Birnagar (formerly Ula) is a municipality city
Ranaghat subdivision
Ranaghat Subdivision is an administrative subdivision located at Nadia district, in the state of West Bengal, India.741159. The subdivision is administered by SDM/SDO(Ranaghat).
Overview
Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed ...
of
Nadia district
Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north.
Nadia district is highly influenti ...
in
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 fou ...
,
India
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.
The Birnagar Municipality has a population of 32,799 of which 16,658 are males while 16,141 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Birnagar railway station is 81 kilometers north of
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 ...
on the
Sealdah railway division
Sealdah railway division is one of the four railway divisions under the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It's headquarters are located in Kaiser Street in Kolkata, West Bengal near the Sealdah railway station. Geographically the div ...
.
History
As per the records Birnagar was an island in the Hoogly river that changed its course away of the then ULA around 1707 A.D. Before British colonization, Birnagar was called ''Ula'' or ''Ulo''. The "Ula" name is still present in the names of some local institutions, such as the library and hospital. It is mentioned in the short story "Post Master" by
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...
. Birnagar Municipality is around 150 years old. Its first chairman was Kabi Nabinchandra Sen. It earlier had two
zamindar
A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as ...
s. One part of Birnagar belonged to the Mukherjees, and the other part belonged to the Mustafis.
Geography
Location
Birnagar is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia'', shows the census towns of
Kamgachhi
Kamgachhi is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Kamgachhi is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the ' ...
,
Raghabpur
Raghabpur is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Purulia II CD block in the Purulia Sadar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location Ramchondropur
Ramchondropur is l ...
,
Panpara
Panpara is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Panpara is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the ''Di ...
,
Aistala
Aistala is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Aistala is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the '' ...
,
Satigachha
Satigachha is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Satigachha is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in t ...
,
Anulia
Anulia is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Located
Anulia is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the ''Dist ...
,
Halalpur Krishnapur
Halalpur Krishnapur is a census town in the Ranaghat II CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Halalpur Krishnapur is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat ...
,
Hijuli
Hijuli is a census town in the Neturia CD block in Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Hijuli is located at .
Hijuli is not marked on Google maps. The location has been i ...
and
Ranaghat (CT) forming a cluster around
Ranaghat
Ranaghat is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Ranaghat subdivision. It is compact but one of the densely populated cities of West Bengal. It is known for its handloom in ...
. Certain other localities such as
Nokari
Nokari is a village in the Ranaghat II CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India
Geography
Location
Nokari is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the ''Distric ...
,
Nasra,
Cooper's Camp, Birnagar,
Habibpur,
Gopalpur and
Parbbatipur
Parbbatipur is a census town in Ranaghat I CD Block in Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Parbbatipur is not marked or identified in Google maps. The location shown here is based on t ...
are also linked with this cluster.
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 Ranaghat subdivision has the
Bhagirathi
The Bhāgīrathī (Pron: /ˌbʌgɪˈɹɑːθɪ/) is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism. In the Hind ...
on the west, with
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 ...
and
Hooghly districts lying across the river. Topographically, Ranaghat subdivision is spread across the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district, and the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The
Churni
River Churni is a stream in the Nadia district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a distributary of the Mathabhanga River, itself a distributary of the Padma River at Munshiganj in the Kushtia District of
Bangladesh. The Mathabanga divide ...
separates the two plains. A portion of the east forms the boundary with
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. The lower portion of the east is covered by a portion of the
North 24 Parganas district. The subdivision has achieved reasonably high urbanisation. 41.68% of the population lives in urban areas and 58.32% lives in rural areas.
Note: 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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.
Demographics
As per the 2011 Indian census, Birnagar has a population of 32,799 of which 16,658 are males while 16,141 are females as per the report released by Census India 2011.
In Birnagar (M), most of the people are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.40% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.65% of total population in Birnagar (M). The child sex ratio in Birnagar is around 943 compared to the West Bengal state average of 956.
The following municipalities, notified area, outgrowths and census towns were part of Ranaghat Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census:
Ranaghat
Ranaghat is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Ranaghat subdivision. It is compact but one of the densely populated cities of West Bengal. It is known for its handloom in ...
