Magrahat | |
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Census Town | |
  Magrahat Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Magrahat Location in India Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°14′31″N88°22′42″E / 22.2420°N 88.3784°E /22.2420; 88.3784 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| CD block | Magrahat II |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 17,392 |
| • Density | 5,760/km2 (14,900/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 743355 |
| Telephone code | +91 3174 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-19 toWB-22,WB-95 toWB-99 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jaynagar (SC) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Magrahat Purba (SC),Magrahat Paschim |
| Website | www |
Magrahat is acensus town and agram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in theMagrahat IICD block in theDiamond Harbour subdivision of theSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
Once upon a time this place was occupied byMog pirates. They set up aHat (village market). That Hat are well known in the name of Mograhat or Magrahat. The inhabitant ofArakan Province of present-dayMyanmar was called asMog.Portugease pirates helped them to come here. According to a researcher,Mogra is a such place where different flow of rivers meet each other. Such type of place we find inMogra inHooghly district nearTribeni. AnotherMogra we find inSagar Island. One of inland transport riverBanai flowed from here. This oblivion river touchedMandirbazar,Lakshmikantapur, Beluni, Chandipur and at last met withGobdia Gang (one of the creek ofSundarban islands). About hundred years ago Magrahat was well connected withJaynagar Majilpur by a canal.[citation needed]
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 24census towns. The entire district is situated in theGanges Delta and the eastern part of the district is a flat plain area with small towns, many in clusters. Location of places in the larger map varies a little. It is an OpenStreetMap, while we are using coordinates as in Google Maps.[3][4][5]
Note: 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.
Magrahat is located at22°14′31″N88°22′42″E / 22.2420°N 88.3784°E /22.2420; 88.3784. It has an average elevation of 8 metres (26 ft).
Uttar Kalas,Dihi Kalas,Swangrampur and after a small gap Magrahat andBilandapur form a cluster of census towns in the south-east corner of the Magrahat II CD block, as per the map of the Magrahat II CD block in theDistrict Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.Dhamua,Shyampur andNainan form another cluster of census towns closeby in the Magrahat II CD block.[6]
According to the2011 Census of India, Magrahat had a total population of 17,392, of which 8,643 (50%) were males and 8,749 (50%) were females. There were 2,264 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literates in Magrahat was 11,259 (74.40% of the population over 6 years).[7]
Magrahat police station covers an area of 135.184 sq km. It has jurisdiction over theMagrahat II CD block.[8][9]
The headquarters of the Magrahat II CD block are located at Magrahat.[10]
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Magrahat covered an area of 3.021 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 12 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank. It had 310 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 7 primary schools, 1 middle school, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, 1 general degree college. It had 1 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institution. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 cinema theatre. An important commodity it produced was embroidery work. It had the branch of 1 nationalised bank.[11]
According to theDistrict Human Development Report for the South 24 Parganas, “The district is typically at the lower rung of the ladder in terms of district per capita income compared to other districts of West Bengal… This place also houses the largest proportion of backward people compared to the state… So far as the crime scenario is concerned the economically weaker group, i.e. the women and children, suffer the most in this district.”[12]
Magrahat is on the Usthi-Magrahat-Dakshin Barasat Road.[13]
Magra Hat railway station is on theSealdah–Diamond Harbour line of theKolkata Suburban Railway system.[14]
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005-06, more than 1.7 million (17 lakhs) commuters use theKolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.[15]
Magrahat College, established in 1996, is affiliated with theUniversity of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, education, history, geography and political science, and a general course in arts.[16][17]
Magrahat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Magrahat, is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat II CD block.[18]
