Jejur

Jejur
Village
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Coordinates: 22.88°N 88.12°E / 22.88; 88.12
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,173
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	712405
Telephone code	91 3212
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB

Jejur is a gram panchayat under Haripal block in Chandannagar subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Jejur is located at 22.88°N 88.12°E / 22.88; 88.12.

Jejur gram panchayat is composed of the following villages: Rajaballabhbati, Mannapara, Purbba Narayanpur, Kankrajol, Amgachhi, Jejur, Jinpur, Raghunathpur, Kalachhara and Meshera.^[1]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Jejur had a total population of 5,173 of which 2,579 (50%) were males and 2,594 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 523. The total number of literates in Jejur was 3,703 (79.63% of the population over 6 years).^[2]

Economy

Agriculture

This is a rich agricultural area. Though rice is the prime crop of the district, the agricultural economy largely depends on potato, jute, vegetables and orchard products. Vegetable is a prize crop in the blocks of Haripal, Singur, Chanditala, Polba and Dhaniakhali being grown in a relay system throughout the year. Though potato is cultivated in all the blocks of this district Dhaniakhali, Arambagh, Goghat, Pursurah, Haripal, Polba-Dadpur, Tarakeswar, Pandua and Singur contributed much of its production of this district.^[3]

Some of the primary and other hats or markets in the Haripal block area are: Basudevpur hat, Bondipur hat, Dar hatta hat, Jejur Daily Market, Kaikala hat, Kalchara hat, Nalikul hat, Sipaigachi hat, Jagin market, Haripal Barabazar and Haripal Station Bazar.^[4]

People

Atulya Ghosh, freedom fighter and once the strongman of the Congress Party, was born at Jejur on 28 August 1904.^[5] Also, Shree Bijoy Krishna Mitra is a prominent figure from Jejur who traversed all over the country and contributed immensely to the infrastructure building of the nation along with his village development. His long association with HCC has been well recognised.

Education

Jajur High School is a boys only higher secondary school. It has arrangements for teaching Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, economics and mathematics.^[6]

Jajur Karunamoyee Mukhopadhyay Balika Vidyalaya is a girls only secondary school with arrangements for teaching from Class VI to X. It was established in 1959.^[7]

Transport

Bus

Private Bus

• 18 Haripal railway station - Chunchura Court
• 18A Haripal railway station - Dasghara

Bus Routes Without Numbers

• Jangipara - Chunchura Court

Train

The nearest railway station, Haripal railway station, is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.

References

1. "Census Data District Name: Hugli(12) Block Name: Haripal (0011)". West Bengal Govt. Retrieved 21 January 2009. ^{[dead link‍]}
2. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
3. "Intensive cropping with remarkable feature of Hooghly District". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
4. "Primary Hats/Markets of District". Hooghly. West Bengal State Marketing Board. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
5. Sengupta, Sukharanjan. "A much maligned man". Tribute to Atulya Ghosh, the forgotten freedom fighter. The Statesman 15 August 2004. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
6. "Hooghly district exam venue". West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
7. "Jajur Karunamoyee Mukhopadhyay Balika Vidyalaya". Studyapt. Retrieved 6 October 2018.