Shyamnagar, West Bengal

Shyamnagar
শ্যামনগর
town
Nickname(s): formerly known as MULAJORE
Shyamnagar

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 22°50′N 88°22′E / 22.83°N 88.37°E / 22.83; 88.37Coordinates: 22°50′N 88°22′E / 22.83°N 88.37°E / 22.83; 88.37
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Government
 • Municipality Chairman Arjun Singh[1]
Elevation 2 m (7 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 441,956
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
 • Spoken languages

Bengali, English, Hindi,

Urdu[2]
Ethnicity
 • Ethnic groups

Bengali, Marwari, Bihari,

Others
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 743127
Sex ratio 9:11 ♂/♀
Website www.shyamnagar.com

Shyamnagar is a town in the district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. It is considered one of the major development hubs in the district. It is situated around 30 km away from Kolkata.

Geography

Shyamnagar is located at 22°50′N 88°22′E / 22.83°N 88.37°E / 22.83; 88.37 in the Ganges Delta at an elevation[3] of 2 m (6.6 ft). It is spread linearly along the banks of the River Hooghly in a north-south direction. Much of the city was originally a vast wetland, reclaimed over the decades to accommodate the city's burgeoning population.[4] The remaining wetland, known as East Calcutta Wetlands has been designated a "wetland of international importance" under the Ramsar Convention.[5]

Like the most of the Indo-Gangetic plains, the predominant soil and water type is alluvial. Quaternary sediments consisting of clay, silt, various grades of sand and gravel underlie the city. These sediments are sandwiched between two clay beds, the lower one at depths between 250 m (820 ft) and 650 m (2,133 ft) and the upper one ranging between 10 m (33 ft) and 40 m (131 ft) in thickness.[6] According to the Bureau of Indian Standards, the town falls under seismic zone-III, in a scale of I to V (in order of increasing proneness to earthquakes)[7] while the wind and cyclone zoning is "very high damage risk", according to UNDP report.[7]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[8] Shyamnagar under Barrackpur sub div. had a population of 441,956. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Shyamnagar has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 78% and female literacy of 66%. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The jute mills drew in a large labour force from the neighbouring states of Bihar and Orissa, as well as eastern Uttar Pradesh, quite often forming an overwhelming majority of the population in the area, living in shanty towns and bustees dotting the mill area.Also, a sizeable portion of the youths are engaged in the foreign and Indian Multinational companies who are opening there offices in the Salt Lake and Rajarhat area of Kolkata.[9]

History

MULAJORE KALIBARI
Great banyan tree in front of Kalibari

During the rule of Raja Krishna Chandra of Kirshna nagar, the king gave the village called MULAJORE along with a title of ROY GUNAKAR to his court poet Bharat Chandra Roy. In memory of Bharat Chandra Roy Gunakar there is a very old and historic library named Bharat Chandra Library. It is situated very close to the railway station.

Relatives of Rabindranath Tagore had set up Mulajor Kalibari at Shyamnagar in North 24 Parganas and it is unknown to many people. Visit the temple beside Hooghly River that is located in a very eye soothing natural scene. One of the priests Asit Ghatak said the temple was constructed on 31 Baishak in 1219 Bengali year around 200 years ago beside Hooghly River even before Dakhineswar Kali temple was set up by Rani Rasmoni Devi. Six priests are engaged for offering puja to goddess Kali and 65-year-old Ghatak is one of the temple priests. "No dedicated book had been written on this temple and gradually history is fading away but we know relatives of Rabindranath Tagore constructed this temple, said the priest.

Srijit Thakur is the surviving member of the Thakur family whose ancestors set up the temple. He has one son and daughter, live in ‘Rajbari’at Pathuriaghata Street near Natunbazar in Kolkata.Once upon a time Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestor Khitish Kusari came from Jessore in Bangladesh to West Bengal and his next generation was Bhattanaryan and later Dinanath Kusari. Dinanath’s son Panchanan got the title thakur since then his family member used to write the title Thakur instead of Kusari," said Ghatak. Jairam Thakur (Kusari) was latter generation had four sons- Anandiram, Nilmoni, Darpanarayan and Gobindaram. Prince Dwarakanath Thakur was the next generation of Anandiram, whose son was Debendranath and Rabindranath was his eighth son. Rabindranath however became "bramho" and did not believe in idol worshipping. It had not been known whether he ever visited the temple. Gopimohan Thakur, the son of Darpanarayan founded the temple. Gopimohan had two sons Prsanna Kumar and Harakumar and daughter Brahmamoyee.

