Beldanga engali:বেলডাঙ্গাis a municipality town under the

Berhampore subdivision Berhampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Bhagirathi River splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the e ...

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

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

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. Beldanga is an important trade centre of this district.

Geography

Location

Beldanga is located at . It has an average elevation of 20 metres (65 feet).

Area overview

The area shown in the map alongside, covering

Berhampore Berhampore (), also known as Baharampur (), is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. Berhampore is the administrative headquarters of the Murshidabad district. As of 2011 census, Berhampore is the seventh largest city ...

and Kandi subdivisions, is spread across both the natural physiographic regions of the district,

Rarh ''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 ...

and Bagri. The headquarters of Murshidabad district,

, is in this area. The ruins of

Karnasubarna Karnasuvarna or Karnasubarna ( Bengali : কর্ণসুবর্ণ অথবা কানসোনা) was an ancient city, located in the present day Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal ...

, the capital of

Shashanka Shashanka Dev (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Śaśāṅka) was the first independent king of a unified polity in the Bengal region, called the Gauda Kingdom. He reigned in the 7th century, some historians place his r ...

, the first important king of ancient

Bengal Bengal ( ) is a Historical geography, historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the Eastern South Asia, eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. The region of Benga ...

who ruled in the 7th century, is located south-west of Berhampore. The area is overwhelmingly rural with over 80% of the population living in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Beldanga had a total population of 29,205, of which 14,694 (50%) were males and 14,511 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 3,583. The total number of literate persons in Beldanga was 21,169 (82.62% of the population over 6 years). As per

2001 Census of India The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871. The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. The total population increased b ...

, Beldanga had a population of 25,361. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Beldanga has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the literates being male and 45% being female. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Civic administration

Police station

Beldanga police station has jurisdiction over Beldanga municipal area and a part of

Beldanga I Beldanga I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Beldanga is located at Beldanga I CD block lies in the Ganges ...

CD Block.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'', 2011, Beldanga covered an area of 3.98 km². It had 50.73 km roads with open drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank etc. It had 3,713 domestic electric connections, 1,556 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 2 hospitals (with 55 beds).

Transport

Beldanga railway station Beldanga is a railway station of the Sealdah-Lalgola line in the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The station is situated beside National Highway 12 at Beldanga in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Be ...

is well connected with

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

via Sealdah-Lalgola Division Railway. National Highway 12 passes through the Barua More, Beldanga town.

Education

Colleges

* S.R. Fatepuria College * Beldanga Humayun Kabir Memorial B.Ed college (Kazisaha)

High school

* Beldanga Darul Hadeeth Senior Madrasha (Aliah University) * Al - Ameen Mission Academy, Beldanga * Swami Pranabananda Vidyapith (Girls) * Beldanga C.R.G.S. High School * Harimati Girl's High School (Girls) * Hareknagar A.M. Institution * Beldanga Srish Chandra Vidyapith * Banipith girls high school (Girls) * Sarat Pally Balika Vidyalay (Girls) * Mirzapur H.S.C High School * Kazisaha High Madrasha * KUMARPUR BHOLANATH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL * Bishurpukur High School

Primary School

* Pranab Bharati School * Sishu Niketan (Netaji Park) * Madda Pranab Bharati * Beldanga Path bhawan * Kidzee Beldanga * Mederdhar Shishu Madrasah * Mederdhar Primary School

Healthcare

* Beldanga Rural Hospital * Beldanga Rotary Eye Hospital * Beldanga Anandalok Hospital

References

{{Municipalities of West Bengal Cities and towns in Murshidabad district