Jalangi is a Bazaar, with a police station, identified in 2011 census, in

Jalangi Jalangi is a Bazaar, with a police station, identified in 2011 census, in Jalangi CD Block in Domkol subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. This Bazaar is situated beside the Padma River Geography Location J ...

CD Block in

Domkol subdivision Domkal subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Bhagirathi River splits the Murshidabad district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri ...

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 ...

. This Bazaar is situated beside the

Padma River The Padma ( bn, পদ্মা ''Pôdma'') is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is sit ...

Geography

Location

Jalangi is located at .

Area overview

While the

Lalbag subdivision Lalbag subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Bhagirathi River splits the Murshidabad district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri o ...

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 Domkal subdivision occupies the north-eastern corner of Bagri. In the map alongside, the

Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

flows along the northern portion. The border with Bangladesh can be seen in the north and the east. Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map). The Ganges has a tendency to change course frequently, causing severe erosion, mostly along the southern bank. The historic city of

Murshidabad Murshidabad fa, مرشد آباد (, or ) is a historical city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on the eastern bank of the Bhagirathi River, a distributary of the Ganges. It forms part of the Murshidabad district. During ...

, a centre of major tourist attraction, is located in this area. In 1717, when

Murshid Quli Khan Murshid Quli Khan ( fa, , bn, মুর্শিদকুলি খান; 1660 – 30 June 1727), also known as Zamin Ali Quli and born as Surya Narayan Mishra, was the first Nawab of Bengal, serving from 1717 to 1727. Born a Hindu in the D ...

became

Subahdar Subahdar, also known as Nazim or in English as a "Subah", was one of the designations of a governor of a Subah (province) during the Khalji dynasty of Bengal, Mamluk dynasty (Delhi), Khalji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, Mughal era ( of India who w ...

, he made Murshidabad the capital of Subah Bangla (then Bengal, Bihar and Odisha). The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with over 90% 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.

Civic administration

Police station

Jalangi police station has jurisdiction over the

CD block.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of the

CD block are located at Jortala, Jalangi.

Transport

State Highway 11 running from

Mohammad Bazar Mohammad Bazar may refer to: * Ali Mohammad Bazar, a village in Pir Sohrab Rural District, Central District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran *Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum, a village in Mohammad Bazar CD Block, Suri Sadar subdivisio ...

(in Birbhum district) to

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 ...

(in Nadia district) passes through Jalangi. Buses are available to the district headquarters

Baharampur Berhampore (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. As of 2011 census, Berhampore urban agglomeration had a population of 305,609 and is the seventh largest city in West Bengal (after Kolkata, Asansol, Siliguri, D ...

Education

Jalangi Mahavidyalaya Jalangi Mahavidyalaya, established in 2010, is a general degree college in Jalangi, Murshidabad district. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Arts. It is affiliated to the University of Kalyani The University of Kalyani, ...

was established in 2010 at Jalangi. Subjects taught in the college are: Bengali, English, history, geography, and education. It also refers M.A. Distance

References

Cities and towns in Murshidabad district {{Murshidabad-geo-stub