Karimpur is a
census town, near the bank of river
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 ...
, in
Karimpur I CD block in the
Tehatta subdivision of the
Nadia district
Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north.
Nadia district is highly influenti ...
in the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
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 fou ...
.
Geography
Location
Karimpur is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is from
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
and is located at the bank of the River
Jalangi.
Area overview
Nadia district is made up of mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of
Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. The
Jalangi River
Jalangi River ( bn, জলঙ্গী নদী), is a branch of the Ganges river in Murshidabad and Nadia districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. It flows into the Bhagirathi river and strengthens its lower channel, the Hooghly.
The ...
forms the district/subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary with
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural. 97.15% of the population lives in the rural areas and 2.85% lives in the urban 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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.
Demographics
According to 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 ...
, Karimpur had a total population of 9,661, of which 4,930 (51%) were males and 4,731 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 775. The total number of literate persons in Karimpur was 7,616 (85.71% of the population over 6 years).
Civic administration
Police station
Karimpur police station has jurisdiction over a portion of
Karimpur I CD block. The total area covered by the police station is and the population covered is 117,879 (2001 census). of the
Bangladesh-India border is within the PS area.
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia'', Karimpur covered an area of . Its civic amenities include of road, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tap water from untreated sources, and hand pumps. It has 4,000 domestic electric connections and 250 road lighting points. Among its medical facilities are four medicine shops. Among its educational facilities are seven primary schools, one middle school, one secondary school, and one senior secondary school. It has four recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institutions. Three important commodities are PVC items, rexin bags, and muri. Two nationalised bank offices are located there, as well as two cooperative banks, one agricultural credit society and one non-agricultural credit society.
Economy
The local commerce is based on export of jute, banana, cucumber, brinjal, onion, with other vegetables, grain and beetel leaves. The town boasts nearly 3000 shops and 120 small industrial units (SIU). There are a number of the Marwari population who control the jute business. Apart from this, the transportation business is also on the roll. There is a regulated market near Karimpur Bajar.
Education
Karimpur has three high schools: Karimpur Jagannath High School, Karimpur Girls High School and Jamsherpur B.N High School. One undergraduate college named
Karimpur Pannadevi College is there. Many B.Ed. colleges, primary teacher training institute and other study centres of open universities and management studies are located there, as well as many kindergarten schools of both Bengali and English medium and primary schools.
Culture
Like any other town of new settlers, people in general are more liberal than orthodox. Throughout the year, cultural and religious festivals are celebrated. ''Nou Byich'' (boat racing and sailing) on
Vijaya Dashami
Vijayadashami ( sa, विजयदशमी, Vijayadaśamī, translit-std=IAST), also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri every year. It is observed on the tenth day in the Hindu ...
(the last day of Durga Puja) was the most famous and unique celebration in Karimpur, which is no longer celebrated. More than four hundred river boats participate in this unique festival. Other festivals like Saraswati puja and Kali Puja are celebrated with great enthusiasm. One of the earliest scholarly studies of Karimpur social and cultural life was undertaken in the 1920s by
William and Charlotte Wiser and published in 1930 by the University of California under the title ''Behind Mud Walls'', which was then enlarged and revised in a second edition in 1963, and a third in 1971. The work provides fascinating anthropological detail and insight into the lives of Karimpur villagers of the early 20th century.
[William H. Wiser and Charlotte Viall Wiser, Behind Mud Walls 1930-1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1971]
Health
Karimpur has one rural hospital and many dispensaries. Some specialist doctors visit on a specific day each week in different clinics. The emergency health facilities are limited: the district hospital is about away at the district headquarter,
Krishnanagar Krishna Nagar or Krishnanagar may refer to:
Places India
* Krishna Nagar, Delhi
** Krishna Nagar metro station (Delhi)
** Krishna Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)
* Krishna Nagar, Hyderabad
* Krishna Nagar, Lucknow
** Krishna Nagar metro s ...
.
Communication
The town is situated near the international border of
India-Bangladesh ( from the main town). West Bengal state highway 11 crosses through it. The communication primarily depends on bus route from Krishnanagar to Karimpur. From the other end it can be accessed by
Berhampore to Karimpur bus route.
References
{{Nadia District
Cities and towns in Nadia district