Bongaon, West Bengal

Bangaon is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision.

Geography

Location

Bangaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 metres (22 feet). Arsenic contamination is a major concern in this area.

Area overview

The area shown in the map was a part of Jessore district from 1883. At the time of Partition of Bengal (1947) the Radcliffe Line placed the police station areas of Bangaon and Gaighata of Jessore district in India and the area was made a part of 24 Parganas district. The renowned novelist, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (of '' Pather Panchali'' fame) belonged to this area and many of his writings portray his experience in the area. It is a flat plain located in the lower Ganges Delta. In the densely populated area, 16.33% of the population lives in the urban areas and 83.67% lives in the 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.

Transport

Public transport is provided by the rail, auto and buses. Bangaon railway station is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is the last station on the Sealdah-Bangaon section of Eastern Railway, 77 km from Sealdah Station. The Sealdah–Bangaon railway was built between 1882 and 1884. Bangaon is well connected with others major places by buses, like Kolkata, Howrah, Dakshineshwar, Barasat, Habra, Barrackpore, Basirhat, Bagdaha, Kalyani, Krishnanagar, Chakdaha, Ranaghat, Karimpur, Digha, Santragachi etc.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Bangaon municipality had a population of 110,668, out of which 56,416 were males and 54,252 were females. The 0–6 years population was 8,452. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 90.25 per cent.

Education

Dinabandhu Mahavidyalay is the only degree college in Bangaon which is currently affiliated to West Bengal State University (formerly affiliated to University of Calcutta Retrieved 15 July 2012).

List of high secondary schools:-

# Bongaon High School
# New Bongaon High School
# Bongaon Kabi Keshablal Vidyapith
# Saktigar High School
# Kumudini Uccha Balika Vidalaya
# Kalitala High School
# Champaberia High School
# Puratan Bonga High School
# Asit Biswas Shiksha Niketan
# Bonga Ghosh Institution
# Jogendranath Vidyapith
# Debgarh High School
# Chaigharia Rakhaldas High School
# Thakur Haridas Balika Vidyalaya
# Nagendranath Vidyalaya
# Saradacharan Vidyapith
# New Bonga Girls High School

Notable residents

* Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Bengali novelist
* Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay, archeologist
* Jiban Ratan Dhar (1889–1963), politician
* Jogendra Nath Mandal, politician
* Dinabandhu Mitra, Bengali novelist
* Bibhas Roy Chowdhury, poet

See also

* 2000 India-Bangladesh floods
* Bangaon subdivision
* Ichamati River

References

External links

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Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district
Cities in West Bengal