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	'''Dhuliyan''' is a municipality town in the [[Jangipur subdivision]] of [[Murshidabad district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It is located between the [[Ganges]] and the [[Hooghly River\|Hooghly canal]].		'''Dhuliyan''' is a municipality town in the [[Jangipur subdivision]] of [[Murshidabad district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It is located between the [[Ganges]] and the [[Hooghly River\|Hooghly canal]].

	Dhuliyan has been mentioned as an inland water transport (IWT) trading point between [[Murshidabad]] and the city of [[Rajshahi]] in [[Bangladesh]]. Low-cost barges could ply the [[Ganges]] river, called [[Padma River\|Padma]] in downstream Bangladesh, exchanging goods and reducing smuggling. This proposal has not been agreed to yet by the two countries. Old Dhulian Railway station under the Ganga River near Lalpur , Present Railway station name Dhulian Ganga .		Dhuliyan has been mentioned as an inland water transport (IWT) trading point between [[Murshidabad]] and the city of [[Rajshahi]] in [[Bangladesh]]. Low-cost barges could ply the [[Ganges]] river, called [[Padma River\|Padma]] in downstream Bangladesh, exchanging goods and reducing smuggling. This proposal has not been agreed to yet by the two countries. Old Dhulian Railway station under the Ganga River near Lalpur, Present Railway station name Dhulian Ganga .

	==Geography==		==Geography==
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	===Area overview===		===Area overview===
	Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 [[census towns]] and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the [[Rarh region]] that is spread over from adjoining [[Santhal Pargana division]] of [[Jharkhand]]. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf \|title = District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A \| work= Physiography, Page 13 \|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 \| access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = http://murshidabad.gov.in/About.aspx#2 \| title= Murshidabad \| work= Geography \| publisher= Murshidabad district authorities\| access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref>The river [[Ganges]], along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long [[Farakka Barrage]], one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://fbp.gov.in/ \| title = Farakka Barrage Project \| publisher = FBP \| access-date = 12 September 2017}}</ref>Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://edgeofhumanity.com/2020/12/27/child-labor-illnesses-lost-childhoods-indias-tobacco-industry/ \|title = Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India’s tobacco industry \|publisher= Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020\| access-date = 13 July 2021}}</ref>The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW [[Farakka Super Thermal Power Station]] and the 1,600 MW [[Sagardighi Thermal Power Station]].<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/farakka \| title= Power Generation \| work= Farakka \|publisher= NTPC\| access-date = 7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/wbpdcl/sagardighipowerstation.html \| title = The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited \| work = Sagardighi Thermal Power Project \| publisher = WBPDCL \| access-date = 15 August 2017}}</ref>According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the [[beedi]] industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/28080/6/06_chapter%201.pdf\| title = Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal \| first= Sunirmal\| last= Kar\| work = Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5 \| publisher = Shodhganga \| access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.thestatesman.com/features/the-poor-man-s-cigarette-1485045757.html \| title = The ‘Poor man’s cigarette’ \| work = Gurvinder Singh \| publisher = The Statesman, 22 January 2017 \| access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Beedi-workers-of-Jangipur-hold-key/article16588097.ece#! \| title = Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key \| work = Indrani Dutta \| publisher = The Hindu, 1 May 2009 \| access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref>As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the [[Ganges]] alone in Murshidabad district. [[River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts\|Severe erosion]] occurs along the banks.<ref name="erosion1">{{cite web \| url = http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf \| title = Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal \| work = Swati Mollah \| publisher = Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013 \| access-date = 5 September 2017 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170820073737/http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf \| archive-date = 20 August 2017 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>		Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 [[census towns]] and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the [[Rarh region]] that is spread over from adjoining [[Santhal Pargana division]] of [[Jharkhand]]. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf \|title = District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A \| work= Physiography, Page 13 \|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 \| access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = http://murshidabad.gov.in/About.aspx#2 \| title= Murshidabad \| work= Geography \| publisher= Murshidabad district authorities\| access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref> The river [[Ganges]], along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long [[Farakka Barrage]], one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://fbp.gov.in/ \| title = Farakka Barrage Project \| publisher = FBP \| access-date = 12 September 2017}}</ref> Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://edgeofhumanity.com/2020/12/27/child-labor-illnesses-lost-childhoods-indias-tobacco-industry/ \|title = Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India’s tobacco industry \|publisher= Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020\| access-date = 13 July 2021}}</ref> The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW [[Farakka Super Thermal Power Station]] and the 1,600 MW [[Sagardighi Thermal Power Station]].<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/farakka \| title= Power Generation \| work= Farakka \|publisher= NTPC\| access-date = 7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/wbpdcl/sagardighipowerstation.html \| title = The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited \| work = Sagardighi Thermal Power Project \| publisher = WBPDCL \| access-date = 15 August 2017}}</ref> According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the [[beedi]] industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/28080/6/06_chapter%201.pdf\| title = Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal \| first= Sunirmal\| last= Kar\| work = Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5 \| publisher = Shodhganga \| access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.thestatesman.com/features/the-poor-man-s-cigarette-1485045757.html \| title = The ‘Poor man’s cigarette’ \| work = Gurvinder Singh \| publisher = The Statesman, 22 January 2017 \| access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Beedi-workers-of-Jangipur-hold-key/article16588097.ece#! \| title = Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key \| work = Indrani Dutta \| publisher = The Hindu, 1 May 2009 \| access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref> As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the [[Ganges]] alone in Murshidabad district. [[River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts\|Severe erosion]] occurs along the banks.<ref name="erosion1">{{cite web \| url = http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf \| title = Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal \| work = Swati Mollah \| publisher = Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013 \| access-date = 5 September 2017 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170820073737/http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf \| archive-date = 20 August 2017 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

