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Samudragarh | |
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Village | |
  Samudragarh Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Samudragarh Samudragarh (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°20′56″N88°19′18″E / 23.3488°N 88.3216°E /23.3488; 88.3216 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Government | |
| • Type | Block |
| • Body | Purbasthali Block I |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 13,009 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 713519 |
| Website | bardhaman |
Samudragarh is a village inPurbasthali ICD block inKalna subdivision[1] ofPurba Bardhaman district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.Nadanghat police station serves this village. It is about 15 km away fromKalna, India. It is situated on the western bank of theBhāgirathi.
The word Samudragarh derives from two Bengali termSamudra (means sea in English) andGarh (means fort in English). Though there are several explanations about the origin of this name but the main explanation is that the term Samudra came from a name of a local king and as the king built his fort in this place so the word Garh came that fort itself.(Though there is no fort has been found yet).Another explanation is that the area is surrounded by water bodies in all side, so related to water, the name might have come.
Samudragarh is located on the agriculturally rich alluvial plains between theBhagirathi,Ajay andDamodar rivers.[2] Temperatures in this region varies from 17-18 °C in winter to 30-32 °C in summer.[3]
Nadanghat police station has jurisdiction over parts ofPurbasthali I andPurbasthali II CD Blocks. The area covered is 60 km2.[4][5]
As per the2011 Census of India, Samudragar had a total population of 13,089 of which 6,826 (52%) were males and 6,263 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,343. The total number of literates in Samudragar was 9,424 (80.23% of the population over 6 years).[6]
Samudragarh railway station is about 97 km fromHowrah on theHowrah-Bandel-Katwa branch line ofEastern Railway. It has 2 railway stations asSamudragarh (station of Howrah railway division) andNandai Gram (station of Howrah railway division).
Bus services
Nabadwip-Kalna via Saudragarh
Nabadwip-Burdwan via Samudragarh, Dhatrigram
Kalna-Burdwan via Samudragarh
After the partition of India, many skilled weavers of Dhaka came and settled in West Bengal aroundShantipur in Nadia district andAmbika Kalna of Bardhaman district, both traditionally renowned centres for hand-woven fabrics. With government encouragement and support, the talented weavers soon revived their ancestral occupation and the art of exquisite weaving once again flourished. Today, finely woven feather-touch textiles and saris in exotic designs and colours are being produced in the vast weaving belt ofShantipur,Phulia, Samudragarh,Dhatrigram andAmbika Kalna—each centre producing superb fabrics in its own unique weaving style. Samudragram specializes in a combination of jacquard and jamdani work. The produce is marketed through co-operatives and various undertakings.[7]
(1)Dol Purnima (feb-mar) Pilgrims come from all over the world to attend this festival which actually takes place inNabadwip and surrounding historical places related with Lord Sri Chaitanya. Travelers come to the Gour-Gadhadhar temple located in Samudragarh.
(2) Cracker festival (sep/oct) This is the very own festival of Samudragarh. It takes place right after theDurga puja and follows the trail.
(3) Also almost all the festivals related with Bengali culture are celebrated here likePohela Baisakh,Saraswati puja,Durga puja etc.
Samudragarh has mainly 4 Higher Secondary schools. They are
1. Paruldanga Nasaratpur High School
2. Samudragarh High School
3. Jaluidanga G.C.P Balika Vidyalaya
4. Champahati K.P.C Balika Vidyalaya
also so many primary schools are there.
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