Nadanghat Explained

Nadanghat
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:23.3764°N 88.2516°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Purba Bardhaman
Government Type:Panchayati raj (India)
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:3,799
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:713 515
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:91 3454
Registration Plate:WB
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Bardhaman Purba
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Purbastali Dakshin

Nadanghat is a village, with a police station, in the Purbasthali I CD block in Kalna subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal, India.

History

The Syeds were famed zemindars of the area during Muslim rule, and they continued during the British period.[1] When the Muslim League was formed in Dhaka in 1906, it did not have much of an influence in Bardhaman district. Most of the Muslim leaders were with the Congress. In 1919, when Mahatma Gandhi launched the Khilafat movement and followed it up with a non-cooperation movement, Harihar Sen, played an important role in the area.[2] In order to combat the famine of 1943, food committees were formed in Bardhaman district. The Kalna subdivisional conference was organised with great difficulty at Nadanghat. Haragobinda Rej, Talukdar Sheikh, Abodh Bihari Pandey and Abdul Hasnat played important roles in the movement.[3] In the same year flood relief was organised by the Communist Party in a commendable manner in Nadanghat area.[4]

Geography

Location

Nadanghat is located in the flood plains of the Khargeswari river or Khari river.[5]

Police station

Nadanghat police station has jurisdiction over parts of Purbasthali I and Purbasthali II CD Blocks. The area covered is 60 km2.[6] [7]

Urbanisation

87.00% of the population of Kalna subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 13.00% of the population live in the urban areas.[8] The map alongside presents some notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Nadanghat had a total population of 3,799 of which 1,951 (51%) were males and 1,848 (49%) were females. The population below 6 years was 396. The total number of literates in Nadanghat was 2,467 (72.49% of the population over 6 years).[9]

Transport

The State Highway 8 running from Santaldih (in Purulia district) to Majhdia (in Nadia district) passes through Nadanghat.[10]

Education

Nadanghat Rampuria High School, a coeducational institution With Science, is affiliated with West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.[11]

Nadanghat Annapurna Balika Vidyalaya is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.[12]

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre at Nadanghat (with 10 beds).[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 425.
  2. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 433-435.
  3. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, pp. 458, 478.
  4. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 478.
  5. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.),, Vol I, pp. 31-32, Radical Impression.
  6. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman . Tables 2.1, 2.2 . Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal . 23 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
  7. Web site: Purba Bardhaman District Police . Police Station . West Bengal Police . 23 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180927234333/http://purbabardhamanpolice.org/ps . 27 September 2018 . dead .
  8. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman . Table 2.2 . Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal . 25 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
  9. Web site: C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) . 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 29 January 2019.
  10. Web site: List of State Highways in West Bengal. West Bengal Traffic Police . 27 February 2017.
  11. Web site: West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. Budwan . WBCHSE . 29 January 2019.
  12. Web site: West Bengal Board of Secondary Education . Burdwan. WBBSE . 29 January 2019.
  13. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics . Government of West Bengal . 19 January 2019.