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Bamangram is a census town and gram panchayat in the Kaliachak I CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Bamangram is located at Template:Coord.
According to the map of Kaliachak CD block in the District Census Handbook, Maldah, 2011, Chhota Suzapur, Bara Suzapur, Chaspara, Nazirpur, Bamangram and Jalalpur form a cluster of census towns.[1]
Area overview
The area shown in the adjoining map is the physiographic sub-region known as the diara. It "is a relatively well drained flat land formed by the fluvial deposition of newer alluvium." The most note-worthy feature is the Farakka Barrage across the Ganges.[2] The area is a part of the Malda Sadar subdivision, which is an overwhelmingly rural region, but the area shown in the map has pockets of urbanization with 17 census towns, concentrated mostly in the Kaliachak I CD block.[3][4] The bank of the Ganges between Bhutni and Panchanandapur (both the places are marked on the map), is the area worst hit by left bank erosion, a major problem in the Malda area.[5] The ruins of Gauda, capital of several empires, is located in this area.[6]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bamangram had a total population of 13,550, of which 6,905 (51%) were males and 6,645 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,213. The total number of literate persons in Bamangram was 8,195 (72.29% of the population over 6 years).[7]
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook, Maldah, 2011, Bamangram covered an area of 1.9015 km2. It had 2 km roads with covered drains. The protected water-supply involved tap water from treated sources, uncovered well. It had 1,668 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities, it had 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school in town, the nearest senior secondary school at Sujapur 5 km away, the nearest general degree college at Malda 15 km away. It had 6 non-formal education centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). It produced silk, beedi.[8]
Education
Bamongram HMAM High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1982. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 2,379 books, and 15 computers for teaching and learning purposes.[9]
References
- ↑ District Census Handbook Maldah, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ↑ District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
- ↑ C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
- ↑ A Report on the Impact of Farakka Barrage on the Human Fabric, November 1999, Banerjee, Manisha. South Asia Network On Dams, Rivers and People, New Delhi: 110 088 India. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ↑ District Human Development Report, Malda. Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ↑ District Census Handbook, Maldah, Series 20, Part XII B. Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ District Census Handbook Maldah, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ↑ Bamongram H.M.A.M. High School. Schools.org.