Jagatnagar is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

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 state of

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Geography

Location

Jagatnagar is located at: 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. Alluv ...

plains that form a part of the Gangetic Delta.

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

s. 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 Tarakeswar Municipality is the civic body that governs Tarakeswar and its surrounding areas in the Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Tarakeswar Municipality was established in 1975. Geography Tarakeswa ...

Bhadreswar Municipality Bhadreswar Municipality is the civic body that governs Bhadreswar and its surrounding areas in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Bhadreswar Municipality was established in 1869. Geography Bhadreswar ...

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

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 ...

Jagatnagar (CT) had a total population of 5,242 of which 2,675 (51%) were males and 2,567 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 452. The total number of literates in Jagatnagar was 4,054 (84.63% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

The nearest railway station,

Mirzapur-Bankipur railway station Mirzapur-Bankipur station is in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is from Howrah and is part of the Eastern line (Kolkata Suburban Railway), Kolkata Suburban Railway system. References

Railway stations in Ind ...

is from Howrah on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord line and is a part of the

Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in India. It is the largest suburban railway network in the country with the highest number of stations. It is also the 7th larg ...

system.

References

{{Hooghly District Cities and towns in Hooghly district