Raghunathpur is a
village
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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
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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
Raghunathpur is located at
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
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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. In Chinsurah Mogra CD Block 64.87% of the population is urban and 35.13% is rural. Amongst the four remaining CD Blocks in the subdivision two were overwhelmingly rural and two were wholly rural.
The map alongside shows a portion of Chinsurah subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
As per
2011 Census of India
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Raghunathpur had a total population of 14,919 of which 7,733 (52%) were males and 7,186 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,304. The total number of literates in Raghunathpur was 12,141 (89.17% of the population over 6 years).
[
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,
References
Cities and towns in Hooghly district
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