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State Highway 14 (West Bengal)
State Highway 14 (West Bengal) is a state highway in West Bengal, India. Route SH 14 originates from junction with NH 14 at Dubrajpur and passes through Ilambazar, Debipur, Kanksa, Panagarh, Mankar, Amrargar, Jamtara, Dwariapur, Guskara, Balgona, Katwa, Natungram, (there is no bridge across the Hooghly), Debagram, Palashi and terminates at the junction with SH 11 at Betai (in Nadia district). The Dubrajpur-Panagarh sector is part of Panagarh-Morgram Highway. The total length of SH 14 is 226 km. West Bengal Traffic Police shows the route as terminating at Betai in Nadia district, the Public Works Department shows it as terminating at Katwa in Bardhaman district. Road sections It is divided into different sections as follows: See also *List of state highways in West Bengal This is a list of state highways in West Bengal, India. Introduction West Bengal state has a good road network. There are 15 state highways. List of state highways in West Bengal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 14 (India)
National Highway 14 (NH 14) is a National Highway in India. It runs from Morgram to Kharagpur in the Indian state of West Bengal. Route NH 14 originates from its junction with NH 12 at Morgram in Murshidabad district and passes through Lohapur (a little off the highway), Nalhati, Rampurhat, Mallarpur, Gonpur, Deucha, Mohammad Bazar, Tilpara Barrage across Mayurakshi River, Suri, Bakreswar Thermal Power Plant Township (a little off the highway), Dubrajpur, Bhimgara (all in Birbhum district), Pandabeswar, Haripur, Sonpur Bazari, Raniganj (all in Paschim Bardhaman district), Mejia, Durlabhpur, Gangajalghati, Amarkanan, Bankura, Bheduasole, Onda, Bishnupur (all in Bankura district), Garbeta, Chandrakona Road, Salboni, Midnapore (all in Paschim Medinipur district) before terminating at its junction with NH 16 near Kharagpur.Google maps See also * List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number) * National Highways Development Project The National Highwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanksa
Kanksa is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History As per Peterson’s District Gazeteer of 1910, the south-western extremity of the Sadgop kingdom of Gopbhum was held by two kinglings, probably merely cadets of the house of Gopbhum, at Bharatpur and Kankeswar or Kanksa.Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), , Vol I, pp. 21–26, Radical Impression. Kanksa is home to one of the oldest police stations in the area. In 1847, when Raniganj was constituted as a separate subdivision of Bardhaman district, it had three police stations under its jurisdiction - Raniganj, Kanksa and Neamatpur. The Rarheswar Shiva temple in Arra, within Kanksa police station area, is an old one of the "rekh deul" category. There also is a suggestion that there possibly was an ancient city at this place. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betai
Betai is a Census Town in the Tehatta I Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Tehatta subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Betai is located at . Betai is on the Indo-Bangladesh border, India-Bangladesh border. Meherpur Sadar Upazila of Meherpur District of Bangladesh is across the border. Area overview Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. The Jalangi River forms the district/ subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The subdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palashi
Palashi or Plassey ( bn, পলাশী, Palāśī, translit-std=ISO, , ) is a village on the east bank of Bhagirathi River, located approximately 50 kilometres north of the city of Krishnanagar in Kaliganj CD Block in the Nadia District of West Bengal, India. The nearest major town is Beldanga. It has its own two local gram panchayat. It is particularly well known due to the Battle of Plassey fought there in June 1757, between the private army of the British East India Company and the army of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal. Etymology The name Palashi is derived from the Bengali word for the red-flowered tree (ISO: , en, Butea, la, Butea frondosa or ). The Bengali word is ultimately derived from sa, पलाश, palāśa, translit-std=IAST. The British East India Company referred to it as ‘Plassey’. History Palashi achieved historical significance when, on 23 June 1757, the Battle of Plassey was fought between the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the last re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debagram
