Raigachhi Explained

Raigachi
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India3
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:22.6372°N 88.4732°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:North 24 Parganas
Subdivision Type3:Metro Station
Subdivision Name3:Rabindra Tirtha(under construction)
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1.52
Population Total:8,245
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:700135
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91 33
Registration Plate:WB
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Barasat
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Rajarhat New Town
Iso Code:IN-WB

Raigachi is a census town in the Rajarhat CD block in the Barasat Sadar subdivision[1] in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.

Geography

Location

Raigachi is close to Action Area II C and II D of New Town. Deara is located nearby.[2]

Area overview

Rajarhat, a rural area earlier, adjacent to Kolkata, is being transformed into an upmarket satellite township, with modern business hubs, luxury real estate and eye-catching shopping malls. With enormous construction activity taking place all around, things are changing fast, leaving behind a description at any given point of time as outdated in no time.[3] Bidhannagar subdivision consists of Bidhannagar Municipality, Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality (subsequently merged to form Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation since 2015), including Nabadiganta Industrial Township (Bidhannagar Sector - V) and Rajarhat (Community development block).[4] [5] [6]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 Census of India, Raigachi had a total population of 8,245, of which 4,196 (51%) were males and 4,049 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,045. The total number of literate persons in Raigachi was 5,604 (77.83% of the population over 6 years).[7]

India census,[8] Raigachi had a population of 6728. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Raigachi has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 58% and female literacy is 52%. In Raigachhi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Kolkata Urban Agglomeration

The following Municipalities and Census Town in Barasat Sadar subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration, according to the 2011 census: Barasat (M), Madhyamgram (M), Rajarhat-Gopalpur (M) (made part of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in 2015) and Raigachi (CT).[9]

Infrastructure

As per District Census Handbook 2011, Raigachi covered an area of 1.57 km2. It had 6 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 3 secondary schools. The nearest degree college was 3 km away at Krishnapur. The nearest hospital with 20 beds was 1 km away.[10]

Transport

SRCM Road and Rajarhat Main Road (part of State Highway 3) pass along the north and south boundaries of Raigachhi.[2]

Bus

Private Bus

Bus Routes Without Numbers

Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[11]

See also

Map Rajarhat CD Block on Page 605 of District Census Handbook.[12]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns
  2. Google maps
  3. Politics of a Transformative Rural: Development, Dispossession and Changing Caste-Relations in West Bengal, India . Ritanjan das. 2019 . Open edition journals, 21/2019 . 10.4000/samaj.5472 . 22 June 2021 . Das . Ritanjan . 21 . 203483548 . free .
  4. Web site: BMC Profile.
  5. Web site: Change of guard.
  6. Web site: Notification No. 401/MA/O/C4/1A-12/2012 dated 18 Jun 2015. 11 May 2018. Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. https://web.archive.org/web/20150726060058/http://north24parganas.gov.in/pdf/notice%20220615.pdf. 26 July 2015. dead.
  7. 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 . 23 March 2016.
  8. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
  9. Web site: Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 . Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh . Census of India 2011 . 30 May 2018.
  10. Web site: District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities . Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal . 31 May 2018.
  11. Web site: Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study) . 2007-08-24 . Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India . SOES . 27 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002938/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm . dead .
  12. Web site: District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Page 605 - Map of Rajarhat CD Block . Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 1 June 2018.