Gobardanga

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Gobardanga
Gobardanga
State - District(s)	West Bengal - North 24 Parganas
Coordinates	22.87° N 88.76° E
Area - Elevation	- 6 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	41,618 -
Municipality Chairman	Basudeb Chatterjee ^[1]

Gobardanga is a city and a municipality under Habra police station of Barasat sadar subdivision ^[2] in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the oldest municipality of West Bengal. Go means 'Earth', Bar means 'Greatest' and Danga means 'Place'.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Education
5 References
6 See also

[edit] History

It has strong historic background from the pre-independence era, i.e. jamindar bari, oxebow lake, site of probably the first widow marriage in modern India.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Geography

Gobardanga is located at 22.87° N 88.76° E^[3]. It has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet).

It is 58 km from Sealdah Station on the Sealdah-Bangaon branch line of Eastern Railway. ^[4]

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Gobardanga had a population of 41,618. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Gobardanga has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 75%. In Gobardanga, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Education

There are several renowned schools in this town. Gobardanga Khantura High School (1856) is one of the oldest high schools in modern India^{[citation needed]}. It has a College named Gobardanga Hindu College along with Hostel.