Randiha (also spelled Rondia) is a village in
Galsi I
Galsi I is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Benga ...
CD block in
Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision
Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
The uneven laterite territory found in the western part of Paschim Bardhaman district extends up to ...
of
Purba Bardhaman district
Purba Bardhaman district is in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Suba ...
in the
India
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n
state
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of
West Bengal
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.
Geography
Weir
In 1932, the Anderson
weir
A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the water level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...
was constructed at Randiha. As a result, irrigation facility has been available in the lower
Damodar basin before the advent of dams by means of the diversion weir on the Damodar and Eden canal to the extent of 890 square kilometres in the districts of Burdwan and Hooghly. Detailed examination of flow data as available at Randiha, revealed that maximum flow of had occurred twice in August 1913 and August 1935 before the implementation of
Damodar Valley Scheme.
It is about from
Panagarh
Panagarh is an industrial village and an Indian Air Force base in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Panagarh is located at . It is 24 km southeast of Durg ...
on
NH 19
National Highway 19 (NH 19) is a national highway in India. It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India. After renumbering of national highways, Delhi to Agra route is now nationa ...
and about downstream of
Durgapur Barrage
Durgapur Barrage is built across the Damodar River at outskirt of bankura district border in Bankura district and partly in Paschim Bardhaman district, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was constructed by Damodar Valley Corporation mainly ...
.
Picnic spot
It is a picnic spot.
Eden Canal
The Eden Canal was built in 1904 (or earlier) from Kanchannagar to Jamalpur and was linked to the Damodar canals carrying water from Randiha weir in the thirties. It provides irrigation to 10,000 hectares of land in Barddhaman district.
[Chattopadhyay, Akkori,''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), , Vol I, p. 599, Radical Impression. ]
Demographics
As per the
2011 Census of India Randiha had a total population of 1,953, of which 1,014 (52%) were males and 938 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 191. The total number of literates in Randiha was 1,274 (72.30% of the population over 6 years).
References
{{Purba Bardhaman District
Purba Bardhaman district
Dams in West Bengal
Villages in Purba Bardhaman district