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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Konnagar
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Konnagar Ferry Ghat at Konnagar 09.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Konnagar Ferry Ghat which connects Konnagar to [[Sodepur]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.7032|N|88.3185|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Burdwan division|Burdwan]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
| established_title =
| established_date =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = [[Konnagar Municipality]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 4.67
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 14
| population_total = 76,172
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<ref>{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=29 August 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 712235
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91 33
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Serampore]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Uttarpara Assembly constituency|Uttarpara]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.konnagarmunicipality.org/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Konnagar''' is a town and a municipality of [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The town is under the jurisdiction of the [[Uttarpara]] police station in [[Srirampore subdivision|Serampore subdivision]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |title=District-wise list of statutory towns |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041827/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |website=wbcensus.gov.in |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html |title=Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area |access-date=3 September 2007 |publisher=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000049/http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 }}</ref>

== History ==
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In 1931, [[Tomáš Baťa]], the Czechoslovak shoe tycoon, established his first Indian operation in Konnagar. By 1936, the plant was phased out. In May 1931, Baťa sold his business interests to his brother [[Jan Antonín Baťa]], who founded [[Batanagar]], Bata's first permanent shoe factory in India. The [[Bata Corporation|Bata]] brand was launched on 24 August 1894 in [[Zlín]], then in [[Austria-Hungary]] (now in the [[Czech Republic]]). The company first established itself in India in 1931 by renting a building to start an experimental shoe production plant in Konnagar, with 75 Czech experts. Jan Antonín Baťa also built factories in [[Digha]], near [[Patna]], and elsewhere in India, employing more than 7,000 people. Batanagar, under Baťa's ideals, became one of the bigger suburban towns near [[Kolkata]].

Konnagar has been the home of many notable personalities. It was the ancestral home of the great nationalist and religious leader [[Sri Aurobindo]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/Hinduism/sri_aurobindo.htm|title=Sri Aurobindo|website=www.meta-religion.com}}</ref> and noted physicist [[Sisir Kumar Mitra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/SKMitra.htm|title=Sisir Kumar Mitra|date=5 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305081247/http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/SKMitra.htm|archive-date=5 March 2007}}</ref> Shafiur Rahman one of the martyrs of the language movement in East Pakistan was born in Konnagar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mukto-mona.com/new_site/mukto-mona/bengali_heritage/bangla_language_movement.htm |title=Bangla Language Movement |date=21 February 1952 |website=www.mukto-mona.com |access-date=17 March 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306085605/http://www.mukto-mona.com/new_site/mukto-mona/bengali_heritage/bangla_language_movement.htm |archive-date=6 March 2005}} </ref>
[[File:Abanindranath Tagore's Konnagar Baganbari in 2014 (Before Restoration).jpg|thumb|Abanindranath Tagore's Konnagar Baganbari]]
The town had been visited by the greats of [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]], [[Mahasweta Devi]] and many others. Tagore was believed to be just a child when he and his family came to this town to escape the onslaught of Dengue which hit Kolkata. He revisited the town again when he was 19. He came to visit the Brahmasomaj Ghat along with his father [[Devendranath Tagore|Maharshi Debendranath]]. [[Shibram Chakraborty]] used to live here for a brief period of time in his childhood near G.T.Road beside Konnagar High School.[[Sri Aurobindo]]'s father and famous Indian geographer Shashi Bhusan Chatterjee happened to be a pupil of Konnagar High School established in the 19th century. And the town though got recognition chiefly due to the initiatives of Sib Chandra Deb, its antiquity can hardly be denied. Its reference is there even in the 500-year-old [[Mangal-Kāvya]].

Konnagar is well known for its Shakuntala Kali Temple. This temple is considered to be very sacred and people from various parts of West Bengal pay a visit. This is a Puja that was started by the Chakraborty Bari Zamindars and today it has become an important event in Konnagar's calendar. The annual Puja is held in the Bengali calendar month of Boisakh (April). A very interesting fact about this Puja is that the idol is completed on the day of Puja itself.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} There are grand Fairs organised on the grounds adjacent to the temple.

Apart from this Puja, there is another important puja in this small city. Rajrajeshwari Puja has been organised in Konnagar for over 300 years now. It is held on the eve of Maghi Purnima (February).

==Geography==
Konnagar is located at {{coord|22.7032|N|88.3185|E|}}.<ref name=censushandbook>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf | title= Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Hooghly |work = Map of Serampur-Uttarpara CD Block, page 635| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 26 September 2018}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 14 metres (45 feet). Konnagar is positioned between [[Rishra]] and [[Hind Motor]] on the [[Howrah-Bardhaman main line]] and [[Grand Trunk Road]]. It is located on the west bank of the [[River Hooghly]]. Its approximate area is 4.32 km<sup>2</sup>.

West side of the [[Konnagar railway station]] is called Nabagram and Kanaipur. Most of the population in Nabagram is migrated from East Bengal. Being situated only 13.5 km from the heart of Kolkata, the area enjoys semi urban status. Konnagar has an extensive fruit and vegetable market which is visited by people from the nearby areas. The market is famous for its affordable prices.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Konnagar is filled with many cultural clubs which makes it a culturally rich town.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Konnagar is also known for its famous Shakuntala Kalitala Mandir, Baro Mandir, Rajrajeswari Mandir, Shankaracharya Temple, Bungalow of Abanindranath Tagore, Paternal house of Rishi Aurobindo Ghosh, Bramhosomaj Ghat and house made by Raja Rammohan Roy.
The first ever workshop of Bata Shoe Company Ltd. in India was initially set up in Konnagar in 1932. Baro Mandir (Dwadosh Mandir Ghat/Twelve Temples) was built in 1821 in the bank of Ganges river. The Bungalow of Abanindranath Tagore is a heritage place of the city.

