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River Churni is a stream in the
River Churni is a stream in 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 ...
of the Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of 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 fou ...
. It is a distributary of the Mathabhanga River
The Mathabhanga River ( bn, মাথাভাংগা নদী) is a transboundary river between India and Bangladesh.
Journey and Importance
The Mathabhanga or Hauli, whose lower reach is called the Haulia, leaves the Padma about ten miles ...
, itself a distributary of the Padma River
The Padma ( bn, পদ্মা ''Pôdma'') is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is sit ...
at Munshiganj in the Kushtia District
Kushtia District ( bn, কুষ্টিয়া জেলা, pronunciation: ''kuʃʈia'') is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh ...
of
Bangladesh. The Mathabanga divides into two rivers, the Ichamati and the Churni near Majhdia in Nadia district.
Course
The Churni flows through Shibnivas, Hanskhali,Birnagar
Birnagar (formerly Ula) is a municipality city Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in West Bengal, India.
The Birnagar Municipality has a population of 32,799 of which 16,658 are males while 16,141 are females as per report released by Cens ...
, Aranghata, and 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 ...
, and finally joins River Bhagirathi at Shivpur, Nadia
Nadia is a female name. Variations include Nadja, Nadya, Nadine, Nadiya, and Nadiia. Most variations of the name are derived from Arabic, Slavic languages, or both.
In Slavic, names similar to ''Nadia'' mean "hope" in many Slavic languages: ...
near Chakdaha
Chakdaha is a town and a municipality in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district, located in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Chakdaha is a prominent urban local body in the district of Nadia, one of the southern dis ...
. Its length is almost . The river's origin is at 23.40 North, 88.70 East and its confluence is at 23.13 North, 88.50 East.
History
According to an article in the ''International Journal of Current Research'', the river is in part the remnants of an artificial canal ordered dug by a 17th-centurymaharajah
Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king".
A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...
(king). Changes to a nearby distributary of 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 ...
resulted partly from water diversion down the canal. Sedimentation eventually dried up the upper part of the distributary, called the ''Anjana'', while the canal and the lower Anjana formed the Churni. Another name for the Churni is ''Kata Kal'' or "dug river".
As recently as the 1930s, the river was an important route for water travel and trade. However, in the 21st century it has partly filled with silt, including many small islands, visible or submerged, and is no longer navigable.
References
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River Churni is a stream in the Nadia district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a distributary of the Mathabhanga River, itself a distributary of the Padma River at Munshiganj in the Kushtia District of
Bangladesh. The Mathabanga divide ...
Rivers of India