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Serampore Subdivision
Srirampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanised, with the highest density of population, of all the subdivisions of Hooghly district. Urbanisation started with industrialisation of the Hooghly Flats, the narrow strip of land along the Hooghly and spread inland covering a large portion of Hooghly-Damodar Plain, the agriculturally rich alluvial plains lying between the Hooghly and the Damodar. The entire area is a part of the Gangetic Delta. The Hooghly is a tidal river and has a high west bank. The spread of urbanisation obviously affected the livelihood of the people, with a high proportion of workers being engaged in non-agricultural pursuits. Subdivisions The Hooghly district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units 400 px, right Srirampore subdivision has 7 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federalism, federal union comprising 28 federated state, states and 8 union territory, union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 List of districts in India, districts and smaller administrative divisions of India, administrative divisions by the respective subnational government. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a State governments of India, state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the Government of India, union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government. History 1876–1919 The British Raj was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 princely state, constituent states and the prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arambag Subdivision
Arambag subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Arambag subdivision is a rural dominated area. All the blocks in the subdivision have their entire population living in the rural areas. Arambagh municipality is the only urban area in the entire subdivision. A major portion of the subdivision is part of the Dwarakeswar-Damodar inter-riverine plain with alluvial soil. Only a small portion in the western fringe of the subdivision is upland. The entire area is a part of the Gangetic Delta. History Arambagh subdivision was formed in 1819. It was earlier known as Jahanabad. On 19 April 1900 the name of Jahanabad was changed to Arambagh, which means "the garden of ease and comfort". Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was in-charge of the subdivision in its earlier days. The ruins of a fort at Gar Mandaran provided the setting for Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel '' Durgeshnandini'', published in 1865. Subdivision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nababpur
Nababpur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Nawabpur is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Nawabpur, Bhagabatipur, Kumirmora and Ramanathpur form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD Block. Urbanisation Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality Rishra Municipality is the civic body that governs Rishra and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the Li ... and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudhkalmi
Dudhkalmi is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Dudhkalmi is located at . Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Nababpur, Bhagabatipur, Kumirmora and Ramanathpur form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD Block. Urbanisation Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and the rest is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above). All places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manirampur
Manirampur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Manirampur is located at: Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Hooghly, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Nababpur, Bhagabatipur, Kumirmora and Ramanathpur form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD Block. Urbanisation Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above). All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangadharpur
Gangadharpur is a census town in the Chanditala I CD block located in the Srirampore subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Gangadharpur is located at . It has an elevation of 14 metres (46 feet) and is located in the Chanditala–I community development block under the Srirampore subdivision of the Hooghly district. The Chanditala police station serves this town. There is a small river in the locale that is called Kana Nadi "(Bengali:কানা নদী)", which means "blind river." It is 26 km from the district headquarters of Hooghly and 30 km from the state capital Kolkata. According to the District Census Handbook of 2011, Gangadharpur covered an area of 2.193 km2. Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Nababpur, Bhagabatipur, Kumirmora and Ramanathpur form a cluster of census towns in the Chanditala I CD block. Urbanisation The Srirampore subdivision is the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jangalpara
Jangalpara is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Jangalpara is located at: It is 28 km from District headquarters Hooghly. Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Hooghly, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Nababpur, Bhagabatipur, Kumirmora and Ramanathpur form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD Block. Urbanisation Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masat, Hooghly
Masat is a census town in Chanditala I CD block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Masat is located at and is a gram panchayat. Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhkalmi, Nababpur, Bhagabatipur, Kumirmora and Ramanathpur form a cluster of census towns in Chanditala I CD block. CD block HQ The headquarters of Chanditala I CD block are located at Masat. Urbanisation Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has six municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furfura Sharif
Furfura Sharif (also known as Furfura, and Furfura Darbar Sharif) is a village in Jangipara community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly District in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a holy place for some Bengali Muslims. Before the afternoon prayers, people queue up at the ''mazar'' (shrine) of Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique (1846–1939), a prominent '' pir'' (holy person) of the town. People say it is the second most prominent ''mazar'' in the country after Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan. History The masjid built by Muqlish Khan in 1375 is a site for Muslim pilgrimage, especially during the pir's '' mela'' (fair). It attracts a large number of pilgrims during Urs festival. Oral tradition holds that the Bagdi (Barga Kshatriya) king who ruled here was defeated by Shah Kabir Halibi and Karamuddin, both of whom were killed in the battle. Their tombs are revered to this day by both Hindus and Muslims. Veracity of the account and other details are unstu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antpur
Antpur is a village in the Jangipara (community development block), Jangipara community development block of the Srirampore subdivision in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is around from Tarakeswar. The nearest railway station is Haripal railway station, Haripal. Antpur is famous for its Boro Maa Kali Puja every year on Bhoot Chaturdashi tithi, when lakhs of devotees gather in the village for the festival. History One of the most important and famous festivals of Antpur is the Shri Shri Boro Kali Mata Puja (or simply Boro Maa Kali Puja) at Boro Maa Kali Tola, Anarbati, Antpur. It is a puja (Hinduism), puja 300 to 400 years old. Legends say that when cholera epidemic had spread throughout Antpur and its surrounding regions, a saint who appeared out of nowhere suggested worshipping the goddess Kali under the name Boro Maa, meaning "big/eldest mother". The puja was held at the Bandopadhyay house; after it was completed, Antpur and its surrounding regions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jangipara
Jangipara is a village in Jangipara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Jangipara is located at . Police station Jangipara police station has jurisdiction over the Jangipara CD Block. CD Block HQ The headquarters of Jangipara CD Block are located at Jangipara. Urbanisation Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above). All places marked in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajbalhat
Rajbalhat is a census town in Jangipara (community development block), Jangipara, a Community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the States and territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Rajbalhat is located at Villages in Rajbalhat panchayat are as follows: Rajbalhat, Shib Chak, Morhal, Mukundapur, Kuliara, Jhanda, Binodbati, Chaiman Chak, Naskardanga, Gultia, Dakshin Gultia, Tripan, Nabagram, Jabni and Rahimpur. Urbanisation Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
