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Katwa
Katwa is a sub-divisional town and railway junction in Purba Bardhaman district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Katwa subdivision. The town was built at the confluence of Ganga and Ajay. Katwa is a border city of three districts; Purba Bardhaman District, Nadia District and Murshidabad District. Geography Location Katwa is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is situated between the Ajay River and the Hooghly River and so is bounded by water to the east, west, and north. Police station Katwa police station has jurisdiction over Katwa and Dainhat municipalities, and Katwa I and Katwa II CD Blocks. The area covered is 351.03 km2. Urbanisation 88.44% of the population of the Katwa subdivision live in rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked on the map are linked in the larger full-screen map. History Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katwa Subdivision
Katwa subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Katwa subdivision extends from the Kanksa-Ketugram plain to the Bhagirathi basin. The Ajay River, Ajay flows through the subdivision and joins the Hooghly River, Bhagirathi. Subdivisions Purba Bardhaman district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Katwa subdivision has 3 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 46 gram panchayats, 388 mouzas, 373 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities and 1 census town. The municipalities are at Katwa and Dainhat. The census town is: Panuhat. The subdivision has its headquarters at Katwa. Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India data Katwa subdivision, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, had a total population of 963,022. There were 494,584 (51%) males and 468,538 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 109,884. As p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katwa (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Katwa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 270 Katwa assembly constituency covers Katwa municipality, Dainhat municipality, Katwa II community development block and Khajurdihi, Sudpur, Karajgram and Goai gram panchayats of Katwa I CD Block. Koshigram and Srikhanda gram panchayats of Katwa I CD Block are part of Ketugram Assembly constituency. Saragram, Gidhgram and Alampur gram panchayats of Katwa I CD Block are part of Mangalkot Assembly constituency. Katwa assembly segment was earlier part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency). The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purba Bardhaman
Purba Bardhaman district is in 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 Subaldaha in the district of Purba Bardhaman. Etymology Some historians link the name of the district to the 24th and last Jain ''tirthankara'', Mahavira Vardhamana, who came to preach in the area. Alternatively, ''Bardhamana'' means a prosperous and growing area. It was a forward frontier zone in the progress of Aryanisation by the people in the Upper Gangetic valley. ''Purba'' means east. History The district is recorded in the early 20th century British chronicles as ‘the richest tract in Bengal and the area of its oldest and most settled cultivation’. Archaeological excavations at Pandu Rajar Dhibi have indicated settlements in the Ajay valley in the Mesolithic age, around 5,000 BC. In early historical times Bardhamanbhukti, a part of the Rarh regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purba Bardhaman District
Purba Bardhaman district is in 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 Subaldaha in the district of Purba Bardhaman. Etymology Some historians link the name of the district to the 24th and last Jain ''tirthankara'', Mahavira Vardhamana, who came to preach in the area. Alternatively, ''Bardhamana'' means a prosperous and growing area. It was a forward frontier zone in the progress of Aryanisation by the people in the Upper Gangetic valley. ''Purba'' means east. History The district is recorded in the early 20th century British chronicles as ‘the richest tract in Bengal and the area of its oldest and most settled cultivation’. Archaeological excavations at Pandu Rajar Dhibi have indicated settlements in the Ajay valley in the Mesolithic age, around 5,000 BC. In early historical times Bardhamanbhukti, a part of the Rarh regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karui
Karui is a village in Katwa II CD block in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal state in East India. The meaning of Karui is ''Grain Storage''. Geography Location The region has an average elevation of 19 metres (65 ft). The village is situated 15 km from Katwa, 52 km from Bardhaman and less than 130 km from Kolkata on road. Karui has a total area of 15.30 km2. It is under Katwa II CD Block which is a part of the Bhagirathi basin. The region has many swamps and water-logged areas. The soil is fertile, as it consists mainly of silt deposits. Urbanisation 88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Demographics Population In the 2011 census, Karui had a population (including institutional and hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srikhanda
