Bajemelia is a village in

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 si ...

CD Block in

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 ...

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...

in the

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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 fourt ...

Geography

Bajemelia is located at .

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 ...

Bajemelia had a total population of 3,659 of which 1,904 (52%) were males and 1,755 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 299. The total number of literates in Bajemelia was 2,905 (86.46% of the population over 6 years).

Economy

Tata Motors at Singur

Singur gained international media attention since

Tata Motors Tata Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company, headquartered in Mumbai, India, which is part of the Tata Group. The company produces passenger cars, trucks, vans, coaches, buses. Formerly known as Tata En ...

started constructing a factory to manufacture their $2,500 car, the

Tata Nano The Tata Nano is a compact city car that was manufactured and marketed by Indian automaker Tata Motors over a single generation, primarily in India, as an inexpensive rear-engined hatchback intended to appeal to current riders of motorcycles a ...

at Singur. The small car was scheduled to roll out of the factory by 2008. In October 2008 Tatas announced withdrawal from the project. Six villages – Bajemelia,

Beraberi Beraberi is a village in Singur CD Block in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Beraberi is located at . Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India Beraberi had a total population of 6,810 of which 3,454 (51%) wer ...

Gopalnagar Gopalnagar is a village in Singur CD Block in Hooghly district in the state West Bengal, India. Geography Gopalnagar is located at . Demographics As per the 2011 Census of India Gopalnagar had a total population of 12,232 of which 6,278 (51 ...

, Joymolla, Khaser Bheri and Sinher Bheri – were affected by land acquisition. In 2016, the Supreme Court quashed the West Bengal government’s acquisition of 997 acres of agricultural land for Tata Motors and ordered its return to 9,117 landowners.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre (with 10 beds) at Bajemelia.

Transport

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 ...

is the nearest railway station.

References

Villages in Hooghly district {{Hooghly-geo-stub