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{{Short description|Town in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gobardanga
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Gobardanga Zamindar House.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Gobardanga Zamindar House
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.87|88.76|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Gobardanga.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Gobardanga, India|work=fallingrain.com}}</ref>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
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| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = Gobardanga Municipality
| leader_title = Municipality Chairman
| leader_name = Sankar Dutta<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/24pargana-news/tushar-ghosh-becomes-the-new-chairman-of-gobardanga-municipality/articleshow/85523268.cms/ |title=Official Granted Chairman |access-date=24 August 2021 |archive-date=24 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824173716/https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/24pargana-news/tushar-ghosh-becomes-the-new-chairman-of-gobardanga-municipality/articleshow/85523268.cms |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Gobardanga City|url=http://gobardangamunicipality.org/Default.aspx?PageId=168}}</ref>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 13.50
| elevation_footnotes = {{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}
| elevation_m = 6
| population_total = 45,377
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes = {{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]] code
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gaighata]]
| website = {{URL|
http://www.gobardangamunicipality.org/}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Gobardanga''' is a Town and a Municipality in [[Barasat sadar subdivision]]<ref>[http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163402/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |date=2011-07-21 }}</ref> of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. Founded on 20 April 1870, it is one of the oldest municipalities of [[West Bengal]].

==Etymology==
The word ''Gobardanga'' derives from [[Sanskrit]]. It consists of three words, go-bar-danga. ''Go'' means "world/earth", ''bar'' means "greatest" and ''danga'' refers to "place" which literally means, ''the greatest place on earth''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Gobardanga |url=https://gobardanga.westbengalonline.in/guide/about-gobardanga}}</ref>

== Geography ==
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===Location===
Gobardanga is situated on the banks of the river [[Jamuna (West Bengal)|Jamuna]]. It is located 22.880149°N and 88.760791°E in the district of North 24 parganas of West Bengal.

There is a horse bow lake named ''Kankona Baorh'' at Media, Gobardanga. It is an open mouthed bangle shaped water body. The lake resembles a Kankon, worn by ladies hence it is being named Kankona Baorh. It is a beautiful lush green place with scenic as well as touring potential. Lots of migratory birds come here in the winter time.
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===Area overview===
The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower [[Ganges Delta]].<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 = Page 13 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 16 April 2018}}</ref> The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7Hkj2xOrEwkC&q=24+parganas+district+gazetteer&pg=PA1|title = Bengal District Gazetteers: 24 Parganas|last = LSS O’Malley|pages=1-4|year = 2009| publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn = 9788172681937| access-date = 3 May 2018 }}</ref> 54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas.<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-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 2019-01-21 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

<small>Note: 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.</small>

==History==
It has a wide prevailing history. Gobardanga had been governed by [[Brahmin]] Zamindars of bharadwaj gotra in pre-old days. Their descendants still reside in their ancestral home and maintaining all regulations, worship Goddess [[Durga]] as per their tradition during the Durga Puja days. Close to it is the Gobardanga Prasannomoyee Kali Mandir. Established by then Zamindar Kaliprassana Mukhopaddhyay, the temple faced southwards has Goddess Kali along with 12 other shrines of Lord [[Shiva]] distributed into 6 shrines on either side of the temple. According to certain theories and statements, Rani [[Rani Rashmoni]], founder of [[Dakshineswar Kali Temple|Dakshineshwar Kali temple]], [[Dakshineswar|Dakshineshwar]], Kolkata, had once travelled down the Jamuna river and reached Gobardanga and came across the temple, from which she got the idea of constructing the Dakshineshwar Kali temple along with 12 other shrines of Lord Shiva. This temple is quite popular and people from nearby and far away areas often visit this temple for their prayers.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}{{POV|date=February 2025}}

== Transport ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2015}}
[[Gobardanga railway station]] is 58 km from [[Sealdah railway station]] on the [[Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line|Sealdah–Bangaon branch line]] of [[Eastern Railway (India)|Eastern Railway]]. From Sealdah it is next to [[Maslandapur railway station]] and before [[Thakurnagar railway station]]. Road distance between Bongaon and Gobardanga is almost 25 km. [[Buses]], [[Auto-rickshaw]], [[Electric rickshaw]] are the most commonly used mode of transport.

== Demographics ==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Gobardanga had a total population of 45,377, of which 23,025 (51%) were males and 22,352 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 3,481. The total number of literates in Gobardanga was 38,461 (91.80% 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 = 29 May 2018 }}</ref>

As of 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=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> Gobardanga had a population of 41,618. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Gobardanga has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 75%. In Gobardanga, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

== Education ==

=== Higher education ===
Gobardanga has a degree college named [[Gobardanga Hindu College]] which is affiliated with [[West Bengal State University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Affiliated College of West Bengal State University |url=http://www.wbsubcollegeinfo.org/list_colleges.php |access-date=10 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029065002/http://www.wbsubcollegeinfo.org/list_colleges.php |archive-date=29 October 2012 }}</ref> It also has a [[Bachelor of Education|B.Ed]] college within the campus.

=== School Education ===
* [[Gobardanga Khantura High School]]
* Khantura Girls' High School
* Gobardanga Sri Chaitanya Vidyalaya
* Khantura Pritilata Shikskha Niketan for Boys
* Khantura Pritilata Shikskha Niketan for Girls
* Netaji Vidyapith
* Gobardanga Collegiate High School
* Gobardanga Girls High School
* DPB Deshbandhu Prathamik Vidyalaya
* Khantura Pritilata Shishu Shiksha Niketan
* Oxebow English School
* Subhash Vidyamandir FP School
* Sri Ramakrishna Vidyabhawan
* Sudhir Memorial Institute
* Angel Day School
* NIVEDITA SHISHU TIRTHA

==Recreation==
Gobardanga has a park named 'Kankana park', trivially called 'Coacher Bagan'.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}}

== Notable residents ==
* [[Pramatha Nath Bose]], [[Geologist]] and [[Paleontologist]]
* [[Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi]], Bengali writer and novelist.

== Healthcare ==
North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by [[Arsenic contamination of groundwater|arsenic contamination]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm|title=Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study)|access-date=2007-08-24|work=Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal. There's a governmental hospital as well but that usually remains closed due to certain reasons. -India|publisher=SOES|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002938/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
[http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf Map of Habra I CD Block] on Page 289 of District Census Handbook. It also shows the location of Gobardanga.<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= Page 289 -Map of Habra I CD Block | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 1 June 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{North 24 Parganas District}}
{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Cities in West Bengal]]

Gobardanga - Revision history

Tanjerul Islam at 18:13, 10 October 2025