Arjunpur is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

and gram panchayat in the Farakka CD block in the

Jangipur subdivision Jangipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. West Bengal's Chief minister, CM Mamata Banerjee announced that a new Farakka subdivision will be created from the Farakka (communit ...

of the

Murshidabad district Murshidabad district is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the left bank of the river Ganges, the district is very fertile. Covering an area of and having a population 7.103 million (according to 2011 census), it ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Arjunpur is located at . According to the map of Farakka CD block in the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'', Arjunpur, Sibnagar,

Pranpara Pranpara is a census town in the Farakka CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Pranpara is located at . According to the map of Farakka CD block in the ''D ...

, Mamrejpur and Mahadeb Nagar form a cluster of census towns.

Area overview

Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the

Rarh region ''Rarh region'' () is a toponym for an area in the Indian subcontinent that lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the West and the Ganges Delta on the East. Although the boundaries of the region have been defined differently according to vari ...

that is spread over from adjoining

Santhal Pargana division Santhal Pargana division constitutes six district administration units known as the divisions of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Origin of name Santal Pargana derives its name from two words: " Santal", a major inhabited tribe in the region an ...

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. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating. The river

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 which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary rive ...

, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country. Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map). The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station. According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the

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industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women. As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the

alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks. Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Arjunpur had a total population of 6,042, of which 3,076 (51%) were males and 2,966 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,076. The total number of literate persons in Arjunpur was 2,785 (56.08% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'', 2011, Arjunpur covered an area of 1.2075 km². The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, hand pump, tube well/ borewell. It had 480 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity & child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 1 veterinary hospital. Among the educational facilities, it had 10 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 higher secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Farakka 10 km away. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities it had 3 public libraries. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank, 10 agricultural credit societies.

Healthcare

Arjunpur primary health centre at Arjunpur functions with 10 beds.

References

{{Murshidabad District Cities and towns in Murshidabad district