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Bangaon is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision.
Geography
Location
Bangaon is located at Template:Coord.[1] It has an average elevation of 7 metres (22 feet). Arsenic contamination is a major concern in this area.[2]
Area overview
The area situated beside the Ichamati River shown in the map was a part of Jessore district from 1883.[3][4] At the time of Partition of Bengal (1947), the Radcliffe Line placed the police station areas of Bangaon and Gaighata of Jessore district in India and the area was made a part of 24 Parganas district.[5] The renowned novelist, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (of Pather Panchali fame) belonged to this area and many of his writings portray his experience in the area.[6] It is a flat plain located in the lower Ganges Delta.[7] In the densely populated area, 16.33% of the population lives in the urban area and 83.67% in rural areas.[8][9]
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.
Transport
Public transport is provided by the rail, auto and buses. Bangaon railway station is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is the last station on the Sealdah-Bangaon section of Sealdah Division, Eastern Railway, 77 km from Sealdah Station.[10] The Sealdah–Bangaon railway was built between 1882 and 1884.[11]
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Bangaon municipality (22 no Words) had a population of 110,668, out of which 56,416 were males and 54,252 were females. The 0–6 years population was 8,452. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 90.25 per cent.[12]
Education
Dinabandhu Mahavidyalay is the only degree college in Bangaon which is currently affiliated to West Bengal State University (formerly affiliated to University of Calcutta[13][14]).
Notable residents
- Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Bengali novelist
- Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay, archeologist
- Jiban Ratan Dhar (1889–1963), politician
- Jogendra Nath Mandal, politician
- Dinabandhu Mitra, Bengali novelist
- Bibhas Roy Chowdhury, poet
See also
References
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Bangaon
- ↑ Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study ). SOES. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- ↑ Bengal District Gazetteers, Jessore by L.S.S. O'Malley. Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1912. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ District Gazetteer. Egiye Bangla. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ Jessore District Information. Khujbo.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ Bibhutibhusan Bandopadhyay. Banglapedia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ↑ District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ Eastern Railway time table.
- ↑ Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ↑ Dinabandhu Mahavidyalay History Template:Webarchive Retrieved 15 July 2012
- ↑ Affiliated College of West Bengal State University. Retrieved 15 July 2012
External links
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