Radhikapur is a village and a
gram panchayat
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ...
in
Kaliaganj CD block
In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...
in
Raiganj subdivision
Raiganj subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Subdivisions
Uttar Dinajpur district is divided into two administrative subdivisions:
Administrative units
Raiganj subdivisio ...
of
Uttar Dinajpur district
Uttar Dinajpur () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur district, it comprises two subdivisions: Raiganj and Islampur.
History
Undivided Dinajpur district ...
in 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 four ...
,
India
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. It is a
border checkpoint
A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders oft ...
on the
Bangladesh-India border.
Geography
Location
Radhikapur is located at .
Radhikapur-Biral transit point
The Radhikapur-Birol rail link was put back in operation in April 2017.
It was a defunct rail transit point on the India-Bangladesh border for a long time. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is
Biral
Biral ( bn, বিরল) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Geography
Biral is located at . It has 37993 households and total area 352.16 km2.
Biral Upazila is bounded by Bochaganj and Kaharole U ...
in
Dinajpur District. The transit facility in the Radhikapur-Birol sector had remained suspended since 1 April 2005. The railway track on the Indian side had been converted to
broad gauge
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.
Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...
while that on the Bangladesh side it continued to remain
metre gauge
Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...
.
As per the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by Bangladesh and India on 15 August 1978 it was agreed to facilitate overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal. An addendum was made on 6 September 2011, to add new rail routes for facilitating overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal.
Bangladesh started export of fertilizer to Nepal utilizing the Rahanpur-
Singhabad
Singhabad (also spelled Singabad) is a village in Habibpur CD block in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a railway transit point on the Bangladesh-India border.
Geography
Location
Singhabad ...
transit point in November 2011.
In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen version.
Land customs station
Radhikapur has a land customs station for movement of goods by road or rail on the India-Bangladesh border.
Demographics
As per the
2011 Census of India, Radhikapur had a total population of 1,057, of which 530 (50%) were males and 527 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 134. The total number of literates in Radhikapur was 675 (73.13% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
Radhikapur railway station
Radhikapur railway station is a station serving Radhikapur in the Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India. It is an active rail transit system on the Bangladesh–India border. It is an India–Bangladesh land border checkpoint and has a ...
is on the
Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line.
References
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Villages in Uttar Dinajpur district
Bangladesh–India border crossings