==Demographics==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages spoken in Konnagar Town (2011)<ref name=Census2011_Language>{{cite web |title=C-16 City: Population by mother tongue (town level) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10245/download/13357/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>
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|value3 = 0.95
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|label4 = [[ Telugu language| Telugu]]
|value4 =0.84
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|label5 = [[Gujarati language| Gujarati]]
|value5= 0.65
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|label6 = Others
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As per [[2011 Census of India]] Konnagar had a total population of 76,172 of which 38,653 (51%) were males and 37,519 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 5,815. The total number of literates in Konnagar was 63,911 (90.84% 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 = 15 June 2016 }}</ref>

The following Municipalities and Census Towns in Hooghly district were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: [[Bansberia]] (M), [[Hugli-Chuchura|Hugli-Chinsurah]] (M), Bara Khejuria ([[Out Growth]]), [[Shankhanagar]] (CT), [[Amodghata]] (CT), [[Chak Bansberia]] (CT), [[Naldanga, Hooghly|Naldanga]] (CT), [[Kodalia]] (CT), [[Kulihanda]] (CT), [[Simla, West Bengal|Simla]] (CT), [[Dharmapur, West Bengal|Dharmapur]] (CT), [[Bhadreswar, Hooghly|Bhadreswar]] (M), [[Champdani]] (M), [[Chandannagar]] (M Corp.), [[Baidyabati]] (M), [[Serampore]] (M), [[Rishra]] (M), [[Rishra, Sreerampur Uttarpara|Rishra]] (CT), [[Bamunari]] (CT), [[Dakshin Rajyadharpur]] (CT), [[Nabagram Colony]] (CT), Konnagar (M), [[Uttarpara Kotrung]] (M), [[Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni)]] (CT), [[Kanaipur]] (CT) and [[Keota, Hooghly|Keota]] (CT).<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 2016}}</ref>

== Transport ==
[[File:Konnagar_railway_station_at_Konnagar,_Hooghly_06.jpg|thumb|Konnagar railway station at Konnagar]]
[[File:Ganges in Konnagar.jpg|alt=View of Ganges from Konnagar|thumb|[[Hooghly River]] in Konnagar]]
Konnagar is well connected with [[Howrah]] through trains. Konnagar lies on the [[Howrah-Bardhaman main line]]. [[Konnagar railway station]] has three platforms (1 for Down train, 2 for both and 3 for Up trains). Konnagar is also connected to [[Kolkata]] through roadways by [[State Highway 6 (West Bengal)|State Highway 6]]/ [[Grand Trunk Road]].

===Private bus===
* 2 [[Chunchura]] Court - [[Dakshineswar]]
* 285 [[Serampore]] - New Town
*3 [[Serampore]] - [[Bagbazar]]/[[Salt Lake City, Kolkata|Salt Lake]]
*D4/1 [[Serampore]] - [[Bagbazar]]( up to [[Belgachia]])
There are regular auto services available also towards [[Bally, Howrah|Bally]] and [[Serampore]]. Apart from this, there are Ferry Services to Greater Kolkata ([[Panihati]]) on the other end of Ganges banks. Now ferry service becomes more frequent. [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]] is 17 km from Konnagar.

==Education==
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[[Nabagram Hiralal Paul College]], a general degree college, was established in 1957, at Nabagram, Konnagar. Prof. Sudhangshu Sekhar Bhattacharya, a contributor to the build-up of the college.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hiralalpaulcollege.org.in/ | title = Nabagram Hiralal Paul College | publisher = NHPC |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref> Every year there is an alumni meet on first Sun day of the year. In Konnagar, there are quite a few higher secondary high schools including Konnagar Boys' High School (established in 1854),<ref>{{Cite web |title=KONNAGAR HIGH SCHOOOL - Ward No.-viii District Hugli (West Bengal) |url=https://schools.org.in/hugli/19122900804/konnagar-high-schoool.html |access-date=23 June 2025 |website=schools.org.in}}</ref> Hindu Girls' High School, Rajendra Smriti Vidyalaya, Nabagram Hiralal Paul Girls High School and [[Nabagram Vidyapith]]. There are many government secondary schools including Ashalata Balika Vidyalaya, Konnagar K.P Balika, Konnagar Sri Arabinda Vidyapaith. All the above mentioned institutions are Govt. aided.

==Notable people ==
* [[Aurobindo Ghosh]] (Rishi), a famous freedom fighter.
* [[Premendra Mitra]] a renowned Bengali writer is connected with Konnagar by family.
* [[Shafiur Rahman]], martyr of the 1952 [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]].
* [[Digambar Mitra]], famous Kolkata-based descendant of Mitra family of Konnagar.
* [[Sisir Kumar Ghosh]], Social reformer.
* [[Sisir Kumar Mitra]], Scientist and pioneer of radio-science in India.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Srirampore subdivision}}
{{Hooghly District}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
{{Hooghly topics}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Hooghly district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]

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