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Bangaon is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision.
Geography
= Location
=Bangaon is located at 23.07°N 88.82°E / 23.07; 88.82. It has an average elevation of 7 metres (22 feet). Arsenic contamination is a major concern in this area.
= Area overview
=The area situated beside the Ichamati River shown in the map was a part of Jessore district from 1883. 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. The renowned novelist, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (of Pather Panchali fame) belonged to this area and many of his writings portray his experience in the area. It is a flat plain located in the lower Ganges Delta. In the densely populated area, 16.33% of the population lives in the urban area and 83.67% in rural areas.
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. 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.
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.
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).
List of high secondary schools:-
Bongaon High School
Kumudini Uccha Balika Vidalaya
Chhaygharia Rakhaldas High School
Saktigarh High School
New Bongaon High School
Bongaon Kabi Keshablal Vidyapith
Kalitala Desbandhu High School
Champaberia High School
Puratan Bonga High School
Asit Biswas Shiksha Niketan
Bongaon Ghosh Institution
Jogendranath Vidyapith
Debgarh High School
Chhaygharia Thakur Haridas Uccha Balika Vidyalaya
Nagendranath Vidyalaya
Saradacharan Vidyapith
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
External links
Media related to Bangaon at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar kota sensus di India tahun 2001
- Daftar kota sensus di India tahun 2011
- Bangaon
- Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency
- Sealdah–Bangaon line
- North 24 Parganas district
- Bangaon (disambiguation)
- Bangaon subdivision
- Bangaon Junction railway station
- Bangaon, Bihar
- Bangaon Uttar Assembly constituency
- Bangaon (community development block)