Kandra Kandara | |
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Village | |
  Kandra Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Kandra Kandra (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°43′53.0″N87°58′10.1″E / 23.731389°N 87.969472°E /23.731389; 87.969472 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 11,534 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 713129 (Kandra) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03453 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bolpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ketugram |
| Website | purbabardhaman |
Kandra is a village inKetugram ICD block inKatwa subdivision ofPurba Bardhaman district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
The headquarters of Ketugram I CD block are located at Kandra.[1][2]
88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in urban areas.[3] 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.
As per the2011 Census of India, Kandara had a total population of 11,534, of which 5,894 (51%) were males and 5,640 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,311. The total number of literates in Kandara was 7,238 (70.80% of the population over 6 years).[4]
TheState Highway 6, running from Rajnagar (in Birbhum district) to Alampur in (Howrah district), passes through Kandra.[5]
Jnandas Kandra railway station is a station on the2 ft 6 in (762 mm)narrow gaugeAhmedpur Katwa Railway, which was closed and taken up for conversion to1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) in 2013 and reopened in 2018.[6]
Kandra Radha Kanta Kundu Mahavidyalaya, established in 2001, is affiliated to theUniversity of Burdwan. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history and geography.[7]
Kandra JM High School was established in 1926.[8]
Jnandas, aVaishnava poet, was born around 1520-1535 at Kandra and the temple where he worshipped still attracts devotees. A fair is organised in his memory duringPaush Purnima. Katakadas Khemananda (17th century), a poet influenced byChaitanya Mahaprabhu, was born at Kandra.[9][10]
Ramjibanpur Rural Hospital at Ramjibanpur, PO Jnandas Kandra (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Ketugram I CD block. There areprimary health centres at Ankhona (with 2 beds) and Pandugram, PO Khatundi (with 10 beds).[11]
See also -Healthcare in West Bengal
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