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Uddharanpur | |
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Village | |
 Uddharanpur Ghat | |
  Uddharanpur Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Uddharanpur Uddharanpur (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°41′08″N88°08′21″E / 23.685667°N 88.1391889°E /23.685667; 88.1391889 | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Subdistrict | Ketugram II |
| Gram Panchayet | Sitahati |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,437 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Pincode | 713123 (Sankhai)[citation needed] |
| Former name | Radhekeshtapur |
| Police station | Ketugram |
| Website | purbabardhaman |
Uddharanpur is a village inKetugram IICD block inKatwa subdivision ofPurba Bardhaman district inWest Bengal, India. The village named after the Hindu saintUddharan Dutta Thakura who was the famous Zamindar and working for the (Nairaja of Naihati old Nabahatta) in Naihati and later a close associate of Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.[1][2]
As per the2011 Census of India Uddharanpur had a total population of 3,437, of which 1,831 (53%) were males and 1,606 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 330. The total number of literates in Uddharanpur was 2,667 (85.84% of the population over 6 years).[3][4]
There are many festival in Uddharanpur. The Annual fair of Uddharanpur is very popular. People from many other places are come to join the fair. It is held on January, beside the Uddharanpur Bazar in theMelar Math. The saint novelistKalikananda Abadhuta (1910 — 1978) resided in the Burning Ghat of Uddharanpur beside theBhagirathi River.[5] He wrote a novel on this village namedUddharanpurer Ghat. based on the life of the village.[6]
The village is well connected toBolpur-Shantiniketan andAsansol by the buses plying on Bolpur road. In order to reach the village via railways one has to get down onGangatikuri railway station which lies on the Katwa-Azimganj line route. The village can be reached by the waterways by the ferries plying on Hooghly river fromKatwa and Bhagyabantipur village (in Nadia district). It is connected to the nearby town of Katwa via roadways and waterways.
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