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	'''Raigachi''' is a [[census town]] in the [[Rajarhat (community development block)\|Rajarhat]] [[Community development blocks in India\|CD block]] in te [[Barasat Sadar subdivision]]<ref>[http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809031732/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm \|date=2007-08-09 }}</ref> in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal~~]]. It is close to [[Kolkata]] and also a part of [[List of cities in West Bengal by population#Urban agglomeration\|Kolkata Urban Agglomeration~~]].		'''Raigachi''' is a [[census town]] in the [[Rajarhat (community development block)\|Rajarhat]] [[Community development blocks in India\|CD block]] in the [[Barasat Sadar subdivision]]<ref>[http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809031732/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm \|date=2007-08-09 }}</ref> in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

	==Geography==		==Geography==
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	===Location===		===Location===
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	===Area overview===		===Area overview===
	Rajarhat, a rural area earlier, adjacent to Kolkata, is being transformed into an upmarket satellite township, with modern business hubs, luxury real estate and eye-catching shopping malls. With enormous construction activity taking place all around, things are changing fast, leaving behind a description at any given point of time as outdated in no time.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~ \| url = https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/5472 \| title = Politics of a Transformative Rural: Development, Dispossession and Changing Caste-Relations in West Bengal, India \| ~~work~~= Ritanjan ~~Das~~\| publisher = Open edition journals, 21/2019 \|accessdate = 22 June 2021}}</ref>Bidhannagar subdivision consists of [[Bidhannagar\|Bidhannagar Municipality]], Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and [[Rajarhat\|Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality]] (subsequently merged to form [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]] since 2015), including Nabadiganta Industrial Township (Bidhannagar Sector - V) and [[Rajarhat (Community development block)]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=BMC Profile\|url=http://www.bmcwbgov.in/index.php/about-us/bmc-profile}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Change of guard\|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com~~/states~~/west-bengal/change-of-guard/cid/1471266}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://north24parganas.gov.in/pdf/notice%20220615.pdf\|title=Notification No. 401/MA/O/C4/1A-12/2012 dated 18 Jun 2015\|access-date=11 May 2018\|publisher=Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726060058/http://north24parganas.gov.in/pdf/notice%20220615.pdf\|archive-date=26 July 2015\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Rajarhat, a rural area earlier, adjacent to Kolkata, is being transformed into an upmarket satellite township, with modern business hubs, luxury real estate and eye-catching shopping malls. With enormous construction activity taking place all around, things are changing fast, leaving behind a description at any given point of time as outdated in no time.<ref>{{cite journal \| url = https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/5472 \| title = Politics of a Transformative Rural: Development, Dispossession and Changing Caste-Relations in West Bengal, India \| journal= Ritanjan das\| date = 2019 \| publisher = Open edition journals, 21/2019 \| doi = 10.4000/samaj.5472 \|accessdate = 22 June 2021 \| last1 = Das \| first1 = Ritanjan \| issue = 21 \| s2cid = 203483548 \| doi-access = free }}</ref> Bidhannagar subdivision consists of [[Bidhannagar\|Bidhannagar Municipality]], Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and [[Rajarhat\|Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality]] (subsequently merged to form [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]] since 2015), including Nabadiganta Industrial Township (Bidhannagar Sector - V) and [[Rajarhat (Community development block)]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=BMC Profile\|url=http://www.bmcwbgov.in/index.php/about-us/bmc-profile}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Change of guard\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/change-of-guard/cid/1471266}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://north24parganas.gov.in/pdf/notice%20220615.pdf\|title=Notification No. 401/MA/O/C4/1A-12/2012 dated 18 Jun 2015\|access-date=11 May 2018\|publisher=Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726060058/http://north24parganas.gov.in/pdf/notice%20220615.pdf\|archive-date=26 July 2015\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	<small>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.</small>		<small>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.</small>
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	==Demographics==		==Demographics==
	===Population===		===Population===
	According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Raigachi had a total population of 8,245, of which 4,196 (51%) were males and 4,049 (49%) were females. Population in the age range ~~0-6~~ years was 1,045. The total number of literate persons in Raigachi was 5,604 (77.83% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web\| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html \|title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) \| work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks\|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India \| access-date = 23 March 2016}}</ref>		According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Raigachi had a total population of 8,245, of which 4,196 (51%) were males and 4,049 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,045. The total number of literate persons in Raigachi was 5,604 (77.83% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web\| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html \|title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) \| work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks\|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India \| access-date = 23 March 2016}}</ref>

	{{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> Raigachi had a population of 6728. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Raigachi has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 58% and female literacy is 52%. In Raigachhi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.		{{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> Raigachi had a population of 6728. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Raigachi has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 58% and female literacy is 52%. In Raigachhi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

	===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===		===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
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	==Infrastructure==		==Infrastructure==
	As per District Census Handbook 2011, Raigachi covered an area of 1.57 km<sup>2</sup>. It had 6 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 3 secondary schools. The nearest degree college was 3 km away at Krishnapur. The nearest hospital with 20 beds was 1 km away.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf \| title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A \| work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities \| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal \|access-date = 31 May 2018}}</ref>		As per District Census Handbook 2011, Raigachi covered an area of 1.57 km<sup>2</sup>. It had 6 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 3 secondary schools. The nearest degree college was 3 km away at Krishnapur. The nearest hospital with 20 beds was 1 km away.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf \| title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A \| work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities \| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal \|access-date = 31 May 2018}}</ref>

