Beldanga is a municipality town under the
Barhampur subdivision
Berhampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
The Bhagirathi River splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the e ...
of
Murshidabad district in the state of
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 ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. Beldanga is an important trade centre of this district.
Geography
Location
Beldanga is located at . It has an average elevation of 20 metres (65 feet).
Area overview
The area shown in the map alongside, covering
Berhampore and
Kandi subdivisions, is spread across both the natural physiographic regions of the district,
Rarh
Rarh region () is a toponym for an area in the Indian subcontinent that lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the West and the Ganges Delta on the East. Although the boundaries of the region have been defined differently according to various ...
and Bagri. The headquarters of Murshidabad district,
Berhampore, is in this area. The ruins of
Karnasubarna
Karnasuvarna or Karnasubarna was an ancient city, located in the present day Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Karnasuvarna is located at .
Area overview
The a ...
, the capital of
Shashanka
Shashanka (IAST: Śaśāṃka) was the first independent king of a unified polity in the Bengal region, called the Gauda Kingdom and is a major figure in Bengali history. He reigned in the 7th century, some historians place his rule between circ ...
, the first important king of ancient
Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
who ruled in the 7th century, is located south-west of Berhampore. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with over 80% of the population living in the rural areas.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to 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 ...
, Beldanga had a total population of 29,205, of which 14,694 (50%) were males and 14,511 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 3,583. The total number of literate persons in Beldanga was 21,169 (82.62% of the population over 6 years).
As per
2001 Census of India
The 2001 Census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.
The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. Total population increased by 18 ...
, Beldanga had a population of 25,361. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Beldanga has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the literates being male and 45% being female. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Civic administration
Police station
Beldanga police station has jurisdiction over Beldanga municipal area and a part of
Beldanga I
Beldanga I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Beldanga is located at
Beldanga I CD block lies in the Gang ...
CD Block.
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'', 2011, Beldanga covered an area of 3.98 km
2. It had 50.73 km roads with open drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank etc. It had 3,713 domestic electric connections, 1,556 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 2 hospitals (with 55 beds), 3 dispensaries/ health centres, 3 family welfare centres, 3 maternity & child welfare centre, 2 nursing homes, 2 charitable hospital/ nursing homes, 66 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 17 primary schools, 5 middle schools, 5 secondary schools, 3 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college. It had 5 recognised shorthand, typewriting & vocational training institutes, 14 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan), 2 orphanage home, 1 old age home. Among the social, recreational & cultural facilities it had 2 cinema theatres, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 2 public libraries, 1 reading room. It produced nose pins, sweets, and had facilities for jute bailing. It had the branch offices of 6 nationalised banks, 1 private commercial bank, 1 cooperative bank, 2 agricultural credit societies, 8 non-agricultural credit societies.
Transport
Beldanga railway station is well connected with
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
via Sealdah-Lalgola Division Railway.
National Highway 12 passes through the Barua More, Beldanga town.
Education
Colleges
* S.R. Fatepuria College
* Beldanga Humayun Kabir memorial b.ed college
High school
* Hareknagar AM Institution
* Mirzapur H.S.C High School
* Banipith girls high school
* Beldanga CRGS High School
* Kazisaha High Madrasha
* Harimati Girl's High School
* KUMARPUR B.N.M HIGH SCHOOL
Primary School
* Mederdhar Shishu Madrasah
* Mederdhar Primary School
* Sarat Pally Balika Vidyalay
* Shrish Chandra Vidyapith
* Swami Pranabananda Vidyapith
* Beldanga Path bhawan
Healthcare
Beldanga Rotary Eye Hospital
See also
*
Beldanga I (Community development block)
*
Beldanga II (Community development block)
References
{{Municipalities of West Bengal
Cities and towns in Murshidabad district