Madhyamgram | |
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City | |
 Madhyamgram Chowmatha onJessore Road | |
  Madhyamgram Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Madhyamgram Madhyamgram (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°42′N88°27′E / 22.70°N 88.45°E /22.70; 88.45 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Madhyamgram Municipality |
| • Chairman | Nemai Ghosh[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.32 km2 (8.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 370,488 |
| • Density | 17,380/km2 (45,010/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[3][4] |
| • Additional official | English[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700127, 700128, 700129, 700130, 700133, 700155 |
| Telephone code | +91 33 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Madhyamgram |
| Website | Madhyamgram Municipality |
Madhyamgram is a city and a municipality ofNorth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is a part of the area covered byKolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[5][6]
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Madhyamgram was one of the twelve feudal provinces ofBengal. It was underPratapaditya Roy, ruler of Jessore during theMughal Empire.
On 21 December 1757Mir Jafar, the Nawab of Bengal, presented twenty-four parganas to theEast India Company as dowry which also included Madhyamgram, under Anwarpur Pargana, adjacent toBarasat.
The first railway line from Madhyamgram toDuttapukur was commissioned in 1882 and the station was called Chandipur. Madhyamgram was then named as Majher Gaon, probably because the area was situated between Badu (Chakradharpur Mouza) and Sajirhat (Guchuria Mouza).
The present narrow Noai Canal, now acting as a dividing border line betweenNew Barrackpore and Madhyamgram, stretching from the South of Ganganagar to Sajirhat in the West used to be a wide river, once called Labanyabati, which through colloquial transformation became the Noai River, and after years of silt depositions, turned into Noai Canal.
At that time, Anwarpur Pargana was notable for its tobacco trade and a special sweet-smelling blended tobacco was manufactured in Madhyamgram.
Madhyamgram was also a big paddy growing area, and the Labanya River was a medium of navigation for the transport of those products. Madhyamgram was also notable for its fine embroidery works that attracted appreciation from Delhi and Bombay (now Mumbai). Many families maintained a livelihood through those works.
Madhyamgram is bounded byBarasat II in the east;Barasat II,Rajarhat (community development block),Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation andNorth Dum Dum in the south;New Barrackpore andBarrackpore II in the west andBarasat in the north.
The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lowerGanges Delta.[7] The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.[8] 54.67% of the people of the densely populated area live in the urban areas and 45.33% in the rural areas.[9]
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.
The climate istropical, like the rest of the Gangetic West Bengal. The hallmark season is theMonsoon—which occurs from early June to mid September. The weather remains dry during the winter (mid-November to mid-February) and humid during summer.
Temperature: 41 °C in May (max) and 8.3 °C in January (min).
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,483 | — |
| 1971 | 31,629 | +71.1% |
| 1981 | 47,914 | +51.5% |
| 1991 | 79,844 | +66.6% |
| 2001 | 155,451 | +94.7% |
| 2011 | 196,127 | +26.2% |
| Source:Government of India[10] | ||
According to the2011 Census of India, Madhyamgram had a total population of 196,127, of which 98,864 were males and 97,263 were females. Population in the age range 0 to 6 years was 16,351. The total number of literate persons in Madhyamgram was 161,087. The effective literacy (7+) of population over 6 years of age was 89.60%. TheScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 24,822 and 2,842 respectively. Madhyamgram had a total of 48942 households as of 2011.[2]
As of the 2001 Indiancensus,[11] Madhyamgram had a population of 198,964. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Madhyamgram has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80% and female literacy is 71%. In Madhyamgram, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The following Municipalities and Census Town in Barasat Sadar subdivision were part ofKolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census:Barasat (M), Madhyamgram (M),Rajarhat-Gopalpur (M) (merged withBidhannagar Municipal Corporation in 2015) andRaigachhi (CT).[12]
Madhyamgram police station serves a population of 198,964. It has jurisdiction over Madhyamgram Municipal area andBarasat II CD Block.[13]
There is a majortextile mill and arubber factory in this area.[citation needed] Star Mall is located in Madhyamgram onJessore Road. The mall was launched in 2008 and has a gross leasable area of 237,000 sqft.[14][15]
Madhyamgram is characterised by its close proximity to an airport (Kolkata Airport) (around 15 minutes). Madhyamgram is a four-point junction ofJessore Road (part ofState Highway 12), Sodepur-Barasat Road and Badu Road.[16] East and west parts of Madhyamgram are connected with a Rail Overbridge (Madhyamgram Bridge), which was opened in 2006.[17]
Many private and governmental public buses serve the town. Taxi services are one of the most popular forms of transportation to reach nearby towns likeSodepur,New Barrackpore andBarasat.Rickshaws, three-wheeled pedalled vans and battery-operatede-rickshaws ("toto" vans) are also used for short distances.
Madhyamgram railway station on theSealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line serves the town.
Sparsha Infertility Centre, Station Road, Purbalaya, South Bankimpally, Madhyamgram (IVF, IUI, ICSI, Gynaecology, Laparoscopy, Hysteroscopy etc.)[18]
Spectra Eye Hospital, 108, Jessore Rd, Chowmatha, Vivekananda Nagar, Madhyamgram, (Low Vision, Prosthetic Eyes Vision Therapy, Cataract, Cornea, Paediatric Ophthalmology, Advanced Retina, Glaucoma etc.)[19]
Madhyamgram Rural Hospital, Badu Rd, Netaji Nagar, Madhyamgram, Kolkata, West Bengal 700129
Romalinda Multispeciality Hospital & Diagnostic Centre, (Netaji Subhas Road, Netaji Nagar, Madhyamgram, Kolkata, West Bengal 700129 )[20]
Narayana Hospital, 78, Jessore Rd, Barasat, Kolkata, West Bengal 700127[21]
Jeevan Arogya Hospital, 32R, Badu Rd, Madhyamgram, Badu, West Bengal 700128[22]
Bengal Neuro Institute Hospital, 235,Jessore Road,Michael Nagar., Michael Nagar Bus Stand., Kolkata, West Bengal 700133
Heartland Hospital, 364, S, Rammohan Estate Burir Bagan, 42, Jessore Rd, Purbalaya, South Bankimpally, Madhyamgram, Kolkata, West Bengal 700129
Madhyamgram Matrisadan Hospital, 1, Sodepur Rd, opposite MatriSadan Hospital, Basunagar, Madhyamgram, Kolkata, West Bengal 700129
Vivacity Multi Speciality Hospital, 23, Jessore Rd, Burimar Bagan, Madhyamgram, Kolkata, West Bengal 700129
[23] Hotel guest house barasat madhyamgram
https://www.google.com/travel/hotels/s/7jupRXnGrPbaGSi3A
Vivekananda College is a degree college in Madhyamgram. The engineering collegeCamellia Institute of Technology and the management collegeCamellia School Of Business Management are also located here.
BCDA College of Pharmacy & Technology Campus, 52, C/10, Ghoshpara Rd, Udairajpur, Madhyamgram, Kolkata, West Bengal 700129[24]
Madhyamgram High School has won theSubroto Cup, an all-India inter-school soccer competition, seven times, which includes a hat-trick (in the years 1981, 1982 and 1983).[25]
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