Kola is a
census town
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India
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in
Chinsurah Mogra
Chinsurah Mogra is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
The Chinsurah Mogra CD Block is part of the Hooghly Flats, one of the ...
CD Block in
Chinsurah subdivision
Chinsurah subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
The eastern portion of Chinsurah subdivision is part of the Hooghly Flats, a natural physiographic region, that is a narr ...
of
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
India
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n
state
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of
West Bengal
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. It is a part of
Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Geography
Location
Kola is located at .
Hansghara
Hansghara is a census town in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Geography
Location
Hansghara is located at .
Hansghara, Kol ...
, Kola,
Alikhoja
Alikhoja is a census town in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Geography
Location
Alikhoja is located at .
Hansghara, Kola, A ...
,
Amodghata
Amodghata is a census town in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Geography
Location
Amodghata is located at .
The area is co ...
,
Shankhanagar
Shankhanagar is a census town in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Geography
Location
Shankhanagar is located at .
The area ...
and
Chak Bansberia
Chak Bansberia is a census town in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Geography
Location
Chak Bansberia is located at .
The ...
form a cluster of census towns on the eastern side of
Bansberia
Bansberia is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about away from Kolkata, at the western end of the Iswar Gupta Setu ( Kalyani-Bansberia) Bridge. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Me ...
and includes
Mogra
Mogra (or ''Magra'') is a gram panchayat, or village, which is home to the headquarters of the Chinsurah-Mogra community development block in the Chinsurah subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It has a stati ...
and Bara Khejuria (outgrowth).
[
The area is composed of flat ]alluvial
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plains that form a part of the Gangetic Delta. The high west bank of the tidal Hooghly River
The Bhagirathi Hooghly River (Anglicized alternatively spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') or the 'Bhāgirathi-Hooghly', called the Ganga or the Kati-Ganga in mythological texts, is the eastern distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, Indi ...
is highly industrialised.
Urbanisation
There are 13 statutory towns and 64 census towns in Hooghly district. The right bank of the Hooghly River
The Bhagirathi Hooghly River (Anglicized alternatively spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') or the 'Bhāgirathi-Hooghly', called the Ganga or the Kati-Ganga in mythological texts, is the eastern distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, Indi ...
has been industrialised over a long period. With the leading European powers dominating the area’s industry, trade and commerce for over two centuries, it is amongst the leading industrialised areas in the state. At the same time the land is fertile and agricultural production is significant.
In Chinsurah subdivision 68.63% of the population is rural and the urban population is 31.37%. It has 2 statutory and 23 census towns.
Climate
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India
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Kola had a total population of 7,271 of which 3,642 (50%) were males and 3,629 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 687. The total number of literates in Kola was 5,327 (80.91% of the population over 6 years).[
]
Transport
Mogra railway station
Mogra railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line operated by Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railway. It is situated beside Polba Road, Alikhoja, Mogra in Hooghly district in the Indian state of We ...
is the nearest railway station.
References
{{Hooghly District
Cities and towns in Hooghly district