Namkhana is a village and a
gram panchayat
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within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the
Namkhana
Namkhana is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the Namkhana CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
When the T ...
CD block in the
Kakdwip subdivision
Kakdwip 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:
12.36% of the total population ...
of the
South 24 Parganas
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district in the
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History
When 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 ...
broke out in 1946, the peasant movement affected several areas of what is now South 24 Parganas.
Kakdwip
Kakdwip () is a town of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. It is the headquarters of the Kakdwip subdivision.
History
When the Tebhaga movement broke ou ...
and Namkhana were the storm centres of the movement.
Geography
Area overview
Kakdwip subdivision has full rural population. The entire district is situated in the
Ganges Delta. The southern part of the delta has numerous channels and islands such as the
Henry Island,
Sagar Island
Sagar Island is an island in the Ganges delta, lying on the Continental Shelf of Bay of Bengal about 100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata. This island forms the Sagar CD Block in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district ...
, Frederick Island and Fraserganj Island. The subdivision is a part of the
Sundarbans settlements
The Sundarbans settlements refer to the areas of the Sundarbans that were cleared of forests for human habitation in the present North 24 Paganas and the South 24 Parganas districts in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per the ''D ...
. A comparatively recent country-wide development is the guarding of the coastal areas by special coastal forces. The area attracts large number of tourists – Gangasagar and Fraserganj-Bakkhali are worth mentioning. Gobardhanpur holds a promise for the future.
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.
Location
Namkhana 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 ...
, Namkhana had a total population of 7,058 of which 3,609 are males and 3,449 are females.
Civic administration
Police station
Namkhana police station covers an area of 95.26 km
2. It has jurisdiction over parts of the Namkhana CD block.
CD block HQ
The headquarters of the Namkhana CD block are located at Namkhana village.
Transport
Namkhana is on the
National Highway 12.
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Namkhana railway station
Namkhana railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Main line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. Namkhana railway station is situated at Narayan ...
is on the
Sealdah–Namkhana line of the
Kolkata Suburban Railway system.
Commuters
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005-06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use the
Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.
Healthcare
Dwarikanagar Rural Hospital at Dwarikanagar, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Namkhana CD block.
References
Villages in South 24 Parganas district
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