Kandra is a village in

Ketugram I Ketugram I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Rajoor, a constituent gram panchayat of Ketugram I block, ...

CD block in

Katwa subdivision Katwa subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Katwa subdivision extends from the Kanksa-Ketugram plain to the Bhagirathi basin. The Ajay River, Ajay flows th ...

Purba Bardhaman district 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 ...

in the state of

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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 ...

Geography

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Ketugram I CD block are located at Kandra.

Urbanisation

88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas. 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.

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 ...

Kandara had a total population of 11,534, of which 5,894 (51%) were males and 5,640 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,311. The total number of literates in Kandara was 7,238 (70.80% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

The State Highway 6, running from Rajnagar (in Birbhum district) to Alampur in (Howrah district), passes through Kandra.

Jnandas Kandra railway station Jnandas Kandra railway station is a railway station in Ahmadpur–Katwa line under Howrah railway division of Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Kandra of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Ahmedpur–K ...

is a station on the

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

Ahmedpur Katwa Railway, which was closed and taken up for conversion to in 2013 and reopened in 2018.

Education

Kandra Radha Kanta Kundu Mahavidyalaya Kandra Radha Kanta Kundu Mahavidyalaya, established in 2001 by social worker Amar Chand Kundu by the name of his father Radhakanta Kundu. It is a general degree college in Kandra, Purba Bardhaman district. It offers undergraduate courses in art ...

, established in 2001, is affiliated to the

University of Burdwan The University of Burdwan (also known as Burdwan University or B. U.) is a public university in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. It was established by the West Bengal Government as a teaching and affiliating university on 15 June 1960 wit ...

. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history and geography. Kandra JM High School was established in 1926.

Culture

Jnandas, a

Vaishnava Vaishnavism ( sa, वैष्णवसम्प्रदायः, Vaiṣṇavasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. It is also called Vishnuism since it considers Vishnu as the ...

poet, was born around 1520-1535 at Kandra and the temple where he worshipped still attracts devotees. A fair is organised in his memory during

Paush Purnima Paush Purnima is celebrated during the Magha month of Hindu calendar. The specialty of this day is to take a dip in any holy water Holy water is water that has been blessed by a member of the clergy or a religious figure, or derived from a ...

. Katakadas Khemananda (17th century), a poet influenced by

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (; born Vishvambhar Mishra) was a 15th-century Indian saint who is considered to be the combined avatar of Radha and Krishna by his disciples and various scriptures. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna ...

, was born at Kandra.

Healthcare

Ramjibanpur Rural Hospital at Ramjibanpur, PO Jnandas Kandra (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Ketugram I CD block. There are primary health centres at Ankhona (with 2 beds) and Pandugram, PO Khatundi (with 10 beds). See also - Healthcare in West Bengal

References

{{Purba Bardhaman District Villages in Purba Bardhaman district