Rahmatpur is a village in the Karimpur II CD block in the Tehatta subdivision 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 influenti ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Rahmatpur is located at .

Area overview

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, 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 Jalangi River ( bn, জলঙ্গী নদী), is a branch of the Ganges river in Murshidabad and Nadia districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. It flows into the Bhagirathi river and strengthens its lower channel, the Hooghly. The ...

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 ...

, Rahmatpur had a total population of 6,225, of which 3,216 (52%) were males and 3,009 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 605. The total number of literate persons in Rahmatpur was 3,718 (66.16% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Karimpur II CD block are located at Rahmatpur.

Transport

A short stretch of Thanarpara - Mahish Bathan Road links Rahmatpur to State Highway 11, running from Mahammad Bazar (in Birbhum district) to Ranaghat (in Nadia district).

In popular culture

The village is notable for being the birthplace of the character

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is a recurring character in the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. He is an Indian immigrant proprietor who runs the Kwik-E-Mart, a popular convenience store in Springfield, and is known for his catchphra ...

in the animated sitcom, ''The Simpsons''.

References

Villages in Nadia district {{Nadia-geo-stub