| Ranaghat | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | Divisions |
| Subdivision Name2: | presidency |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 2022 |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Ranaghat |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English |
| Demographics Type2: | Demographics |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Leader Title1: | Lok Sabha constituencies |
| Leader Name1: | Ranaghat |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
Ranaghat district is a proposed district in presidency division, West Bengal.[1] [2] The district will be formed by dividing the Nadia district.[3] The name of the district is yet to be finalized.[4]
On 1 August 2022, Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee declared about the creation of Ranaghat district carving out from Nadia district.[1] [3] [5] The announcement to carve a Ranaghat district out of the existing Nadia district triggered large protests with many common people and intellectuals complaining that the new administrative area would take away their rich culture and heritage associated with Nadia. Sources at Nabanna said the government was considering the possibility of naming of new district as South Nadia, instead of Ranaghat.[6] [7]
There are multiple important hospitals in the proposed Ranaghat district e.g Ranaghat Subdivisional Hospital, Santipur State General Hospital, Chakdaha State General Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani, College of Medicine & JNM Hospital and so on. Ranaghat Subdivisional Hospital consists of 171 beds whereas Santipur State General Hospital consists of 131 beds.[17] Besides, this district has three rural hospitals with 30 beds each: Bagula Rural Hospital, Habibpur (Jadhav Dutta) Rural Hospital, and Aranghata Rural Hospital.[18]