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Anandanagar
Anandanagar is a village (village code 01920300, JL no 38) in Anandanagar gram panchayat in Singur CD block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Anandanagar is at . Demographics As per 2011 Census of India Anandanagar had a total population of 3,915 of which 1,916 (49%) were males and 1,999 (51%) were females. Population below 6 years was 288. The total number of literates in Anandanagar was 3,117 (85.94% of the population over 6 years). Anandanagar had a population of 3,963 in the 2001 census. Education High schools * Anandanagar A.C.Roy High School (Institution Code 17023) (Bengali medium) *Anandanagar Ramanath High school (Index code G4-002) (Bengali medium) English Medium Schools There are two english medium schools in Anandanagar: * Anandanagar Kishalay School * Icon English Medium School Primary schools There are five primary schools in Anandanagar: * Anandanagar Shibtala Primary School * Anandanagar bramhin p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singur
Singur is a census town in Singur CD Block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Singur is located at . It has an average elevation of 14 metres (45 ft), and is situated on the Ganges delta. The several villages comprising Singur include Dewan Bheri, Dobandi, Baburberi, Khasherbheri, Joymolla, Ujjal Sangha, Beraberi, Bajemelia, Anandanagar, Deb Design Gallery, Ratanpur, Gopalnagar, Apurbapur, Jalaghata, Daluigacha East and West, Mirzapur, Bankipur, Boinchipota, Nabapally, Beleghata, Khosalpur, Pawnan, Gandarpukur, Dasani & Choyani, Ratanpur 1 & 2, Singherbheri, Nasibpur, Mollasimla, Rasulpur, Durgarampur, Dansi, Diara, Gobindapur, Hakimpur, Nanda, Habaspota, Naskarpur, Balarampur, Chhutipur, Subhipur, Notun Bazar, Benipur, Antisara, Burashanti, Ghanashyampur, Paltagorh, Telipukur, Khaserchak, Batriskhura, Alurbadh, Durgarampur, Biramnagar, Harishnagar etc. Police station Singur police station ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singur (community Development Block)
Singur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Singur CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of the three natural regions in the district, of the flat alluvial plains that forms part of the Gangetic Delta. The region has many depressions which receive water from the surrounding lands during the rainy season and discharge the water through small channels. History According to Binoy Ghosh, the word “Singur” is believed to a derivative of the word “Singhapur”. In the Sri Lankan Mahavamsa there is mention of two towns – Singhapur and Banganagar, both believed to be located in the ancient Rarh region. Some scholars feel that Singur is the place where ancient Singhapur was located. According to the Sri Lankan chronicles Prince Vijaya, son of Singhabahu, king of Singhapur, sailed from Singhapur, landed in Sri Lanka in 544 BC and became th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandannagore Subdivision
Chandannagore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview A major portion of Chandannagore subdivision is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, the agriculturally rich alluvial plains lying between the Hooghly and the Damodar. The narrow strip of land along the Hooghly is part of the Hooghly Flats. The entire area is a part of the Gangetic Delta. The Hooghly is a tidal river and has a high west bank. The Portuguese, the Dutch, the French, the Danes and the British dominated industry, trade and commerce in this area for more than two centuries, and as a result the Hooghly Flats is highly industrialised. Subdivisions The Hooghly district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: 400 px, right Administrative units Chandannagore subdivision has 5 police stations, 3 community development blocks, 3 panchayat samitis, 41 gram panchayats, 352 mouzas, 339 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasibpur Railway Station
Nasibpur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line of Howrah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside State Highway 2, Purusattampur at Nasibpur in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line was opened by the Tarkessur Railway Company on 1 January 1885 and was worked by East Indian Railway Company The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, Bombay, Barod .... The Tarkessur company was taken over by the East Indian Railway in 1915. The track was first electrified with 3,000 V DC system in 1957–58. In 1967, this line including Nasibpur railway station was electrified with to 25 kV AC system. References Railway stations in Hooghly district Howr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singur Railway Station
