Mayurhat | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 23.4003°N 88.7386°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nadia |
Founder: | Sourav Sarkar |
Governing Body: | All India Trinamool Congress |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Leader Title: | MP |
Leader Name: | Tapash Mondal |
Elevation M: | 14 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 2355 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 741502 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Mayurhat is a village under Ranaghat subdivision in Nadia district, West Bengal, India.
Mayurhat is in the middle of Bagula and Taraknagar. It is in under Hanskhali police station.
The main transport is the railway service. Mayurhat railway station is situated on the Ranaghat-Gede branch line of the Sealdah railway division. Number of local trains stop at Mayurhat.
There is one high school and more than 4 primary schools.
Charak mala, Rath Yatra are the festivals organised in the village as well as the football and the cricket tournaments.
There is an old story about a box which held 1001 evil spirits and which was guarded by an old sage who could guard it no longer. He entrusted the box to the village of Mayurhat to keep watch on for all time. During the 101st year a demon tricked the guards and opened the box releasing all of the evil spirits. A young man shut the box just in time. It turns out that there was also a good spirit inside which was called Hope and the young man smiled at that reflecting on hope.