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City in West Bengal, India
Bangaon
City
Clockwise from top: Roy Bridge, Bangaon Mahashamshan, Municipality Office Building, Ichhamati River near Satbhai Kalitala Temple, Bangaon Subdivisional Court, Bangaon Super Specialty Hospital
Cities, towns and locations in Bangaon subdivision, North 24 Parganas district M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, T: place of tourist interest Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
Bangaon is located at 23.07°N 88.82°E / 23.07; 88.82.[4] It has an average elevation of 7metres (22feet). Arsenic contamination is a major concern in this area.[5]
Area overview
The area shown in the map was a part of Jessore district from 1883.[6][7] At the time of Partition of Bengal (1947) the Radcliffe Line 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.[8] The renowned novelist, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (of Pather Panchali fame) belonged to this area and many of his writings portray his experience in the area.[9] It is a flat plain located in the lower Ganges Delta.[10] In the densely populated area, 16.33% of the population lives in the urban areas and 83.67% lives in the rural areas.[11][12]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Transport
Public transport is provided by the rail, auto and buses. Bangaon railway station is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is the last station on the Sealdah-Bangaon section of Eastern Railway, 77km from Sealdah Station.[13] The Sealdah–Bangaon railway was built between 1882 and 1884. Bangaon is well connected with others major places by buses, like Kolkata, Howrah, Dakshineshwar, Barasat, Habra, Barrackpore, Basirhat, Bagdaha, Kalyani, Krishnanagar, Chakdaha, Ranaghat, Karimpur, Digha, Santragachi etc.[14]
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Bangaon municipality had a population of 110,668, out of which 56,416 were males and 54,252 were females. The 0–6 years population was 8,452. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 90.25 per cent.[15]
Education
Dinabandhu Mahavidyalay is the only degree college in Bangaon which is currently affiliated to West Bengal State University (formerly affiliated to University of Calcutta[16][17]).
"District Statistical Handbook". North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, ISBN978-0-19-563696-3.
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