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  Titagarh Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Titagarh Titagarh (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°44′N88°22′E / 22.74°N 88.37°E /22.74; 88.37 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Titagarh Municipality |
| • Chairman | KAMLESH SHAW[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 116,541 |
| • Density | 36,000/km2 (93,200/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,Hindi,Telugu,Odia,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700119 |
| Telephone code | +91 33 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barrackpore |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Barrackpore |
Titagarh 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).[2]
Titagarh is located at22°44′N88°22′E / 22.74°N 88.37°E /22.74; 88.37.[3] It has an average elevation of 15 metres (49 feet).
96% of the population ofBarrackpore subdivision (partly presented in the map alongside, all places marked in the map are linked in the full screen map) lives in urban areas. In 2011, it had a population density of 10,967 per km2. The subdivision has 16 municipalities and 24 census towns.[4]
For most of the cities/ towns information regarding density of population is available in the Infobox. Population data is not available for neighbourhoods. It is available for the entire Municipal area and thereafter ward-wise.
Titagarh is bounded byBarrackpore on the north,Khardaha on the east and south andHooghly River on the west.[5]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 16,065 | — |
| 1911 | 45,171 | +181.2% |
| 1921 | 52,451 | +16.1% |
| 1931 | 49,584 | −5.5% |
| 1941 | 57,416 | +15.8% |
| 1951 | 71,622 | +24.7% |
| 1961 | 76,429 | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 88,218 | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 104,534 | +18.5% |
| 1991 | 114,085 | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 124,213 | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 116,541 | −6.2% |
| Source:[6] | ||
As per the2011 Census of India, Titagarh had a total population of 116,541, of which 62,735 (54%) were males and 53,806 (46%) were females. Population below 6 years was 11,510. The total number of literates in Titagarh was 84,160 (80.13% of the population over 6 years).[7]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[9] Titagarh had a population of 124,198. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Titagarh has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74% and female literacy is 57%. In Titagarh, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The following Municipalities, Census Towns and other locations in Barrackpore subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census:Kanchrapara (M),Jetia (CT),Halisahar (M),Balibhara (CT),Naihati (M),Bhatpara (M),Kaugachhi (CT),Garshyamnagar (CT),Garulia (M),Ichhapur Defence Estate (CT),North Barrackpur (M),Barrackpur Cantonment (CB),Barrackpore (M),Jafarpur (CT),Ruiya (CT),Titagarh (M),Khardaha (M),Bandipur (CT),Panihati (M),Muragachha (CT)New Barrackpore (M),Chandpur (CT),Talbandha (CT),Patulia (CT),Kamarhati (M),Baranagar (M),South Dumdum (M),North Dumdum (M),Dum Dum (M),Noapara (CT),Babanpur (CT),Teghari (CT),Nanna (OG), Chakla (OG), Srotribati (OG) andPanpur (OG).[10]
Titagarh police station underBarrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Titagarh Municipal area.[11][12]
Titagarh has a delivery sub post office, withPIN 700119 in the North Presidency Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Other post offices with the same PIN are Bisalaxmi Ghat,Bandipur, Bramhasthan andPatulia.[13]
As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Titagarh municipal city covered an area of 3.24 km2. Amongst the civic amenities it had 34 km of roads and both open and closed drains. Amongst the educational facilities It had 85 primary schools, 10 middle schools, 10 secondary schools and 7 senior secondary schools. Amongst the commodities manufactured were jute, fertiliser and wagons. It had 4 bank branches.[14]
According to the Barrackpore administration, the facilities available at Titagarh include 80 km roads (65 pucca, 11 kuchha, 4 others), 80 km drains (50 pucca, 30 kuchha), 1 ferry ghat (Lakshmi ghat), 2 cinema halls (Lakshmi cinema hall, Sandhya cinema hall), medical centres (Titagarh Municipal Matrisadan, ESOPD, Health Admn Unit I, Health Admn Unit II) and 4 post offices/ sub post offices (Titagarh, Bramhasthan, Bisalaxmighat, Jeliapara).[15]
See alsoCities and towns in Barrackpore subdivision
The Titagarh Paper Mills were set up at Titagarh and Kakinara in 1882.[16] The group consisted of two paper mills in West Bengal, along with several jute mills and other associated factories, including Kinnison Jute Mill, Titagarh Jute Mill No. 2, Standard Jute Mill, Empire Jute Mill, George Salter India, Britannia Engineering Works, a CESC generating station, and other facilities, most of which were located in Titagarh, and at one time held under and governed by a single managing agency. The Titagarh Paper Mills, long established as India's leading manufacturer of specialty papers, currency note paper, and newsprint, produced a total of 38,550 tons of paper in 1947.[16] The paper production facilities were extensively modernized and expanded between 1966 and 1974, to keep pace with the demands of India's burgeoning post-Independence press, and a third, leading-edge, paper mill of the TPM group was developed in Choudwar, Orissa, but the third paper mill was later sold to Ballarpur Industries Ltd.[17] The successor of Titagarh Paper Mills is Titagarh Industries Ltd.,[18] located in Kolkata and formed as an umbrella organization, which in 1994 acquired Titagarh Paper Mills and its related facilities in West Bengal. The diversified company now includes Titagarh Paper Mills,[19] Titagarh Wagons Ltd.,[20] Titagarh Steels,[21] and, in other locations, Continental Valves, TIL Valves, Tecalemit Industries Ltd., and Panihati Rubber Ltd. A brief about the industries in Titagarh follows.
There are a number of jute mills in the Titagarh area listed by the Jute Commissioner: Kelvin Jute Mill (Trend Vyapar), Titagarh Jute Mill (Loomtex Engineering) and Sunbeam Vanijya. These mills are not declared as closed[35] but they do not seem to be in operation. Information about these mills is not readily available.
• The Jay Shree Chemicals & Fertilizers
•The Factory of The Jay Shree Chemicals & Fertilizers is situated on the eastern bank of river Hooghly about one Km interior of B.T. Road in Khardah, West Bengal, India.•The Factory was commissioned in 1961 with facilities for manufacturing Sulphuric Acid and Single Superphosphate. We are marketing the Single Superphosphate under our Brand “Annapurna”..
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Barrackpore Trunk Road (B.T. Road) passes through Titagarh.[36]
78 is the most frequent bus in Titagarh which runs fromBarrackpore Court toEsplanade. Besides many buses connect Titagarh to various neighbourhoods - 81/1 (Barasat toRajchandrapur), C28 and S32 (Barrackpore Court toHowrah Station), S11 (Nilganj toEsplanade), E32 (Nilganj toHowrah Station) etc.
Titagarh railway station on theSealdah-Ranaghat line is 20 km fromSealdah Station.[37][36] It is part of theKolkata Suburban Railway system.
Peer Ghat links to Maniktala Ferry Ghat (also popular as Sri Sri Radhaballabh Jiu Ganga Ghat) atSerampore. Lakshmi Ghat links to Mahesh Jagganath Ferry Ghat atRishra.[36]
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TheAnnapurna Temple, Titagarh, a temple of DeviAnnapurna situated at Talpukur, Titagarh, Barrackpore, was built in 1875, by Jagadamba Devi, youngest daughter ofRani Rashmoni. She was married to Mathur Mohan Biswas, who after the death of his first wife Karunamoyee, third daughter of Rani Rashmoni, married Jagadamba Devi. The temple was opened to devotees byRamakrishna Paramahansadeb. The temple, located on the bank of the Ganges at Rasmani ghat, has many similarities with theBhavatarini temple atDakshineswar. It is aNavaratna temple.[38][39]
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