Ranaghat district is a proposed district in

presidency division Presidency Division is an administrative division within the Indian state of West Bengal. The headquarters and the largest city of the Presidency division is Kolkata, the state capital. Presidency division is bounded by Medinipur division to Sout ...

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 ...

. The district will be formed by dividing 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 ...

. The name of the district is yet to be finalized.

History

On 1 August 2022,

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declared about the creation of Ranaghat district carving out from

. The announcement to carve a Ranaghat district out of the existing Nadia district triggered large protests with many common people and intellectuals complaining that the new administrative area would take away their rich culture and heritage associated with Nadia. Sources at

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said the government was considering the possibility of naming of new district as South Nadia, instead of

Ranaghat Ranaghat is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Ranaghat subdivision. It is compact but one of the densely populated cities of West Bengal. It is known for its handloom in ...

Education

College

Ranaghat College Ranaghat College, established in 1950, is a Government of West Bengal sponsored, UGC recognized, NAAC accredited, Public College in Ranaghat, West Bengal, India. It offers Undergraduate courses in Humanities, commerce and sciences. Also off ...

Santipur College Santipur College, established in 1948, is a college in Santipur, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated to University of Kalyani. History This college was established o ...

* Pritilata Waddedar Mahavidyalaya *

Srikrishna College Srikrishna College, (''Bengali'' : শ্রীকৃষ্ণ কলেজ) established in 1952, is a college in Bagula, in Nadia district in the state of West Bengal. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affil ...

Kalyani Mahavidyalaya Kalyani Mahavidyalaya, popularly known as Kalyani College established in 1999, is a government aided general degree college at Kalyani in Nadia district, West Bengal, India. The college offers undergraduate degree courses in arts, science and co ...

Chakdaha College Chakdaha College, established in 1973, is a college in Chakdaha, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to University of Kalyani The University of Kalyani, ...

Haringhata Mahavidyalaya Haringhata Mahavidyalaya, established in 1986, is a general degree college in Nadia district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to University of Kalyani. Location The college is located from Bara ...

Health facilities

There are multiple important hospitals in the proposed Ranaghat district e.g Ranaghat Subdivisional Hospital, Santipur State General Hospital, Chakdaha State General Hospital,

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani All India Institute of Medical Sciences Kalyani (AIIMS Kalyani) (IAST: ''Akhil Bhāratiya Āyurvignan Sangsthān Kalyani'') is a Public hospital and Medical school it located in Saguna, Kalyani, West Bengal, India, and one of the AIIMS and I ...

, College of Medicine & JNM Hospital and so on. Ranaghat Subdivisional Hospital consists of 171 beds whereas Santipur State General Hospital consists of 131 beds. Besides, this district has three rural hospitals with 30 beds each: Bagula Rural Hospital, Habibpur (Jadhav Dutta) Rural Hospital, and Aranghata Rural Hospital.

References

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