	<small>Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.</small>		<small>Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.</small>
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	~~<small>The pictures of Dhuliyan Rajbari are a part of Wiki Explores Malda Phase I programme, an initiative by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group</small>~~

	==Healthcare==		==Healthcare==
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	[[Category:Cities and towns in Murshidabad district]]		[[Category:Cities and towns in Murshidabad district]]


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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]
| leader_title = Administrative Division
| leader_name = [[Malda division|Malda]]
| established_title = Dhulian
| established_date = 1909
| founder =
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| government_type = [[Federalism in India|Federal democracy]]
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| area_footnotes = <ref name='Dhuliyan Info'>{{cite web|title=Dhuliyan Info|url=http://dhuliyanmunicipality.in/dhuliyannew/}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 6.25
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| elevation_m = 4
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'''Dhuliyan''' is a municipality town in the [[Jangipur subdivision]] of [[Murshidabad district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It is located between the [[Ganges]] and the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly canal]].

Dhuliyan has been mentioned as an inland water transport (IWT) trading point between [[Murshidabad]] and the city of [[Rajshahi]] in [[Bangladesh]]. Low-cost barges could ply the [[Ganges]] river, called [[Padma River|Padma]] in downstream Bangladesh, exchanging goods and reducing smuggling. This proposal has not been agreed to yet by the two countries. Old Dhulian Railway station under the Ganga River near Lalpur , Present Railway station name Dhulian Ganga .

==Geography==
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===Location===
Dhuliyan is located at {{Coord|24.681|87.954}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Dhulian.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dhulian]</ref> It has an average elevation of 4 metres (13 feet).

Dhuliyan is surrounded by [[Farakka]] (to the north), Aurangabad (to the South) Pakur (to the West) and Ganga River - (to the East). Ganga river Right bank Dhuliyan town and Left Bank Malda District & Bangladesh

Dhuliyan includes Dhuliyan Bazar, Jafrabad, Tinpakuria, Kankuria, Ratanpur, House Nagar, Anup Nagar & Dakbanglow area.

