Gurap is a village in
Dhaniakhali
Dhaniakhali is a village in Dhaniakhali CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The place has lent its name to the popular Dhaniakhali Sari.
Geography
Location
Dhaniakhali is located at .
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CD block in
Chinsurah subdivision
Chinsurah subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
The eastern portion of Chinsurah subdivision is part of the Hooghly Flats, a natural physiographic region, that is a na ...
of
Hooghly district in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
The area is composed of flat
alluvial
Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. All ...
plains that form a part of the
Gangetic Delta.
Police station
Gurap police station has jurisdiction over a part of
Dhaniakhali
Dhaniakhali is a village in Dhaniakhali CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The place has lent its name to the popular Dhaniakhali Sari.
Geography
Location
Dhaniakhali is located at .
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CD block.
Urbanisation
In Chandannagore subdivision 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7
census towns. The single municipal corporation is
Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
Chandernagore Municipal Corporation or CMC is the local government that governs the city of Chandannagar in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
History
Chandannagore Municipality was established in 1955, as per t ...
. The municipalities are
Tarakeswar Municipality,
Bhadreswar Municipality and
Champdany Municipality
Champdany Municipality is the civic body that governs Champdani and its surrounding areas in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
History
Champdany Municipality was established in 1917.
Geography
Champdany Municip ...
. Of the three CD Blocks in Chandannagore subdivision, Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural, Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and Singur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural.
The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
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 ...
, Gurap had a total population of 7,856 of which 3,880 (49%) were males and 3,976 (51%) were females. Population below 6 years was 748. The total number of literates in Gurap was 5,126 (72.12% of the population over 6 years).
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Transport
Gurap railway station is situated on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord.
The Kolkata-Agra National Highway 19
Route 19, or Highway 19, may refer to:
For roads named "A19", see list of A19 roads.
International
* Asian Highway 19
* European route E19
* European route E019
Canada
* Alberta Highway 19
* British Columbia Highway 19
* Manitoba Highway 19 ...
/Durgapur Expressway passes through Gurap.
Culture
David J. McCutchion mentions the Nandadulala temple (1751) at Gurap as a standard atchala temple with porch on triple archway having leafy swathes. He mentions the dol-mancha (18th century) near the Nandadulala temple as having rich terracotta. There are porches on neo classical pillars later attached to the atchala.
The temple of Nandadulala at Gurap (at Sr No S-WB-63) is included in the List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal by the Archaeological Survey of India.
References
{{Temple towns in West Bengal
Villages in Hooghly district