Nagar is a village in the Khargram CD block in the

Kandi subdivision Kandi subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Bhagirathi River splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the east. K ...

of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located about 190 km from Kolkata, the state capital.

Geography

Location

Nagar is located at

Area overview

The area shown in the map alongside, covering

Berhampore Berhampore (), also known as Baharampur (), is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. Berhampore is the administrative headquarters of the Murshidabad district. As of 2011 census, Berhampore is the seventh largest city ...

and Kandi subdivisions, is spread across both the natural physiographic regions of the district,

Rarh ''Rarh region'' () is a toponym for an area in the Indian subcontinent that lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the West and the Ganges Delta on the East. Although the boundaries of the region have been defined differently according to vari ...

and Bagri. The headquarters of Murshidabad district,

, is in this area. The ruins of

Karnasubarna Karnasuvarna or Karnasubarna ( Bengali : কর্ণসুবর্ণ অথবা কানসোনা) was an ancient city, located in the present day Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal ...

, the capital of

Shashanka Shashanka Dev (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Śaśāṅka) was the first independent king of a unified polity in the Bengal region, called the Gauda Kingdom. He reigned in the 7th century, some historians place his r ...

, the first important king of ancient

Bengal Bengal ( ) is a Historical geography, historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the Eastern South Asia, eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. The region of Benga ...

who ruled in the 7th century, is located south-west of Berhampore. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with over 80% of the population living in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Nagar had a total population of 11,882, of which 6,198 (52%) were males and 5,684 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,472. The total number of literate persons in Nagar was 7,096 (68.17% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Khargram CD block are located at Nagar.

Transport

State Highway 7 (Badshahi Road) passes through Nagar.

Education

Colleges

Nagar College Nagar College, established on 1998, is a general degree college of Nagar in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and science. It is affiliated with the University of Kalyani. Nagar College was fou ...

was established in 1998 at Nagar. Affiliated to the

University of Kalyani The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is a Government of West Bengal administered, University Grants Commission (India), UGC affiliated, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, NAAC accredited, collegiate public research unive ...

, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Arabic, philosophy, political science, history, geography and mathematics.

Tourism

There is a mosque named 'Nagar Jame Masjid', is one of the largest mosques of Murshidabad. Nagar Fair is arranged every year on 5 January in the Pirtala ground which is located near Nagar Dighi, for ''Data Pir.

References

{{Murshidabad District Villages in Murshidabad district