Debagram is a village in the Kaliganj CD block in the Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Before eighteenth century (A.D.) Debagram was surrounded by jungle. This place was inhabited by few people of Bagdi caste (Barga Kshatriya). In first part of eighteenth century a Brahmin family (surname- Majumder) migrated to Debagram from Uttar Pradesh. Few years later Gopal Bandopadhyay of Ichapore married a girl of Majumder family and started to live at Debagram. Gopal Bandopadhyay and his successor Janakinath Bandopadhyay were close of Nawabs of Murshidabad. After that quickly they extended their Zamindari and wealth. At the same time many other people, mainly Brahmins, from different areas came here and a prosperous village was formed. It is believed that some Brahmins studied Vedas there. Hence the village was named ‘Bedgram'. Many years later gradually this name became ‘Debagram’. Famous scholar and writer Biswana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooghly River
The Bhagirathi Hooghly River (Anglicized alternatively spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') or the 'Bhāgirathi-Hooghly', called the Ganga or the Kati-Ganga in mythological texts, is the eastern distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, India, rising close to Giria in Murshidabad. The main distributary of the Ganges then flows into Bangladesh as the Padma. Today there is a man-made canal called the Farakka Feeder Canal connecting the Ganges to the Bhagirathi. The river flows through the Rarh region, the lower deltaic districts of West Bengal, and eventually into the Bay of Bengal. The upper riparian zone of the river is called Bhagirathi while the lower riparian zone is called Hooghly. Major rivers that drain into the Bhagirathi-Hooghly include Mayurakshi, Jalangi , Ajay, Damodar, Rupnarayan and Haldi rivers other than the Ganges. Hugli-Chinsura, Bandel, Chandannagar, Srirampur, Barrackpur, Rishra, Uttarpara, Titagarh, Kamarhati, Agarpara, Baranagar and Kolkata are loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Balgona
Balgona (also spelled Balgana) is a village in Bhatar CD block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India Balgana had a total population of 7,203, of which 3,717 (52%) were males and 3,486 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 832. The total number of literates in Balgana was 4,505 (70.71% of the population over 6 years). Transport Balgona railway station is situated on the Bardhaman-Balgona sector. EMU trains are being operated on this section from 2012. Burdwan Katwa Railway was undergoing gauge conversion from narrow gauge to . The Bardhaman-Katwa line, after conversion from narrow gauge to electrified broad gauge, was opened to the public on 12 January 2018. State Highway 14 running from Dubrajpur (in Birbhum district) to Betai (in Nadia district) passes near Balgona. Education Susundighi HP High School at PO Nityanandapur, near Balgona railway station, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guskara
Guskara is a town and a municipality under the Ausgram police station in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The area between the Damodar and Ajay was previously known as Gopbhum. Geography Location Guskara is located at . It has an average elevation of 38 metres (125 feet). Guskara is located in the alluvial flood plains of several rivers. Kunur River flows past it. Urbanisation 73.58% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision lives in rural areas. Only 26.42% of the population lives in urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. 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. Guskara Airfield Guskara Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwariapur, Bardhaman
: For village of same name in Pirojpur District in the Barisal Division of southwestern Bangladesh see Dwariapur Dwariapur (also spelt Dariapur) is a village under Dignagar II gram panchayat of Ausgram I block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Dwariapur is located at . Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India, Dwariapur had a total population of 3,571, of which 1,764 (49%) were males and 1,807 (51%) were females. Population below 6 years was 460. The total number of literates in Dwariapur was 2,302 (74.00% of the population over 6 years). Dhokra craft There is a group of families involved in making dhokra craft at Dwariapur. They originally belonged to the former princely Bastar state in Central India, now Bastar district in Chhattisgarh. They migrated to what is now Dhenkanal district in Odisha and then on to Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Bardhaman - they were scattered all aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamtara, Bardhaman
Jamtara is a village located in the Ausgram II CD Block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district, in West Bengal, India. Geography Location Jamtara is located at . Urbanisation 73.58% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 26.42% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. 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, Jamtara had a total population of 3,283 of which 1,688 (51%) were males and 1,595 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 357. The total number of literates in Jamtara was 1,988 (67.94% of the population over 6 years). Transport State Highway 14 (West Bengal) State Highway 14 (West Bengal) is a state highway in West Beng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
