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Gora Bazar located in the city of Berhampore is a census town located in the community development block of Berhampore, Berhampore subdivision, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India. It is situated at an elevation of 22 meters above sea level.
Geography
Location
Gora Bazar is located at Template:Coord.
Area overview
The area shown in the map alongside, covering Berhampore and Kandi subdivisions, is spread across both the natural physiographic regions of the district, Rarh and Bagri.[1][2] The headquarters of Murshidabad district, Berhampore, is in this area.[3] The ruins of Karnasubarna, the capital of Shashanka, the first important king of ancient Bengal who ruled in the 7th century, is located Template:Convert south-west of Berhampore.[4][5][6] The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with over 80% of the population living in the rural areas.[7]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Gora Bazar had a total population of 5,200, of which 2,643 (51%) were males and 2,557 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 390. The total number of literate persons in Gora Bazar was 4,678 (97.26% of the population over 6 years).[8]
As per 2001 Census of India,[9] Gora Bazar had a population of 7,714. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Gora Bazar has an average literacy rate of 88%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 90%, and female literacy is 85%. In Gora Bazar, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, 2011, Gora Bazar covered an area of 1.79 km2. It had 15 km roads with open drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tube well/ bore well, hand pump. It had 528 domestic electric connections, 100 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school in town, general degree college at Berhampore 1 km away. It had branch office of 1 nationalised bank.[10]
References
- ↑ District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ Murshidabad. Murshidabad district authorities. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ Murshidabad. Murshidabad district authorities. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ Ray, Nihar Ranjan, Bangalir Itihas Adi Parba, Template:In lang, 1980 edition, pp. 160-161, Paschim Banga Niraksharata Durikaran Samiti
- ↑ Sengupta, Nitish, History of the Bengali-speaking People, p.25, UBS Publishers’ Distributors Pvt. Ltd.
- ↑ Majumdar, Dr. R.C., History of Ancient Bengal, first published 1971, reprint 2005, pp. 5-6, Tulshi Prakashani, Kolkata, Template:ISBN.
- ↑ District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, Series 20, Part XII B. Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ↑ District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, Series 20, Part XII B. Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ↑ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ↑ District Census Handbook Murshidabad, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 26 June 2021.