Gaighata is a village in the
Gaighata CD block in the
Bangaon subdivision
Bangaon subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
In 1883 Bangaon subdivision was transferred from Nadia district to Jessore district. At the time of Partition of Ben ...
of the
North 24 Parganas district
North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and ...
in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
Gaighata is located at .
Area overview
The area shown in the map was a part of Jessore district from 1883. At the time of
Partition of Bengal (1947)
The Partition of Bengal in 1947, also known as the Second Partition of Bengal, part of the Partition of India, divided the British Indian Bengal Province along the Radcliffe Line between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. ...
the
Radcliffe Line
The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcated by the two boundary commissions for the provinces of Punjab Province (British India), Punjab and Bengal Presidency, Bengal during the Partition of India. It is named after Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Visco ...
placed the police station areas of Bangaon and Gaighata of Jessore district in India and the area was made a part of 24 Parganas district. The renowned novelist,
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (of ''
Pather Panchali
(, ) is a 1955 Indian Bengali language, Bengali-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray in his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali Pather Panchali ...
'' fame) belonged to this area and many of his writings portray his experience in the area. It is a flat plain located in the lower
Ganges Delta
The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Be ...
. In the densely populated area, 16.33% of the population lives in the urban areas and 83.67% lives in the rural areas.
Civic administration
Police station
Gaighata police station covers an area of 248.64 km
2 and serves a population of 329,815. Gaighata police district has a border of 21.72 km, of which 15 km is unfenced. It has jurisdiction over Gaighata CD block.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Gaighata had a total population of 3,878, of which 1,999 (52%) were males and 1,879 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 354. The total number of literate persons in Gaighata was 3,212 (91.15% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
NH 112 (also known as
Jessore Road and
SH 3 (common route in this area) passes through Gaighata and separate out here.
Education
Gaighata High School is a Bengali-medium co-educational higher secondary school. It was established in 1948.
Gaighata Benimadhab Balika Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium girls only high school. It was established in 1958.
Healthcare
Gaighata has a
primary health centre with 6 beds.
References
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Villages in North 24 Parganas district