Mayurhat Explained

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.

Geography

Mayurhat is in the middle of Bagula and Taraknagar. It is in under Hanskhali police station.

Transport

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.

Education

There is one high school and more than 4 primary schools.

Festivals

Charak mala, Rath Yatra are the festivals organised in the village as well as the football and the cricket tournaments.

Myths

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.