Farakka Barrage Township

Farakka Barrage Township
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Settlement type	Census Town
Country	India
State
District
Subdivision

Farrakka Barrage Township is a census town in the Farakka CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location

Farakka Barrage Township is located at Template:Coord. It has an average elevation of 12 metres (39 feet).

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Farakka Barrage Township had a total population of 20,126, of which 10,430 (52%) were males and 9,696 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,882. The total number of literate persons in Farakka Barrage Township was 14,934 (78.90% of the population over 6 years).

Template:As of India census, Farrakka Barrage Township had a population of 21,794. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Farrakka Barrage Township has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 63%. In Farrakka Barrage Township, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, 2011, Farakka Barrage Township covered an area of 3.7 km². It had 70.3 km roads with both open and closed drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, uncovered well, hand pump. It had 3,674 domestc electric connections, 1,211 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 2 hospitals, 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity & child welfare centre, 28 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 6 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 1 secondary school, 1 higher secondary school, 1 general degree college. Among the social, cultural & recreational facilities, it had 1 stadium, 1 cinema theatre, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library, 1 reading room. Important commodities it produced were electricity, cement. It had the branch offices of 8 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 1 non-agricultural credit society.

Economy

The Farakka Barrage Project under the Indian Ministry of Water Resources is an important local project.

Farakka Super Thermal Power Station of NTPC Limited (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation) has of 2,100 MW capacity is located at Farakka. The NTPC-Farakka has 85 km long Merry Go Round Railway transporting coal from Rajmahal mines. Ambuja cement open its third project in Bengal in Farakka with a 1.5 million tonne capacity.

Healthcare

Farakka Barrage Hospital functions with 50 beds.

Transport

National Highway 34 meets National Highway 12 at Farakka.

A rail track, New Farakka Junction, connected Howrah, Sealdah and far southern and western parts of India, Assam via New Jalpaiguri in east and New Delhi via Kiul Jn.

From New Farakka Jn railway station and New Farakka Bus Stoppege (NH 34) Farakka Barrage Township(3 km) is connected by Rikshaw, battery operated Rikshaw and private car on rent.

The transport is also facilitated by routine bus service from Township TTS to PTS (falling under NTPC) and vice versa at stipulated timings every day. The township is served by New Farakka Junction.

Tourism

Template:Unreferenced section Farakka Barrage Township is situated on the bank of holy river The Ganga. It surrounded by water channels and canal. Deer are nurtured in a park on the bank of the Ganga. The project is covered by much greenery and has a full, fresh airy atmosphere to live a peaceful and healthy life. At the end of October various types of migratory birds come here and stay up to February. The Hindu Milan Mandir operated by Bhrat Sevashram Sangha provides well accommodation system to visitors very near to the river Ganga.