===Area overview===
Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 [[census towns]] and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the [[Rarh region]] that is spread over from adjoining [[Santhal Pargana division]] of [[Jharkhand]]. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A | work= Physiography, Page 13 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://murshidabad.gov.in/About.aspx#2 | title= Murshidabad | work= Geography | publisher= Murshidabad district authorities| access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref>The river [[Ganges]], along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long [[Farakka Barrage]], one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fbp.gov.in/ | title = Farakka Barrage Project | publisher = FBP | access-date = 12 September 2017}}</ref>Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://edgeofhumanity.com/2020/12/27/child-labor-illnesses-lost-childhoods-indias-tobacco-industry/ |title = Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India’s tobacco industry |publisher= Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020| access-date = 13 July 2021}}</ref>The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW [[Farakka Super Thermal Power Station]] and the 1,600 MW [[Sagardighi Thermal Power Station]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/farakka | title= Power Generation | work= Farakka |publisher= NTPC| access-date = 7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/wbpdcl/sagardighipowerstation.html | title = The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited | work = Sagardighi Thermal Power Project | publisher = WBPDCL | access-date = 15 August 2017}}</ref>According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the [[beedi]] industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/28080/6/06_chapter%201.pdf| title = Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal | first= Sunirmal| last= Kar| work = Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5 | publisher = Shodhganga | access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thestatesman.com/features/the-poor-man-s-cigarette-1485045757.html | title = The ‘Poor man’s cigarette’ | work = Gurvinder Singh | publisher = The Statesman, 22 January 2017 | access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Beedi-workers-of-Jangipur-hold-key/article16588097.ece#! | title = Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key | work = Indrani Dutta | publisher = The Hindu, 1 May 2009 | access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref>As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the [[Ganges]] alone in Murshidabad district. [[River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts|Severe erosion]] occurs along the banks.<ref name="erosion1">{{cite web | url = http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf | title = Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal | work = Swati Mollah | publisher = Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013 | access-date = 5 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170820073737/http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf | archive-date = 20 August 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

==Demographics==
The Dhulian Municipality has population of 95,706 of which 47,635 are males while 48,071 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. The literacy rate is 63.03%. Male literacy is around 69.15% while female literacy is 56.98%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dhuliyan::Municipality|url=http://dhuliyanmunicipality.in/dhuliyannew/|website=dhuliyanmunicipality.in|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>

In the 2011 Census of India, Dhuliyan [[Urban Agglomeration]] had a population of 239,022, out of which 119,151 were males and 119,871 were females.<ref>{{cite web|title=Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|work=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref>
{{see also|List of cities in West Bengal }}
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Dhulian had a population of 72,906 of which males are 36524 and females are 36382. Dhulian had an average literacy rate of 39%. Male literacy was 48% and female literacy was 31%.

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
Samserganj police station, located in Dhulian, has jurisdiction over [[Samserganj (community development block)|Samserganj]] CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Murshidabad | work = Table 2.1 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 17 May 2017 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170729135056/http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php | archive-date = 29 July 2017 }}</ref>

===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of [[Samserganj (community development block)|Samserganj]] CD block are located at Dhulian.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A | work= Map of Murshidabad with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page). |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 27 August 2017}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
According to the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'', 2011, Dhulian covered an area of 6.25 km2. It had 131.95 km roads with open drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from untreated source, hand pump. It had 6,071 domestic electric connections, 1 road lighting point. Among the medical facilities it had 1 hospital, 5 dispensaries/ health centres, 2 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes, 23 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 50 primary schools, 3 secondary schools, 3 senior secondary schools in town, 1 general degree college at Tarapar 3.5 km away. It had 4 recognised shorthand, typewriting & vocational training institutes, 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational & cultural facilities it had 1 public library, 1 reading room. It produced [[beedi]], knitted products, pottery. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 1 agricultural credit society, 1 non-agricultural credit society.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf | title = District Census Handbook Murshidabad, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 981-987: Statement I: Growth History, Pages 990-993: Statement III: Civic & Other Amenities, Pages 993-995: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 995-1001 Section V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities; Pages 1 001- 1002: Statement VI: Industry & Banking | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 26 June 2021}}</ref>

== Transport ==
{{Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop|collapse=yes}}
[[Dhulian Ganga railway station]] is situated in Malda railway division of [[Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop]] line.

