Radhikapur | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal # India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 25.6428°N 88.4469°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Uttar Dinajpur |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 1057 |
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: | 733129 |
Area Code Type: | STD/ Telephone code |
Area Code: | 03523 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Raiganj |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kaliaganj |
Radhikapur is a village and a gram panchayat in Kaliaganj CD block in Raiganj subdivision of Uttar Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a border checkpoint on the Bangladesh-India border.
Radhikapur is located at 25.6428°N 88.4469°W.
The Radhikapur-Birol rail link was put back in operation in April 2017.[1] [2] [3]
It was a defunct rail transit point on the India-Bangladesh border for a long time. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Biral in Dinajpur District.[4] [5] The transit facility in the Radhikapur-Birol sector had remained suspended since 1 April 2005. The railway track on the Indian side had been converted to broad gauge while that on the Bangladesh side it continued to remain metre gauge.[6]
As per the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by Bangladesh and India on 15 August 1978 it was agreed to facilitate overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal. An addendum was made on 6 September 2011, to add new rail routes for facilitating overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal.[7]
Bangladesh started export of fertilizer to Nepal utilizing the Rahanpur-Singhabad transit point in November 2011.[8]
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Radhikapur has a land customs station for movement of goods by road or rail on the India-Bangladesh border.[9]
As per the 2011 Census of India, Radhikapur had a total population of 1,057, of which 530 (50%) were males and 527 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 134. The total number of literates in Radhikapur was 675 (73.13% of the population over 6 years).[10]
Radhikapur railway station is on the Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line.[11]