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'''Farakka''' is a town, with a police station and a post office, not identified in 2011 census as a separate place, in the [[Farakka (community development block)|Farakka]] [[Community development block in India|community development block]] in the [[Jangipur subdivision]] of [[Murshidabad district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], India.

== Neighbourhoods ==
There are several places around Farakka, such as [[Farakka Barrage Township]], [[Nabarun]], Beniagram, Srimantapur, Puran Chandipur and Sahebnagar, which are in effect neighbourhoods of Farakka, but either identified as separate Census Towns/ villages or not identified separately in 2011 census.<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=West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India |access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref>Google maps</ref>

==Civic administration==
=== Police station ===
Farakka police station has jurisdiction over the [[Farakka (community development block)|Farakka]] CD block.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php |title=District Statistical Handbook 2014 Murshidabad |work=Table 2.1 |publisher=Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date=17 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729135056/http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php |archive-date=29 July 2017 }}</ref>

=== CD block HQ ===
The headquarters of [[Farakka (community development block)|Farakka]] CD block are located at Farakka.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf |title=District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A |work=Map of Murshidabad with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page). |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref>

== Economy ==
Construction of the [[Farakka Barrage]] commenced in 1961 and it was commissioned in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fbp.gov.in/ |title=Farakka Barrage Project |publisher=FBP |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref>

The 2,100 MW [[Farakka Super Thermal Power Station]] of [[NTPC Limited|NTPC]] at [[Nabarun]] was commissioned between 1986 and 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/farakka |title=Power Generation |work=Farakka |publisher=NTPC |access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref>

[[Farakka Port]] is a minor river port that handles coal imported for Farakka Super Thermal Power Station.<ref>{{cite news |title=তৈরি ৩ জেটি আর রেলে নয়, জলপথে কয়লা পৌঁছবে ফরাক্কায় |url=http://archives.anandabazar.com/archive/1130330/30raj5.html |access-date=26 July 2016 |newspaper=আনন্দবাজার প্রত্রিকা}}</ref>

== Transport ==
[[New Farakka Junction railway station]] is on the [[Howrah-New Jalpaiguri line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/all/367/325/444 |title=3143 => 2343 Darjeeling Mail (PT) |work=Time Table |publisher=indiarailinfo |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref>

[[National Highway 12 (India)|National Highway 12]] (old number NH 34) passes through Farakka.<ref name="renumber">{{cite web |url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf |title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways |publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]] |access-date=10 February 2017 |location=New Delhi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf |archive-date=1 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Education ==
[[Prof. Sayed Nurul Hasan College]] was established in 1994 at Farakka, It is named after [[Saiyid Nurul Hasan]], historian and former governor of West Bengal. Affiliated to the [[University of Kalyani]] it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Arabic, history, political science, sociology, education, economics and geography.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://profsnhcollegefarakka.in/index |title=Prof. Syed Nurul Hasan College |publisher=Prof SNHC |access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref>

There is [[Delhi Public School]] which run under the aegis of The [[Delhi Public School Society]], New Delhi Co-educational English Medium [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] School. It was established in the year 1993 and provide Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.

There is Holy Family School which run under the aegis of the HFS sisters. It is an English medium [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations|CISCE]] school. It was established in the year 1997 and provides secondary as well as Higher Secondary Education . It is located near the Beniagram hospital.

There is a branch of [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]], operating under CBSE Board.

== Healthcare ==
The following medical facilities are located in and around Farakka: Farakka Barrage Hospital at [[Farakka Barrage Township]] (with 50 beds), Farakka Block Primary Health Centre at Farakka (with 10 beds), Benipur [[Primary Health Centre (India)|Primary Health Centre]] (working as BPHC) (with 15 beds), Arjunpur PHC (with 10 beds) and Kendua PHC at Srimantapur (with 2 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=19 September 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Murshidabad District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Murshidabad district]]

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