Prasanna Kumar had one son Pradut Kumar and Harakumar had Jatindramohan. Surviving member Srijit Thakur is the son of Prabirendra mohan, who was the son of Pradut Kumar. According to local tale that the present place of the Kali temple was occupied of ‘Nandi’ (caste) and ‘Pirali’ so experienced priest from ‘Bhatpara toll (Sanskrit educational institution) ’ used to refuse offering puja to the goddess Mulajore Shyamnagar Kali as a result priests were brought from Bankura, Burdwan and other places. Later a Sanskrit College was set up by the king Gopimohan Thakur as a matter of pride and to make erudite Sanskrit students. Students were accommodated in this college hostel they used to take Prasad in the temple as a lunch and dinner. Ramkumar Chattopadhya, elder brother of Ramakrishna Dev was the student of this college. But that building was dilapidated and Rabindra Bhawan was set up by municipality replacing the college. "History is very interesting. But we are mostly depressed when the Sanskrit College, a piece of history was wiped out," said Amit ghatak son of Asit ghatak

Overview

Shyamnagar Kalibari(Mulajore kalibari)
Rabindra Bhavan

Shyamnagar is situated on the east bank of river Ganges. A famous Kali Temple is situated in between Shyamnagar railway station and river Ganges is known as Mulajore Kalibari. An auditorium named Rabindra Bhavan was built by Bhatpara Municipality by the side of this Kali Temple.It was said that there was a Sanskrit College in the Nineteenth century and Pandit Vidyasagar used to visit over there. A fair called Poush Mela is organised every year in Poush Mash according to Bengali calendar and between December and January in English calendar. The place becomes holy with the blessings of the goddesses Kali and Ganga. A fair named Shyamnagar Book Fair is organised by Shubhas Shanga Club Battala every year at the time of Poush Mela at Kalibari area. Other than the Mulajore Kalibari there are three other famous KaliBari (Kali Temple) situated in Shyamnagar. They are Chowrangi Kalibari, Sidhheswari Kalibari and Rakshakali temple. There is also one Buddhist monastery situated by the railway line.

Culture

The place is rich in culture and sports especially football.It is proud of the three exponents, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty in classical music, and Subrata Bhattacharya in football. Other prominent footballers from Shyamanagar are ex-olympian Kesto Pal, Mahabir Prasad & Asoklal Banerjee, Prasanta Mitra, Sumit Mukherjee etc.An annual book fair is held in the KaliBari grounds during the first week of January.This bookfare was started by a group of Some young man in 2001 . Notable Bengali writer Troilakyonath Mukhopadhyaya had his origin from Rahuta in Shyamnagar.

Shyamnagar is the famous for Durga Puja and Kali Puja. Visharjan (Immersion) of Maa Durga on Dusserha is also famous. It attracts many people to enjoy the Visharjan. Ganga is an eminent point at the time of Visharjan.

The most Prominent Clubs of Shyamnagar are:

  1. Pratik Sangha
  2. Basudebpur Road Sarbojanin
  3. Tarun Dal,
  4. Sabuj Sangha,
  5. Yuger Pratik,
  6. Tarun Sangha,
  7. Provati Sangha
  8. Nabajiban Sangha,
  9. Santigarh Young Association,
  10. Jhautala Friends' Club
  11. Athpur Aguan Anushilani
  12. Surya Sena Sporting Club
  13. Chhatra Sangathan Club
  14. Saheb bagan sporting club
  15. Subrata Pally
  16. Rahuta Football Ground Club
  17. Young Staff, Shalbagan
  18. Suhrid Sangha, Gurdaha
  19. Kalyan Sangha Club, Gurdaha Nutan Pally.
  20. Sangharshi Club
  21. Companion Athletics Friends' Club[10]
  22. Nagbagan Elo-Melo Sangha, Nagbagan

Companies/Factories

Exide Industries Limited:

Address ::

91, New Chord Road,
P.O. Athpur,
Shyamnagar - 743128,
24 Parganas (North),
Tel: (033) 2581 2146/ 2147/ 2148/ 2149
Fax: (033) 2581 3930

Nicco Corporation Limited - Cable Division:

Nicco Corporation Limited - Cable Division - Shyamnagar, an ISO 9001:2008 & 14001:2004 certified unit.

Nicco Corporation Limited - Cable Division, an ISO 9001:2008 & 14001:2004 certified unit, is located on East Ghosh Para Road, Athpur, Shyamnagar, on the banks of river Ganga.

The plant at Shyamnagar produces the following types of cables:-

Ramsarup Industries Limited:

An inside view of Ramsarup Industries Limited, Shyamnagar TMT manufacturing unit
Factory view of Ramsarup Industries Limited, Shyamnagar TMT manufacturing unit

Address ::

68, East Ghosh Para Road,
Athpur, Shyamnagar, 
24 Parganas (N), 
West Bengal
website :: http://www.ramsarup.com/rbr_profile.html

Apart from the above factories, there are so many renowned factories:

  1. Annapurna Cotton Mills
  2. Gouri Shankar Jute Mills
  3. Hindustan Lever (Dalda Division)- Presently changed the name.

