov.in/}}
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'''Dainhat''' is a town and a Municipality under [[Katwa]] police station of [[Katwa subdivision]],<ref>[http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of stautory towns] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191128/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> in [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==
A Maratha cavalry or [[Bargi]]s under Bhaskar Pandit sent to Bengal by [[Raghoji I Bhonsle]] in the 18th century entered through Panchet and started looting the countryside. Bhaskar Pandit had decided to build Dainhat as his main camp to attack enemies. He had dug several trenches to protect his camp. A temple created by Bhaskar Pandit still exits near the place Swamaj Bati of Dainhat. Currently that temple is known as Kishore Kishori Mandir.<ref>Sengupta, Nitish, ''History of the Bengali-speaking People'', 2001/2002, pp.132-137, UBS Publishers’ Distributors Pvt. Ltd., {{ISBN|81-7476-355-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Shah |first=Mohammad |year=2012 |chapter=Maratha Raids |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Maratha_Raids |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

==Geography==
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===Location===
Dainhat is located at {{coord|23.6063|N|88.1715|E|}}.

===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of [[Katwa II]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] are located at Dainhat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1909_PART_B_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Barddhaman | work= Map of Barddhaman with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 26 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2110 | title = BDO Offices under Burdwan District | work = Department of Mass Education Extension & Library Services, Government of West Bengal | publisher = West Bengal Public Library Network | access-date = 8 February 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181005055734/http://www.wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2110 | archive-date = 5 October 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Urbanisation===
88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman | work = Table 2.2 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 25 January 2019 | 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> The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]] Dainhat had a total population of 24,397, of which 12,487 (51%) were males and 11,910 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 2,306. The total number of literates in Dainhat was 18,353 (75.23% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{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 = 10 March 2017 }}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Dainhat had a population of 22,593. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dainhat has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72% and, female literacy is 59%. In Dainhat, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.<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=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

==Economy==
About 32,00,000 people commute daily from around the city to Kolkata. Thirty-eight trains transport commuters from 45 stations in the Howrah-Katwa section.<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 = 23 February 2019| 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>

==Transport==
[[Dainhat railway station]] is 135 km from Howrah on the [[Howrah-Bardhaman Main Line#Other routes|Bandel-Katwa Branch Line]].<ref>Railway local time table</ref>

[[State Highway 15 (West Bengal)]] originates from Dainhat and runs to Gadiara (in Howrah district).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.wbtrafficpolice.com/state-highways.php |title = List of State Highways in West Bengal | publisher= West Bengal Traffic Police | access-date = 18 March 2017}}</ref>

From Burdwan it is 60 km by bus. Dainhat has a ferry facility which connects with Matiyari (in Nadia district) across the Ganges River.

==Education==
Dainhat has twenty primary, one upper primary, four secondary and three higher secondary schools.one town library (Dainhat Sahar Jitendranath Mitra Smriti Pathagar).<ref>[http://bardhaman.gov.in/education/schudir.asp 7th All-India School Education Survey 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927042635/http://bardhaman.gov.in/education/schudir.asp |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Noapara block primary health centre at Noapara, PO Dainhat (with 15 beds) is the main medical facility in Katwa II CD block. There are [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] at Agradwip (with 10 beds) and Singhi (with 6 beds).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 19 January 2019 | archive-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2012, the average monthly patients attending Noapara BPHC were 2,909 and average monthly admissions were 163. It handled 1,772 annual emergency admissions.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/NRHM/pdf/Facility-wise%20Preformance%20Report%20for%202012%20BPHC.pdf | title = Performancee of Block Primary Health Centres (BPHC) in West Bengal during 2012 (January to December) | publisher = Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 9 March 2019 | archive-date = 4 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180204182250/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/NRHM/pdf/Facility-wise%20Preformance%20Report%20for%202012%20BPHC.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

See also - [[Healthcare in West Bengal]]

==References==
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{{Purba Bardhaman District}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
{{Purba Bardhaman topics}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Purba Bardhaman district]]

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