Mayurhat is a village under

Ranaghat subdivision Ranaghat Subdivision is an administrative subdivision located at Nadia district, in the state of West Bengal, India.741159. The subdivision is administered by SDM/SDO(Ranaghat). Overview Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed ...

Nadia district Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influentia ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

, India.

Geography

Mayurhat is in the middle of

Bagula Bagula is a village in the Hanskhali CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Bagula is located at . It has an average elevation of 6 metres (20 feet). Bagu ...

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 Sealdah railway division is one of the four railway divisions under the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It's headquarters are located in Kaiser Street in Kolkata, West Bengal near the Sealdah railway station. Geographically the div ...

. 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 Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...

and the young man smiled at that reflecting on hope.

References

Villages in Nadia district {{Nadia-geo-stub