Transport

Ferry services in Shyamnagar
Overbridge of Shyamnagar Railway Station. Connecting station number 1 (right hand) to the rest number of stations, i.e. 2 (seen on left side), 3 and 4.

TRAINS : Local and passenger trains are available every now and then to go to Kolkata.Sealdah-Ranaghat and Barddhaman (via Bandel) main railway line crosses from the heart of the town.The famous MAITRI express, connecting not just two cities Kolkata to Dhaka but two countries, passes from this town.

AEROPLANES : Dum Dum Airport, better known as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is less than 30 k.m. away from here and well connected by roadways.

BUSES : It is served by two major roadways of the district - Ghoshpara Road and Kalyani Expressway. Both of them are well connected with the capital city of west Bengal,KOLKATA. Few bus services available from various locations are: 1. Route no. 85 - a private bus service connecting Kanchrapara on one side to Barrackpore on the other. 2. WBSTC - a government bus service connecting shyamnagar to Garia (South Kolkata). 3. WBSTC - a government bus service connecting shyamnagar to Technopolis [JM 8] (From Naihati). 4. CSTC - another bus service connecting Shyamnagar to Digha (From Habra Bus Depot).

FERRY : Regular ferry services are available on river hooghly from Shyamnagar to Bhadreshwar (Chandanagore) at a regular interval of 15 minutes.

Education

Shyamnagar's schools are either run by the state government or by private organisations. Schools mainly use Bengali or English as the medium of instruction, though Hindi is also used. The schools are affiliated with any of the following — West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), and the National Institute of Open School (NIOS). Under the 10+2+3 plan, after completing their secondary education, students typically enroll in a 2-year junior college (also known as a pre-university) or in schools with a higher secondary facility affiliated with West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, ICSE or CBSE. Students usually choose from one of three streams — liberal arts, commerce, or science, though vocational streams are also available. Upon completing the required coursework, students may enrol in general or professional degree programmes.

St Augustines Day School, established in 1975 by Edna Gasper is an English-medium school with 1400 students from Nursery to Class XII.

List of some Reputed Schools in Shyamnagar :

  1. St. Augustines' Day School ;
  2. Shyamnagar Kantichandra High School ;
  3. Shyamnagar Balika Vidyalaya (HS) ;
  4. Jawharlal Nehru Smrity Vidya Mandir ;
  5. Shree Gouri Shanker Jute Mills High School ;
  6. Rishi Aravinda School (Boys) ;
  7. Rishi Aravinda Balika Vidyalaya (Girls) ;
  8. Swami Vivekananda High school ;(vocational education/ civil engineering & Agriculture )x+2 Level
  9. Mulajore Sitanath Pathsala High School ;
  10. Authpur High (H/S) School ;
  11. Authpur Balika Vidyalaya (HS) ;
  12. Brahmamayee Vidyamandir ;
  13. Authpur National Model H.S School ;
  14. Mandalpara Boys' High School ;
  15. Mandalpara Girls' High School ;
  16. Shantigarh Nivanani Smriti Vidyapith ;

Administrative Personnels

1. Sri Parash Dutta, MLA-Jagaddal Assembly Constituency, Contact No.: (033) 2586-5486, (+91) 9433062233

2. Sri Arjun Singh,MLA-Bhatpara AC,Chairman Bhatpara Municipality, Contact No.: (033) 2581-2301, (+91) 9830069908

References

  1. ↑ Official District Administration site
  2. ↑ Official Language - Constitutional/Statutory Provisions World Gazetteer. Retrieved 8 February 2010. Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jaipur
  4. ↑ "An Introduction". History of Kolkata. Catchcal.com. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
  5. ↑ Roy Chadhuri, S.; Thakur, A. R. (2006-07-25). "Microbial genetic resource mapping of East Calcutta wetlands" (PDF). Current Science (Indian Academy of Sciences) 91 (2): 212–217. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  6. ↑ Bunting SW, Kundu N, Mukherjee M. "Situation Analysis. Production Systems and Natural Resources Use in PU Kolkata" (PDF). Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK. p. 3. Retrieved 2006-04-26.
  7. 1 2 "Hazard profiles of Indian districts" (PDF). National Capacity Building Project in Disaster Management. UNDP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2006-08-23.
  8. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  9. ↑ Goswami, Onkar, Calcutta’s Economy 1918-1970 The fall from Grace in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol II, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p 90, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-563697-X
  10. ↑ http://www.companionafc.webs.com

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