Kheadaha is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the

Sonarpur Rajpur Sonarpur () is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History M ...

police station in the

CD block in the

Baruipur subdivision Baruipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives i ...

of the

South 24 Parganas district South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore previously, with its Zilla Parishad now in ...

in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

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 ...

History

During 1946–1950, the

Tebhaga movement The Tebhaga movement (1946–1947) was significant peasant agitation, initiated in Bengal by the All India Kisan Sabha of peasant front of the Communist Party of India. History At that time, landlords required tenant farmers and sharecroppe ...

in several parts of the

24 Parganas 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS), or sometimes Twenty Four Parganas, is a former district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. On 1 March 1986, the district was bifurcated into two separate districts namel ...

district led to the enactment of the Bargadari Act. Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of

bargadar Sharecropping is a legal arrangement in which a landowner allows a tenant (sharecropper) to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land. Sharecropping is not to be conflated with tenant farming, providing the tenant a ...

s to a higher share of crops from the land that they tilled, it was not implemented. Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords. In 1967,

witnessed a peasant uprising against the non-implementation of land reform legislation, starting from Kheadaha gram panchayat in

CD block. From 1977 onwards, major land reforms took place in

under the Left Front government. Land in excess of the land ceiling was acquired and distributed among the peasants.

Geography

Kheadaha is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kheadaha had a total population of 1,930 of which 985 (51%) were males and 945 (49%) were females. There were 211 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kheadaha was 1,291 (75.10% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Sonarpur-Bantala Road links Kheadaha to the State Highway 3.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Kheadaha.

References

Villages in South 24 Parganas district {{South24Parganas-geo-stub