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Rejinagar
Village
Location in West Bengal, India
Rejinagar is located in India
Rejinagar
Rejinagar
Rejinagar (India)
Coordinates: 23°51′35″N 88°15′18″E / 23.8596°N 88.2551°E / 23.8596; 88.2551
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Population
 (2011)
 • Total10,103
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
742189
Telephone/STD code03484
Lok Sabha constituencyBaharampur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyRejinagar
Websitemurshidabad.gov.in

Rejinagar is a village in the Beldanga II CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Rejinagar is located at 23°51′35″N 88°15′18″E / 23.8596°N 88.2551°E / 23.8596; 88.2551.

Area overview[edit | edit source]

The area shown in the map alongside, covering Berhampore and Kandi subdivisions, is spread across both the natural physiographic regions of the district, Rarh and Bagri.[1][2]The headquarters of Murshidabad district, Berhampore, is in this area.[3]The ruins of Karnasubarna, the capital of Shashanka, the first important king of ancient Bengal who ruled in the 7th century, is located 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) south-west of Berhampore.[4][5][6] The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with over 80% of the population living in the rural areas.[7]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Rejinagar had a total population of 10,103, of which 5,146 (51%) were males and 4,957 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,729. The total number of literate persons in Rejinagar was 5,653 (67.51% of the population over 6 years).[8]

Civic administration[edit | edit source]

Police station[edit | edit source]

Rejinagar police station has jurisdiction over a part of Beldanga II CD block.[9]

Transport[edit | edit source]

National Highway 12 (old number NH 34) passes through Rejinagar.[10]

Rejinagar railway station on the Ranaghat-Lalgola branch line which was opened in 1905.[11][12]

Education[edit | edit source]

  • Kashipur Tarini Sundari Vidyapith.[13]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A" (PDF). Physiography, Page 13. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Murshidabad". Geography. Murshidabad district authorities. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Murshidabad". Murshidabad district authorities. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Ray, Nihar Ranjan, Bangalir Itihas Adi Parba, (in Bengali), 1980 edition, pp. 160-161, Paschim Banga Niraksharata Durikaran Samiti
  5. ↑ Sengupta, Nitish, History of the Bengali-speaking People, p.25, UBS Publishers’ Distributors Pvt. Ltd.
  6. ↑ Majumdar, Dr. R.C., History of Ancient Bengal, first published 1971, reprint 2005, pp. 5-6, Tulshi Prakashani, Kolkata, ISBN 81-89118-01-3.
  7. ↑ "District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, Series 20, Part XII B" (PDF). District Primary Census Abstract page 26. Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Murshidabad". Table 2.1. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  11. ↑ L.S.S.O’Malley. "Murshidabad District (1914)". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Google maps
  13. ↑ Kashipur Tarini Sundari Vidyapith