Bangaon

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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
Bangaon Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Bangaon Bangaon (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23.07°N 88.82°E / 23.07; 88.82
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Bangaon Municipality
• Municipality chairman	Shri. Gopal Seth[1]
• MLA	Sree Ashok Kirtaniya [2]
• MP	Shantanu Thakur
Area [3]
• Total	14.27 km^2 (5.51 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	110,668
• Rank	UA: 30th in West Bengal
• Density	7,800/km^2 (20,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangaon
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bangaon Uttar
Website	north24parganas.nic.in

Bangaon is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision.

Geography

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3miles

B

A

N

G

L

A

D

E

S

H

Betna River

Ichhamati River

Bibhutibhusan
Wildlife Sanctuary

T

Petrapole check post

R

Palla

R

Nahata

R

Helencha

R

Gopalnagar

R

Gaighata

R

Bagdah

R

Thakurnagar

R

Bangaon

M

Sonatikiri

CT

Shimulpur

CT

Dhakuria

CT

Chikanpara

CT

Chhekati

CT

Chandpara

CT

  

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 7 metres (22 feet). Arsenic contamination is a major concern in this area.^[5]

Area overview

The area situated beside the Ichamati River 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 area and 83.67% in 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, 77 km 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]).

List of high secondary schools:-

1. Bongaon High School
2. Kumudini Uccha Balika Vidalaya
3. Chhaygharia Rakhaldas High School
4. Saktigarh High School
5. New Bongaon High School
6. Bongaon Kabi Keshablal Vidyapith
7. Kalitala Desbandhu High School
8. Champaberia High School
9. Puratan Bonga High School
10. Asit Biswas Shiksha Niketan
11. Bongaon Ghosh Institution
12. Jogendranath Vidyapith
13. Debgarh High School
14. Chhaygharia Thakur Haridas Uccha Balika Vidyalaya
15. Nagendranath Vidyalaya
16. Saradacharan Vidyapith
17. New Bongaon Girls High School

Notable residents

• Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Bengali novelist
• Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay, archeologist
• Jiban Ratan Dhar (1889–1963), politician
• Jogendra Nath Mandal, politician
• Dinabandhu Mitra, Bengali novelist
• Bibhas Roy Chowdhury, poet

See also

• 2000 India-Bangladesh floods
• Bangaon subdivision
• Ichamati River

References

1. Bongaon Municipality. Retrieved 24 July 2012
2. "Bangaon City".
3. "Bangaon City".
4. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Bangaon
5. "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study )". Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
6. "Bengal District Gazetteers, Jessore by L.S.S. O'Malley". Chapter II: History, Page/ Section 44. Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1912. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
7. "District Gazetteer" (PDF). Chapter IX: General Administration, Page 150. Egiye Bangla. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
8. "Jessore District Information". Khujbo.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
9. "Bibhutibhusan Bandopadhyay". Banglapedia. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
10. "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 13. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
11. "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.
12. "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of North Twenty Four Parganas with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
13. Eastern Railway time table.
14. Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3.
15. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
16. Dinabandhu Mahavidyalay History Archived 8 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 July 2012
17. "Affiliated College of West Bengal State University". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012

External links

• Media related to Bangaon at Wikimedia Commons