Beraberi is a village in
Singur
Singur is a census town in Singur CD block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Singur is located at . It has an average elevation of 14 metres (45 ft), and i ...
CD Block in
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-Chinsurah (' ...
in the
India
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state
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of
West Bengal
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.
Geography
Beraberi is located at .
Demographics
As per the
2011 Census of India Beraberi had a population of 6,810 of which 3,454 (51%) were males and 3,356 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 644. The number of literates in Beraberi was 5,173 (83.90% of the population over 6 years).
Economy
Tata Motors at Singur
Singur gained international media attention since
Tata Motors
Tata Motors Limited is an Indian Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive company, headquartered in Mumbai and part of the Tata Group. The company produces passenger cars, cars, trucks, vans, and busses, buses.
T ...
started constructing a factory to manufacture their $2,500 car, the
Tata Nano
The Tata Nano is a city car/microcar manufactured and marketed by Indian automaker Tata Motors over a single generation from 2008–2018, primarily in India, as an inexpensive rear-engine hatchback for motorcycle and scooter drivers — wit ...
at Singur. The small car was scheduled to roll out of the factory by 2008. In October 2008, Tatas announced withdrawal from the project. Six villages –
Bajemelia, Beraberi,
Gopalnagar, Joymolla, Khaser Bheri and Sinher Bheri – were affected by land acquisition. In 2016, the Supreme Court quashed the West Bengal government's acquisition of 997 acres of agricultural land for Tata Motors and ordered its return to 9,117 landowners.
Education
Beraberi Suryya Narayan Memorial High School is a coeducational higher secondary school. It has arrangements for teaching Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography, economics, mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Transport
Madhusudanpur railway station on
Howrah-Bardhaman chord line is the nearest railway station.
References
Villages in Hooghly district
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