Palashipara, is a village in the

Tehatta II Tehatta II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Tehatta subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Palashipara, the police station and headquarters of Tehatta II CD Block, i ...

CD block In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...

in the

Tehatta subdivision Tehatta subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. 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 ...

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History

At the time of the

Battle of Plassey The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757, under the leadership of Robert Clive. The victory was made possible by the defection of Mir Jafar, ...

, local people migrated to a different place to avoid social and political turmoil and form a new human settlement. According to the etymology para (locality) of the inhabitants of Palashi (''Palashi'') set up here. Palashipara is an old village situated in the bank of Jalangi River. An indigo ''kuthi'' was established by the indigo planters at Nishchintapur village near Palashipara. Before the

Partition of Bengal (1947) The Partition of Bengal in 1947, part of the Partition of India, divided the British Indian province of Bengal based on the Radcliffe Line between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The Hindu-majority West Bengal became a stat ...

this place was under Meherpur subdivision in

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Geography

Location

Palashipara is located at .

Area overview

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of

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 ...

, 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 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 ...

, Palashipara had a total population of 10,693, of which 5,434 (51%) were males and 5,259 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 955. The total number of literate persons in Palashipara was 7,911 (81.24% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Palashipara police station serves Tehatta II subdivision.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Tehatta II CD block are located at Palashipara.

Education

There are two high schools at Palashipara. Palashipara Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Vidyapith known as MGS vidyapith is situated here. another Higher Secondary school Palashipara Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Balika Vidyalaya is the schools for girls', providing 10+2 education to the locals. There are few primary schools in the locality.

Transport

Palashipara is connected by bus with district headquarters

Krishnagar Krishnanagar (; also spelled Krishnagar) is a city and a municipality. in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarter of the Nadia district. History Krishnanagar municipality was established in 1864 and is one of the oldest municipali ...

. Nearest

Plassey railway station Plassey is a railway station of the Sealdah-Lalgola line in the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The station is situated in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Palashi and the surrounding areas. History Initia ...

Plassey Palashi or Plassey ( bn, পলাশী, Palāśī, translit-std=ISO, , ) is a village on the east bank of Bhagirathi River, located approximately 50 kilometres north of the city of Krishnanagar in Kaliganj CD Block in the Nadia Distric ...

is almost 18 km from Palashipara. The connector of

National Highway 34 (India) National Highway NH 34 (NH 34) is a National Highway (India), National Highway in India. It runs from Gangotri Dham in Uttarakhand to Lakhnadon in Madhya Pradesh, passing through the States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh ...

and State highway 11 passed through the village. A bridge named ''Dwijendralal Setu'' was made in 1971 over the Jalangi river on the way of the connector.

Palashipara picture gallery

File:পলাশীপাড়া দ্বিজেন্দ্রলাল সেতু.jpg, Dwijendralal Bridge over the Jalangi river, Palashipara File:পলাশীপাড়া বাস টার্মিনাস.jpg, Palashipara bus terminus File:পলাশীপাড়া এম জি এস বিদ্যাপীঠ.jpg, Palashipara Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Vidyapith

References

{{Nadia District Villages in Nadia district