Chandannagar subdivision
Chandannagore subdivision | |
|---|---|
Subdivision | |
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 Interactive map of Chandannagore subdivision | |
| Coordinates: 22°52′N 88°23′E / 22.87°N 88.38°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Headquarters | Chandannagar |
| Area | |
• Total | 508.08 km2 (196.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,127,176 |
| • Density | 2,218.5/km2 (5,745.9/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Website | wb |
Chandannagore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
[edit]A major portion of Chandannagore subdivision is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, the agriculturally rich alluvial plains lying between the two rivers. The narrow strip of land along the Hooghly is part of the Hooghly Flats. The entire area is a part of the Gangetic Delta. The Hooghly is a tidal river and has a high west bank. The Portuguese, the Dutch, the French, the Danes and the British dominated industry, trade and commerce in this area for more than two centuries, and as a result the Hooghly Flats is highly industrialised.[1]
Subdivisions
[edit]The Hooghly district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:[2]
| Subdivision | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | Rural population % (2011) | Urban population % (2011) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinsurah | Hugli-Chuchura | 1,148.15 | 1,657,518 | 68.63 | 31.37 |
| Chandannagore | Chandannagar | 508.08 | 1,127,176 | 58.52 | 41.48 |
| Srirampore | Serampore | 422.45 | 1,469,849 | 26.88 | 73.12 |
| Arambag | Arambag | 1,058.87 | 1,264,602 | 94.77 | 5.23 |
| Hooghly district | Chinsurah | 3,149.00 | 5,519,145 | 61.43 | 38.57 |
Administrative units
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Chandannagore subdivision has 5 police stations, 3 community development blocks, 3 panchayat samitis, 41 gram panchayats, 352 mouzas, 339 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7 census towns. The single municipal corporation is Chandernagore Municipal Corporation. The municipalities are Tarakeswar Municipality, Bhadreswar Municipality and Champdany Municipality. The census towns are: Bargachhia, Balarambati, Singur, Nasibpur, Jagatnagar, Baruipara and Borai. The subdivision has its headquarters at Chandannagar.[3][4]
5miles
River
M: municipal corporation/ municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Kolkata Urban Agglomeration
[edit]The following Municipal Corporation and Municipalities in Chandannagore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Chandannagar (M Corp.), Bhadreswar (M) and Champdani (M).[5]
Police stations
[edit]Police stations in Chandannagore subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:[6][7]
| Police station | Area covered km2 | Municipal town | CD Block |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarakeswar | n/a | Tarakeswar | Tarakeswar |
| Haripal | n/a | - | Haripal |
| Singur | n/a | - | Singur |
| Bhadreswar | n/a | Bhadreswar, Champdani, Chandannagar (partly) | Singur |
| Chandannagar | n/a | Chandannagar | - |
Blocks
[edit]Community development blocks in Chandannagore subdivision are:[2][8]
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| CD Block | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy rate % | Census Towns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarakeswar | Tarakeswar | 119.93 | 179,148 | 23.63 | 5.04 | 88.94 | 10.20 | 79.96 | - |
| Haripal | Khamarchandi | 184.42 | 261,073 | 28.03 | 6.70 | 78.42 | 20.39 | 78.59 | 1 |
| Singur | Singur | 164.85 | 276,413 | 17.02 | 1.47 | 90.72 | 8.92 | 84.07 | 6 |
Blocks Map
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Map of Haripal CD Block.
Map of Singur CD Block.
Map of Tarokeswr CD Block.
Gram panchayats
[edit]The subdivision contains 41 gram panchayats under 3 community development blocks:[9]
- Haripal block consists of 15 gram panchayats, viz. Alipur Kashipur, Haripal Kingkarbati, Nalikul Purba, Pyantra, Bandipur, Haripal Sahadev, Narayanpur Bahirkhanda, Sripatipur Ilipur, Chandanpur, Jejur, Dwarhatta, Kaikala, Paschim Gopinathpur, Haripal Ashutosh and Nalikul Paschim.
- Singur block consists of 16 gram panchayats, viz. Anandanagar, Basubati, Gopalnagar, Singur–I, Bagdanga Chinamore, Beraberi, Kamarkundu Gopalnagar Daluigachha, Singur–II, Bainchipota, Bighati, Mirzapur Bankipur, Balarambati, Bora, Baruipara Paltagarh, Borai Pahalampur and Nasibpur.
- Tarakeswar block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Ashtara Dattapur, Bhanjipur, Naita Malpaharpur, Talpur, Baligori–I, Champadanga, Purba Ramnagar, Baligori–II, Kesabchak and Santoshpur.
