Basirhat
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| Basirhat | |
  Basirhat
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| State - District(s) |
West Bengal - North 24 Parganas |
| Coordinates | |
| Area - Elevation |
- 6 m |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (2001) - Density |
113,120 - |
| Municipality Chairman | Jamini Bhusan Roy [1] |
Basirhat is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Basirhat is a river side subdivisional town.
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[edit] History
Basirhat has a long history of farmer's movement like 'Tevaga Andolan'.
Freedom fighter Dinesh Chandra Majumder was born here in 1907. [2]
[edit] Geography
Basirhat is located at [3]. It has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet).
Basirhat situated near the river Ichamoti which is a branch river of Ganges. It is well connected with Kolkata by rail (65 Kms) and road. It is very near to Bangladesh. It is 42 km from Barasat on the Barasat-Basirhat-Hasnabad branch line of Eastern Railway. [4]
[edit] Economics
Agriculture is the main source of income. Other industries like brick making and fisheries are also dominant in this area. Two other things are very popular from Basirhat 1.Sweet called "Nolen Gurer Sandesh" 2. Hand made towel called "Gamcha"
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Basirhat had a population of 113,120. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Basirhat has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Education
There is Basirhat College, and two famous Schools Basirhat Town High School and Basirhat High School.
[edit] Nearby place
[edit] Bhabla
Bhabla (also spelt Bhyabla) near Basirhat is the place of birth and ancestral home of pioneering industrialist, Sir Rajen Mookerjee. He had contributed substantially for the development of Basirhat. [5] [6] Bhyabla station is 2 km from Basirhat station.
[edit] References
- ^ Official District Administration site
- ^ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976/1998), Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, (Bengali) , p 207, ISBN 8185626650
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Basirhat
- ^ Eastern Railway time table.
- ^ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali, p 470.
- ^ Bhabla
[edit] See also
| Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district |
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