	==Transport==		==Transport==
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	* 91 [[Shyambazar]] - [[Bhangar Raghunathpur\|Bhangar]] Kanthalia (via SRCM Road)		* 91 [[Shyambazar]] - [[Bhangar Raghunathpur\|Bhangar]] Kanthalia (via SRCM Road)
	* 91A [[Shyambazar]] - [[Haroa, North 24 Parganas\|Haroa]] (via SRCM Road)		* 91A [[Shyambazar]] - [[Haroa, North 24 Parganas\|Haroa]] (via SRCM Road)
	* 91C [[Shyambazar]] - Lauhati (via SRCM Road)		* 91C [[Shyambazar]] - [[Lauhati]] (via SRCM Road)
	* 211 Ahiritola - Kharibari/Patharghata (via Rajarhat Main Road)		* 211 Ahiritola - Kharibari/Patharghata (via Rajarhat Main Road)
	* 211A Ahiritola - Langalpota (via Rajarhat Main Road)		* 211A Ahiritola - Langalpota (via Rajarhat Main Road)
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	==Healthcare==		==Healthcare==
	North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by [[Arsenic contamination of groundwater\|arsenic contamination]].<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm \| title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study) \| access-date = 2007-08-24 \| work = Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India \| publisher = SOES}}</ref>		North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by [[Arsenic contamination of groundwater\|arsenic contamination]].<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm \| title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study) \| access-date = 2007-08-24 \| work = Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India \| publisher = SOES \| archive-date = 27 September 2007 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002938/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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'''Raigachi''' is a [[census town]] in the [[Rajarhat (community development block)|Rajarhat]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in te [[Barasat Sadar subdivision]]<ref>[http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809031732/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |date=2007-08-09 }}</ref> in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is close to [[Kolkata]] and also a part of [[List of cities in West Bengal by population#Urban agglomeration|Kolkata Urban Agglomeration]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Raigachi is close to Action Area II C and II D of [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]]. [[Deara]] is located nearby.<ref name=google>Google maps</ref>

===Area overview===
Rajarhat, a rural area earlier, adjacent to Kolkata, is being transformed into an upmarket satellite township, with modern business hubs, luxury real estate and eye-catching shopping malls. With enormous construction activity taking place all around, things are changing fast, leaving behind a description at any given point of time as outdated in no time.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/5472 | title = Politics of a Transformative Rural: Development, Dispossession and Changing Caste-Relations in West Bengal, India | work= Ritanjan Das| publisher = Open edition journals, 21/2019 |accessdate = 22 June 2021}}</ref>Bidhannagar subdivision consists of [[Bidhannagar|Bidhannagar Municipality]], Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and [[Rajarhat|Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality]] (subsequently merged to form [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]] since 2015), including Nabadiganta Industrial Township (Bidhannagar Sector - V) and [[Rajarhat (Community development block)]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BMC Profile|url=http://www.bmcwbgov.in/index.php/about-us/bmc-profile}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Change of guard|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/change-of-guard/cid/1471266}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://north24parganas.gov.in/pdf/notice%20220615.pdf|title=Notification No. 401/MA/O/C4/1A-12/2012 dated 18 Jun 2015|access-date=11 May 2018|publisher=Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726060058/http://north24parganas.gov.in/pdf/notice%20220615.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.

==Demographics==
===Population===
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Raigachi had a total population of 8,245, of which 4,196 (51%) were males and 4,049 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,045. The total number of literate persons in Raigachi was 5,604 (77.83% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 23 March 2016}}</ref>

{{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> Raigachi had a population of 6728. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Raigachi has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 58% and female literacy is 52%. In Raigachhi, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

===Kolkata Urban Agglomeration===
The following Municipalities and Census Town in Barasat Sadar subdivision were part of [[List of cities in West Bengal by population#Urban agglomeration|Kolkata Urban Agglomeration]], according to the 2011 census: [[Barasat]] (M), [[Madhyamgram]] (M), [[Rajarhat|Rajarhat-Gopalpur]] (M) (made part of [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]] in 2015) and Raigachi (CT).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 | work= Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher= Census of India 2011 | access-date = 30 May 2018}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
As per District Census Handbook 2011, Raigachi covered an area of 1.57 km2. It had 6 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 3 secondary schools. The nearest degree college was 3 km away at Krishnapur. The nearest hospital with 20 beds was 1 km away.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 781-783 Statement I: Growth History, Pages 799-803: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 803-805 Section: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 31 May 2018}}</ref>

==Transport==
SRCM Road and Rajarhat Main Road (part of [[State Highway 3 (West Bengal)|State Highway 3]]) pass along the north and south boundaries of Raigachhi.<ref name=google/>

===Bus===
====Private Bus====
* 91 [[Shyambazar]] - [[Bhangar Raghunathpur|Bhangar]] Kanthalia (via SRCM Road)
* 91A [[Shyambazar]] - [[Haroa, North 24 Parganas|Haroa]] (via SRCM Road)
* 91C [[Shyambazar]] - Lauhati (via SRCM Road)
* 211 Ahiritola - Kharibari/Patharghata (via Rajarhat Main Road)
* 211A Ahiritola - Langalpota (via Rajarhat Main Road)

====Bus Routes Without Numbers====
* [[Nabanna (building)|Nabanna]] - [[Rajarhat (community development block)|Rajarhat]] Chowmatha (via Rajarhat Main Road)
* [[Shyambazar]] - Polerhat (via Rajarhat Main Road)

==Healthcare==
North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by [[Arsenic contamination of groundwater|arsenic contamination]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm | title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study) | access-date = 2007-08-24 | work = Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India | publisher = SOES}}</ref>

==See also==
[http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf Map Rajarhat CD Block] on Page 605 of District Census Handbook.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Page 605 - Map of Rajarhat CD Block | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 1 June 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]