Kulia is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

in the

Chakdaha Chakdaha is a town and a municipality in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district, located in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Chakdaha is a prominent urban local body in the district of Nadia, one of the southern dist ...

CD block in the

Kalyani subdivision Kalyani subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The plains spread southwards from ...

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 influentia ...

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 ...

Geography

Location

Kulia is located at . According to the map of Chakdaha CD block, in the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia'',

Chanduria Chanduria is a census town in the Chakdaha CD block in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Chanduria is located at . According to the map of Chakdaha CD block, in the ''D ...

Priyanagar Priyanagar is a census town in the Chakdaha CD block in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Priyanagar is located at . According to the map of Chakdaha CD block, in the ''Dis ...

Shimurali Shimurali (often spelled 'Simurali') is a census town in Chakdaha (community development block), Chakdaha Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. His ...

, Jangal, Madanpur,

Saguna Saguna may refer to: * Saguna brahman, a Brahman absolute with qualities * Saguna Baug, an agritourism centre in Neral, Raigarh, Maharashtra, India * Saguna, Nadia Saguna is a census town in the Kalyani community Development Block in the Kaly ...

and Kulia form a cluster of census towns between

and Kalyani/

Gayespur Gayespur is a town and a municipality of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Geography Location Gayespur is located at . Area overview Nadi ...

Area overview

Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The Kalyani subdivision has the Bhagirathi/ Hooghly on the west. Topographically, Kalyani subdivision is a part of the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The smallest subdivision in the district, area-wise, has the highest level of urbanisation in the district. 76.73% of the population lives in urban areas and 23.27% lives in the rural 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.

History

Great religious and social leader

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 ...

stopped at Kulia village while going to Kumarhatta or

Halisahar Halisahar is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History Halisahar is believed to have existed from ...

. He came to forgive the sin of one Debananda and turned him faithful to

Lord Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one of ...

. The Aparadh Bhanjan temple, beside Kulia jhill (a part of

Jamuna river The Jamuna River ( bn, যমুনা ''Jomuna'') is one of the three main rivers of Bangladesh. It is the lower stream of the Brahmaputra River, which originates in Tibet as Yarlung Tsangpo, before flowing into India and then southwest into ...

) is a holy place of

Vaishnav 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 ...

religion.

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 ...

, Kulia had a total population of 10,406, of which 5,434 (52%) were males and 4,972 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 924. The total number of literate persons in Kulia was 8,126 (85.70% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia'', Kulia covered an area of 3.8587 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved hand pump. It had 1,019 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 veterinary hospital. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, other school facilities at Kalyani 1 km away.

References

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