Economy
[edit]Industry
[edit]Chandannagore subdivision has five jute mills – Northbrook Jute Mill, Dalhousie Jute Mill, Angus Jute Works (all at Champdani under Bhadreswar police station), Victoria Jute Mill (at Telinipara) and Gondalpara Jute Works (at Gondalpara) – all along the Hooghly.[10] Jute mills drew in a large labour force from the neighbouring states of Bihar and Orissa, as well as eastern Uttar Pradesh, quite often forming an overwhelming majority of the population in the area, living in shanty towns and slums dotting the mill area. The proportion of migrants in the population was 80% in Bhadreswar.[11] The entire jute industry is in a bad shape.[12][13]
See also – Victoria Jute Mill, a part of Indian heritage
Amongst the other well-known industrial units in Chandannagore subdivision are: Lagan Engineering and Braithwaite. Lagan Engineering is a jute machinery manufacturing company set up in 1955 in Angus in Champdani. The machinery it has manufactured has been functioning well in numerous jute mills. It has been modernising to keep abreast with the latest technological developments. It was initially set up by the Northern Ireland-based-James Mackie & Sons, run for a short period by the Government of India, which subsequently divested its shares to Murlidhar Ratanlal Exports Ltd.[14] Braithwaite's Angus Works was set up at Champdani in 1960 for manufacturing cranes, foundry products and machinery components etc. In 2010, the administrative control of Braithwaite & Co. was taken over by the Ministry of Railways.[15]
Singur gained international media attention since Tata Motors started constructing a factory to manufacture their $2,500 car, the Tata Nano at Singur. The small car was scheduled to roll out of the factory by 2008.[16] In October 2008 Tatas announced withdrawal from the project.[17] 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.[18][19]
Handloom weaving
[edit]The handloom sarees of Dhaniakhali, Begampur, Jangipara, Rajbalhat areas and dhutis of Haripal, Rajbalhat, Khanakul areas of Hooghly district are widely familiar.[20]
Agriculture
[edit]Hooghly is an agriculturally prosperous district of West Bengal. Although the economy has been shifting away from agriculture, it is still the pre-dominant economic activity and the main source of livelihood for the rural people of the district. One third of the district income comes from agriculture.[21] Given below is an overview of the agricultural production (all data in tonnes) for Chandannagore subdivision, other subdivisions and the Hooghly district, with data for the year 2013-14.[22]
| CD Block/ Subdivision | Rice | Wheat | Jute | Pulses | Oil seeds | Potatoes | Sugarcane |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarakeswar | 86,418 | - | 58,340 | - | 3,421 | 81,573 | - |
| Haripal | 49,443 | - | 24,593 | - | 1,965 | 173,968 | - |
| Singur | 53,930 | 12 | 53,343 | - | 1,136 | 58,151 | - |
| Chandannagore subdivision | 189,791 | 12 | 136,276 | - | 6,522 | 313,692 | - |
| Chinsurah subdivision | 235,561 | 92 | 111,218 | 4 | 10,362 | 812,808 | 162 |
| Srirampore subdivision | 126,852 | 11 | 39,820 | 12 | 8,058 | 436,111 | 2,437 |
| Arambag subdivision | 255,011 | 75 | 134,541 | 30 | 19,477 | 514,903 | 123,934 |
| Hooghly district | 807,215 | 190 | 421,855 | 46 | 44,419 | 2,077,514 | 126,533 |
Poverty
[edit]The information given above leads us on to a comment in the District Human Development Report for Hooghly district: In the sub-division wise comparison of the levels of poverty in Hooghly district, Srirampur and Chandannagore share the lowest incidence of poverty.[23]
Education
[edit]Hooghly district had a literacy rate of 81.80% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Chinsurah subdivision had a literacy rate of 79.17%, Chandannagore subdivision 83.01%, Srirampore subdivision 86.13% and Arambag subdivision 79.05. [24]
Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Hooghly district for the year 2013-14:[24]
| Subdivision | Primary School |
Middle School |
High School |
Higher Secondary School |
General College, Univ |
Technical / Professional Instt |
Non-formal Education | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | |
| Chinsurah | 899 | 85,213 | 46 | 3,885 | 98 | 48,722 | 109 | 124,068 | 7 | 16,342 | 26 | 10,564 | 2,413 | 45,289 |
| Chandannagore | 606 | 53,382 | 32 | 3,312 | 46 | 22,000 | 77 | 89,132 | 6 | 20,450 | 6 | 778 | 1,297 | 29,127 |
| Srirampore | 577 | 64,207 | 25 | 3,611 | 65 | 37,997 | 97 | 108,199 | 8 | 16,631 | 3 | 793 | 1,337 | 33,060 |