(M), Birnagar (M),
Cooper's Camp (NA), Magurkhali (OG),
Ranaghat (CT) (CT),
Hijuli
Hijuli is a census town in the Neturia CD block in Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Hijuli is located at .
Hijuli is not marked on Google maps. The location has been i ...
(CT),
Aistala
Aistala is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Aistala is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the '' ...
(CT),
Satigachha
Satigachha is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Satigachha is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in t ...
(CT),
Nasra (CT),
Panpara
Panpara is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Panpara is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the ''Di ...
(CT),
Raghabpur
Raghabpur is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Purulia II CD block in the Purulia Sadar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location Ramchondropur
Ramchondropur is l ...
(CT),
Kamgachhi
Kamgachhi is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Kamgachhi is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the ' ...
(CT),
Anulia
Anulia is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Located
Anulia is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the ''Dist ...
(CT) and
Halalpur Krishnapur
Halalpur Krishnapur is a census town in the Ranaghat II CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Halalpur Krishnapur is located at .
The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat ...
(CT).
Education
The town boasts a number of primary and high schools and for higher education.
;Higher-secondary schools
* Birnagar High School (Uttar Para)
* Shivkali Girls' High school (Library Para)
;Primary schools
*
* Birnagar High Attached GSFP School (https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19102200704)
; 1 NCPL
;Other schools
* Ramkrishna Ashramic primary (Bengali Medium) (Khan para)
* Gunedranath Public School (English medium) (Library Para)
* Chatterji Noble School (English Medium) (Kharda Para)
;College
* Birnagar Kabinabin Chandra Sen Teachers Training Institute
;Other institutions
* There are several computer centers and NGOs. Among the NGOs YOURS (Ula Youth Organization For Reformation Service) arranges MDP, ESDP, and IMC programs on various technical skills. There are also several dance and drawing schools.
;Computer training institutes:
* BCTI (Birnagar Computer Training Institute, W.B. Govt. Regd. Computer Training Institute, Estd: 2007) Birnagar, Hat, near Birnagar Municipality Market Complex
* Edutech Academy (Rashtriya Youth Computer Saksharata Mission # ISO 9001:2015 Certified # Govt. Of India Affiliated @ RYCSM) Palitpara Bazar, Birnagar, Nadia
The literacy rate of Birnagar city is 84.60% higher than state average of 76.26%. In Birnagar, male literacy is around 88.26% while the female literacy rate is 80.82%.
Library
Ula Sadharon Pathagar was established in 1922 at Library Para near Shivkali Girl's Higher Secondary School. Any person over 18 years of age can become a member and borrow one book at a time for one month.
;Library statistics
*Total books - 12000
*Magazines - 13
*Rare books - 63
*Registered members - 856
Birnagar Municipality
Birnagar municipality is the oldest municipality in Nadia district which is more than 200 years old. The first chairman of Birnagar municipality was the poet
Nabinchandra Sen
Nabinchandra Sen ( bn, নবীনচন্দ্র সেন; 10 February 1847 – 23 January 1909) was a Bengali poet and writer, often considered one of the greatest poets prior to the arrival of Rabindranath Tagore. He commented on the batt ...
. Birnagar municipality has 14 wards.
Birnagar Municipality has total administration over 6,702 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Notable people
*
Bhaktivinoda Thakur
Bhaktivinoda Thakur (, ) (2 September 1838 – 23 June 1914), born Kedarnath Datta (, ), was a Hindu philosopher, guru and spiritual reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism who effected its resurgence in India in late 19th and early 20th century and ...
(born Kedarnath Datta)
*
Rajsekhar Bose or Parasuram
*
Nabinchandra Sen
Nabinchandra Sen ( bn, নবীনচন্দ্র সেন; 10 February 1847 – 23 January 1909) was a Bengali poet and writer, often considered one of the greatest poets prior to the arrival of Rabindranath Tagore. He commented on the batt ...
References
{{Municipalities of West Bengal
Cities and towns in Nadia district