Naldahari is a small village located in the Murshidabad district of the state of

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 fou ...

, India. It is a part of

Lalgola Lalgola is a census town in the Lalgola CD block in the Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. It is situated about north of Kolkata, near the head of the Ganges delta. It is a terminal railway station on the Ranaghat-Lal ...

Block near the Indo-Bangladesh international border. It is situated about 225 kilometres (140 mi) north of

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

, near the head of the

Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

delta.

Demography

It is the part of

Gram Panchyat in rural area. Naldahari village has population of 2671 of which are 1362 males while are 1309 females as per Population Census 2011. In this village population of children with age 0-6 is 361 which makes up 13.53% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of this village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio this village as per census is 963, higher than West Bengal average of 956. Naldahari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of this village was 72.23% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. In Naldahari Male literacy stands at 74.85% while female literacy rate was 69.51%.

Geography

Naldahari is located at . 60% of the land is undeveloped and is used for cultivation, Typical crops are corn, wheat, mustard, jute and vegetables. 5% of the land is ponds used for fish production. The climate is similar to the rest of Gangetic West Bengal. The maximum temperature during the summer is about 45 °C (113 °F); the minimum during the winter is between 8 and 10 °C (46 and 50 °F).

Communication

The village is situated near about 1 km away from

Lalgola railway station Lalgola is a station at Lalgola of Murshidabad district in 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 ...

and 2 km away from Lalgola Bus stand.

Education

* Bairbona Primary School * Naldahari Kodalkati Primary School. There are also have some of

High school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

and Madrasah within 2 km of this village.

Lalgola College Lalgola College, established in 2006, is a general degree college in Lalgola, Murshidabad district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to University of Kalyani The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is ...

is only 3 km away from this village.

Drinking water

The condition of the water of this village is not so pure. So the villagers use drinking water from a treated water project called Naldahari Swajaldhara Prokolpo.

Religion and community

Most of the villagers are Muslim. There have an

Eidgah Eidgah or Idgah, also Eid Gah or Id Gah ( fa, "site of Eid bservances; bn, ঈদগাহ; pnb, ; ur, ; hi, ईदगाह) is a term used in South Asian Islamic culture for the open-air enclosure usually outside the city (or at th ...

(ইদগাহ) in this village. People also from neighboring villages and cities come to pray in this

in Eid days. There also have three Jame Masjid and some Waktia Masjid in this village.

References

{{reflist Villages in Murshidabad district Villages in Lalgola block