Noapara, India

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  ?Noapara
West Bengal • India
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Location of Noapara
Coordinates: 22°47′N 88°29′E / 22.78, 88.48
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) North 24 Parganas
Codes
Pincode
Telephone

• 743201, 743221
• +91 3216

Coordinates: 22°47′N 88°29′E / 22.78, 88.48 Noapara is a town with a police station and an assembly constituency in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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[edit] Politics

Kushadhwaj Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Noapara assembly seat in 2006 defeating Manju Basu of AITC. In 2001, Manju Basu of AITC defeated Madan Mohan Nath of CPI (M). Madan Mohan Nath of CPI (M) defeated Sris Das of INC in 1996 and Ananta Roy of INC in 1991. Jamini Bhusan Saha of CPI (M) defeated Sris Das of INC in 1986, and Apurba Bhattachaya of ICS in 1981 and INC in 1977. [1]

Noapara is part of Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency).

[edit] Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Partywise comparison since 1977. 132 - Noapara Assembly Constituency, West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.

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