Kheadaha is a village and a

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

within the jurisdiction of the

Sonarpur Rajpur Sonarpur () is a city and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Rajpur and Sonarpur are two separat ...

police station in the

CD block in the

Baruipur subdivision Baruipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions: 29.36% of the total populatio ...

of the

South 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal by ...

district in the

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History

During 1946-1950, the

Tebhaga movement Tebhaga movement (1946–1947) was significant peasant agitation, initiated in Bengal by the All India Kisan Sabha of peasant front of the Communist Party of India. History At that time sharecroppers had contracted to give half of their harv ...

in several parts of the

24 Parganas 24 Parganas district (''cabbiś pargaṇā jēlā'') is a former district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was split into two districts — North 24 Parganas district and South 24 Parganas district, with effect from 1 March 1 ...

district led to the enactment of the Bargadari Act. Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of

bargadar Sharecropping is a legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land. Sharecropping has a long history and there are a wide range ...

s to a higher share of crops from the land that they tilled, it was not implemented. Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords. In 1967,

witnessed a peasant uprising against the non-implementation of land reform legislation, starting from Kheadaha gram panchayat in

CD block. From 1977 onwards, major land reforms took place in

under the Left Front government. Land in excess of the land ceiling was acquired and distributed among the peasants.

Geography

Kheadaha is located at . It has an average elevation of .

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 ...

, Kheadaha had a total population of 1,930 of which 985 (51%) were males and 945 (49%) were females. There were 211 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kheadaha was 1,291 (75.10% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Sonarpur-Bantala Road links Kheadaha to the State Highway 3.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Kheadaha.

References

Villages in South 24 Parganas district {{South24Parganas-geo-stub