Singur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line of Howrah railway division of the Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside State Highway 2, Burasanti at Singur in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The Sheoraphuli–Tarakeswar branch line was opened by the Tarkessur Railway Company on 1 January 1885 and was worked by East Indian Railway Company The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, Bombay, Barod .... The Tarkessur company was taken over by the East Indian Railway in 1915. The track was first electrified with 3,000 V DC system in 1957–58. In 1967, this line including Singur railway station was electrified with to 25 kV AC system. References Railway stations in Hooghly district Howrah railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamarkundu
Kamarkundu is a village in Kamarkundu Gopalnagar gram panchayat in Singur block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Kamarkundu is located at This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages. Economy Around a total of 32 lakh people from all around the city commute to Kolkata daily for work. In the Howrah-Tarakeswar section there are 48 trains that carry commuters from 21 railway stations. In the Howrah-Bardhaman (chord line) section 48 trains carry commuters from 30 railway stations. Transport At Kamarkundu railway station Kamarkundu is a railway station at the crossing of the Howrah–Bishnupur and the Howrah–Bardhaman chord lines. It serves Kamarkundu in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview This is a rich agricultural area with seve ..., the Sheoraphuli-Bishnupur branch line goes above the Howrah-Bardhaman chord. Since the lines are at two levels, trains cannot switch ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandannagar
Chandannagar french: Chandernagor ), also known by its former name Chandernagore and French name Chandernagor, is a city in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarter of the Chandannagore subdivision and is part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Located on the western bank of Hooghly River, the city was one of the five settlements of French India. Indo-French architecture is seen in the colonial bungalows, most of which are in a dilapidated state. Etymology The name Chandernagor is possibly derived from the shape of the bank of the river Hooghly which is bent like a half-moon (in Bengali, ''Chand'' means moon and ''Nagar'' implies city), so originally it was chander nagar. From the river bank, it looked like a moon-shaped necklace (crescent moon). Local tradition holds that the city was once the major hub of the trade of sandalwood (Bengali-''chandan)''. One more possibility for the name is a temple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) () is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages. Of 178,000 (1.7 lakh) habitations with a population of above 500 in the plains and above 250 in the hilly areas planned to be connected by all-weather roads, 82% were already connected by December 2017 and work-in-progress on the remaining 47,000 habitations was on-track for completion by March 2019 (c. December 2017). This Centrally Sponsored Scheme was introduced in 2000 by the then-prime minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Assam Tribune has reported that the scheme has started to change the lifestyle of many villagers as it has resulted in new roads and upgrade of certain inter-village routes in Manipur. History The PMGSY is under the authority of the Ministry of Rural Development and was begun on 25 December 2000. It is fully funded by the central government. During November 2015, following the recommendations of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Highway 2 (West Bengal)
State Highway 2 (SH 2) is a state highway in West Bengal, India. Route SH 2 originates from its junction with NH 14 at Bankura and passes through Indpur, Hatimrampur, Khatra, Simlapal, Taldangra, Bishnupur, Jaypur, Kotulpur, Arambag, Champadanga, Tarakeswar, Singur, Baidyabati, Dankuni, Uttarpara, Baranagar, Dakshineswar, Barrackpore, Barasat, Berachampa, Kholapota, Basirhat, Taki and terminates at its junction with SH 3 at Malancha in North 24 Parganas district. National Highway Authority of India or NHAI has proposed to include section of SH 2 from Simlapal via Taldangra, Bishnupur, Jaypur, Kotulpur, Arambag to Champadanga under a new National Highway for 2022/23, but details not decided yet. The new highway will connect Jhargram with Dankuni via Jhilimili, Mukutmanipur, Simlapal, Taldangra, Bishnupur, Jaypur, Kotulpur, Arambag, Champadanga & Chanditala. The new proposed National Highway will merge SH 2, SH 5 & SH 15 into a single route covering distance of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Census Of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register (NPR) was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Unique Identification Authority of India. The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of the census was 'Our Census, Our future'. Spread across 28 states and 8 union territories, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
