Raigachhi: Difference between revisions

What links here Related changes Page information Get shortened URL
Created by Chandan Guha
Last edited September 6, 2025
← Older edit
VisualWikitext
->Qwerfjkl (bot)
m enhanced article further
 
Line 22: Line 22:
| subdivision_type2      = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| subdivision_type3      = [[Kolkata Metro|Metro Station]]
| subdivision_name3      = [[Rabindra Tirtha metro station|Rabindra Tirtha]](under construction)
| established_title      = <!-- Established -->
| established_title      = <!-- Established -->
| established_date        =  
| established_date        =  
Line 61: Line 59:
}}
}}


'''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==
Line 85: Line 83:
|mark-coord17={{coord|22|37|0|N|88|30|20|E}} | label-pos17=right|label17= Rajarhat| numbered17=R| mark-title17= [[Rajarhat]] (R) |shape-color17=#C40000
|mark-coord17={{coord|22|37|0|N|88|30|20|E}} | label-pos17=right|label17= Rajarhat| numbered17=R| mark-title17= [[Rajarhat]] (R) |shape-color17=#C40000
|mark-coord18={{coord|22|35|30|N|88|28|29|E}} | label-pos18=left|label18= New Town| numbered18=R| mark-title18= [[New Town, Kolkata]] (R) |shape-color18=#C40000
|mark-coord18={{coord|22|35|30|N|88|28|29|E}} | label-pos18=left|label18= New Town| numbered18=R| mark-title18= [[New Town, Kolkata]] (R) |shape-color18=#C40000
|mark-coord19={{coord|22|38|0|N|88|32|40|E}} | label19= Bidyadhari |labela19 =River| label-color19 = #77A1CB| label-angle19= 10| label-pos19=right| label-size19=10| mark-size19=0| mark-title19 =none}}
|mark-coord19={{coord|22|38|0|N|88|32|40|E}} | label19= Bidyadhari River| label-color19 = #77A1CB| label-angle19= 10| label-pos19=right| label-size19=10| mark-size19=0| mark-title19 =none}}
 


===Location===
===Location===
Line 92: Line 89:


===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>
Line 98: Line 95:
==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===
Line 106: Line 103:


==Infrastructure==
==Infrastructure==
As per District Census Handbook 2011, Raigachi covered an area of 1.57&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It had 6 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 3 secondary schools. The nearest degree college was 3&nbsp;km away at Krishnapur. The nearest hospital with 20 beds was 1&nbsp;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&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It had 6 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 3 secondary schools. The nearest degree college was 3&nbsp;km away at Krishnapur. The nearest hospital with 20 beds was 1&nbsp;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==
Line 115: Line 112:
* 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)
Line 124: Line 121:


==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==

Latest revision as of 21:04, 6 September 2025

Raigachi
Census Town
Location in West Bengal, India
Raigachi is located in India
Raigachi
Raigachi
Raigachi (India)
Coordinates: 22°38′14″N 88°28′24″E / 22.63722°N 88.473232°E / 22.63722; 88.473232
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Area
 • Total1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total8,245
 • Density5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700135
Telephone code+91 33
ISO 3166 codeIN-WB
Vehicle registrationWB
Lok Sabha constituencyBarasat
Vidhan Sabha constituencyRajarhat New Town
Websitenorth24parganas.nic.in

Raigachi is a census town in the Rajarhat CD block in the Barasat Sadar subdivision[1] in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography[edit | edit source]

Lua error in Module:OSM_Location_map at line 1984: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Location[edit | edit source]

Raigachi is close to Action Area II C and II D of New Town. Deara is located nearby.[2]

Area overview[edit | edit source]

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.[3] Bidhannagar subdivision consists of Bidhannagar Municipality, Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality (subsequently merged to form Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation since 2015), including Nabadiganta Industrial Township (Bidhannagar Sector - V) and Rajarhat (Community development block).[4][5][6]

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[edit | edit source]

Population[edit | edit source]

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).[7]

As of 2001 India census,[8] 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[edit | edit source]

The following Municipalities and Census Town in Barasat Sadar subdivision were part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration, according to the 2011 census: Barasat (M), Madhyamgram (M), Rajarhat-Gopalpur (M) (made part of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in 2015) and Raigachi (CT).[9]

Infrastructure[edit | edit source]

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.[10]

Transport[edit | edit source]

SRCM Road and Rajarhat Main Road (part of State Highway 3) pass along the north and south boundaries of Raigachhi.[2]

Bus[edit | edit source]

Private Bus[edit | edit source]

  • 91 Shyambazar - Bhangar Kanthalia (via SRCM Road)
  • 91A Shyambazar - 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[edit | edit source]

Healthcare[edit | edit source]

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[11]

See also[edit | edit source]

Map Rajarhat CD Block on Page 605 of District Census Handbook.[12]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ District-wise list of statutory towns Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Google maps
  3. ↑ Das, Ritanjan (2019). "Politics of a Transformative Rural: Development, Dispossession and Changing Caste-Relations in West Bengal, India". Ritanjan das (21). Open edition journals, 21/2019. doi:10.4000/samaj.5472. S2CID 203483548. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "BMC Profile".
  5. ↑ "Change of guard".
  6. ↑ "Notification No. 401/MA/O/C4/1A-12/2012 dated 18 Jun 2015" (PDF). Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  9. ↑ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh. Census of India 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). 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. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study)". Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  12. ↑ "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 605 - Map of Rajarhat CD Block. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Retrieved from "https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raigachhi&oldid=460697"
Discover more