Srikhanda is a village in Srikhanda gram panchayat in Katwa I CD block in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district. It is about distance from Katwa and distance from Burdwan. Geography Urbanisation 88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision lives in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population lives in the urban areas. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Gram panchayats The villages under Srikhanda gram panchayat are Srikhanda, Debkundu, Nahata, Bagtona, Barnagra, Chandrakota, Kadampukur and Ganguly danga. In the past Srikhanda Gram Panchayat was under 280 Katwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) but after Delimitation Commission it is now under 271, Ketugram Vidhansabha constituency and in 41, Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) Lok Sabha constituency. The pincode no of Srikhanda is 713150 and std code is (+91) 03453. Demographics As per the 2011 Census of Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dainhat
Dainhat is a town and a Municipality under Katwa police station of Katwa subdivision, in Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. History A Maratha cavalry or Bargis under Bhaskar Pandit sent to Bengal by Raghoji I Bhonsle in the 18th century entered through Panchet and started looting the countryside. Bhaskar Pandit had decided to build Dainhat as his main camp to attack enemies. He had dug several trenches to protect his camp. A temple created by Bhaskar Pandit still exits near the place Swamaj Bati of Dainhat. Currently that temple is known as Kisore Kisori Mandir. Geography Location Dainhat is located at . CD block HQ The headquarters of Katwa II CD block are located at Dainhat. Urbanisation 88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sribati
Sribati or Sreebati is a village and gram panchayat in Katwa II Community development block in India, CD block in the Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district, Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. Geography Location Sribati is located on a slightly raised plateau between the Brahmani River to the north and the Khari River to the south, at an elevation of 18 meters. Urbanisation 88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Demographics Sribati has a population of 2,656 of which 1,352 are males while 1,304 are females as per Population Census 2011. The population of children below the age of 6 is 314 which makes up 11.82% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sribati is 964 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panuhat
Panuhat is a census town in Katwa I CD Block of Katwa subdivision in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Panuhat is located at . Urbanisation 88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India, Panuhat had a total population of 6,473 of which 3,354 (52%) were males and 3,119 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 650. The total number of literates in Panuhat was 4,817 (82.72% of the population over 6 years). India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandra, Bardhaman
Kandra is a village in Ketugram I CD block in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography CD block HQ The headquarters of Ketugram I CD block are located at Kandra. Urbanisation 88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India Kandara had a total population of 11,534, of which 5,894 (51%) were males and 5,640 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,311. The total number of literates in Kandara was 7,238 (70.80% of the population over 6 years). Transport The State Highway 6, running from Rajnagar (in Birbhum district) to Alampur in (Howrah district), passes through Kandra. Jnandas Kandra railway station is a station on the narrow gauge Ahmedpur Kat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uddharanpur
Uddharanpur is a village in Ketugram II CD block in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal, India. The village named after the Hindu saint Uddharan Dutta Thakura who was the estate manager of a big Zamindar (Nairaja of Naihati old name Nabahatta) in Naihati and later a close associate of Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu., . Geography Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India Uddharanpur had a total population of 3,437, of which 1,831 (53%) were males and 1,606 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 330. The total number of literates in Uddharanpur was 2,667 (85.84% of the population over 6 years). Festivals and Culture There are many festival in Uddharanpur. The Annual fair of Uddharanpur is very popular. People from many other places are come to join the fair. It is held on January, beside the Uddharanpur Bazar in the ''Melar Math''. The saint novelist Kalikananda Abadhuta (1910 — 1978) resided in the Burning Ghat of Udd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangatikuri
Gangatikuri is a village in Ketugram II CD block in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography CD block HQ The headquarters of Ketugram II CD block are located at Gangatikuri. Urbanisation 88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas. The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Demographics As per the 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 ... Gangatikuri had a total population of 4,053, of which 2,064 (51%) were males and 1,989 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 476. The total number of literates in Ganga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