[[National Highway 12 (India)|National Highway 12]] (old no. NH 34) passes through Dhulian town.

==Education==
===College===
[[Nur Mohammad Smriti Mahavidyalaya]] was established in 2008 at Dhulian. It has Bengali, English, History, Sociology and Education departments.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nurmohammadsmritimahavidyalaya.com/ | title = Nur Mohammad Smriti Mahavidyalaya | publisher =NMSM |access-date = 12 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/NurMohammadSmritiMahavidyalaya/NurMohammadSmritiMahavidyalaya.shtml | title = Nur Mohammad Smriti Mahavidyalaya | publisher = College Admission |access-date = 12 September 2017}}</ref>

===Schools===
*Kanchantala Jagabandhu Diamond Jubilee Institution (Est 1897)
*Dhuliyan Balika Vidyalaya
*Dhuliyan Bani Chand Agarwala Balika Vidyalaya
*Dhuliyan High Madrasah
*Dhuliyan Krishna Kumar Santosh Kumar Smriti Vidyapith
*Dhuliyan Netaji Sishu Bikash Academy (H.S.)
*Dighri High School (H.S.)
*House Nagar High Madrasah (H.S)
*Saheb Nagar High School (H.S)
*Jaykrishnapur Ajimuddin Biswas Smriti Vidyapith
*Chachanda Basudebpur Jaladipur High School (H.S)
*Samsherganj government model school (Circus field)
*Rahmani Academy (Dhuliyan Branch of Al-Ameen Mission Trust)
*Gyan Sanchay Academy (In Collaboration with Al-Ameen Mission Trust)
*The Future Shining Academy
*Holyfaith Academy (Affiliated to CISCE)
*Novel Academy
*Al-Hera Academy

==Culture==
Dhuliyan stands on the bank of the [[Ganges]], which has been changing its course regularly. A large part of the town has been ravaged and new areas have come up. Dhuliyan Rajbari has escaped the fury of the river and boasts of a 300 year old Durga Puja.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiankanoon.org/docfragment/1435269/?formInput=fire%20policy | title = General Assurance Society Ltd vs Chandumull Jain And Anr on 7 February, 1966 | publisher = Indian Kanoon | accessdate = 27 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://bengali.oneindia.com/news/nadia-murshidabad/the-300-year-old-pujo-of-the-dhulian-rajbari-in-murshidabad-lasted-for-13-days-111043.html | title = ১৩দিন ধরে চলে মূর্শিদাবাদের ধূলিয়ান রাজবাড়ির ৩০০ বছরের পুরনো পুজো (300 years old puja at Dhuliyan Rajabari goes on 13 days)| work = in Bengali | publisher = One India | accessdate = 27 July 2021}}</ref>

==Dhuliyan picture gallery==
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File:Dhuliyan Rajbari 03.jpg|Dhuliyan Rajbari
File:Dhuliyan Rajbari 02.jpg|Dhuliyan Rajbari

</gallery>
The pictures of Dhuliyan Rajbari are a part of Wiki Explores Malda Phase I programme, an initiative by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

==Healthcare==

* Anupnagar Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is a major government facility in [[Samserganj (community development block)]].<ref name="medical">{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 19 September 2017}}</ref>
* Dhuliyan Diagnostic & Healthcare Pvt Ltd. (DDH)
* Tarapur Central Hospital for [[beedi]] workers at [[Tarapur, Murshidabad|Tarapur]], run by BWWF

==See also==
*[[River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts]]

==References==
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