Mahadipur

Mahadipur
Border checkpoint
Mahadipur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Mahadipur Mahadipur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°51′24″N88°07′29″E / 24.8566°N 88.1248°E / 24.8566; 88.1248
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,638
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	732216
STD/ Telephone code	03512
Lok Sabha constituency	Maldaha Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency	English Bazar
Website	malda.nic.in

Mahadipur is a village in English Bazar CD block in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India and is a border checkpoint, on the Indian side of the Bangladesh-India border, with Sonamosjid in Chapai Nawabganj District on the Bangladesh side.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the southern portion of Malda district (including Kaliachak I, Kaliachak II, Kaliachak III, Manikchak and English Bazar CD blocks)
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, F: Facility, H: historical centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Mahadipur is located at 24°51′24″N88°07′29″E / 24.8566°N 88.1248°E / 24.8566; 88.1248 , near the historical ruins of Gauḍa.

165.5 km of the India-Bangladesh border is in Malda district. ^[1] As of 2017, about half of the 4,096 km of the border India shares with Bangladesh has been fenced. ^[2]

Border checkpoint and land port

Mahadipur is a land port and border checkpoint, ^[3] on the Bangladesh-India border, being developed (in 2018) as an integrated checkpost (ICP) for the smooth movement of goods and people. The land port and checkpoint at Sonamosjid in Shibganj Upazila of Chapai Nawabganj District is on the Bangladesh side of the border. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

There is a customs office for export/import at Mahadipur. ^[9]

Mahadipur land port, located 370 km from Kolkata, is a distant second to the largest land port at Petrapole, 100 km from Kolkata. Mahadipur handles around 500 trucks per day and around Rs. 1,500 crore worth of exports pass through annually. ^{[10] [11]}

Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports is a 2013 United Nations treaty designed to promote the cooperation of the development of dry ports in the Asia-Pacific region. ^[12]

Area overview

The area shown in the adjoining map is the physiographic sub-region known as the diara. It "is a relatively well drained flat land formed by the fluvial deposition of newer alluvium." The most note-worthy feature is the Farakka Barrage across the Ganges. ^[13] The area is a part of the Malda Sadar subdivision, which is an overwhelmingly rural region, but the area shown in the map has pockets of urbanization with 17 census towns, concentrated mostly in the Kaliachak I CD block. ^{[14] [15]} The bank of the Ganges between Bhutni and Panchanandapur (both the places are marked on the map), is the area worst hit by left bank erosion, a major problem in the Malda area. ^[16] The ruins of Gauda, capital of several empires, is located in this area. ^[17]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Mahadipur had a total population of 8,638, of which 4,435 (51%) were males and 4,203 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,206. The total number of literates in Mahadipur was 5,364 (72.17% of the population over 6 years). ^[18]

Healthcare

Milki Rural Hospital at Milki (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in English Bazar CD Block. There are primary health centres at KG Chandipur (Chandipur PHC) (with 10 beds) and Mahadipur (with 10 beds). ^[19]

Transport

Mahadipur is on Gour Road that starts from National Highway 12 (old number NH 34) and after the border crossing leads on towards Rajshahi in Bangladesh. ^[20]

References

1. "Foreword" (PDF). District administration. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
2. "Half of India-Bangladesh border fenced". The Hindu, 3 March 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
3. "Notification No. 63/94-Cus. (N.T.) dtd 21/11/1994 with amendments - Land Customs Stations and Routes for import and export of goods by land or inland water ways". Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
4. "Next phase: Road map of ICPs". Land Ports Authority of India. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
5. "Land ports in brief" (PDF). Bangladesh government. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
6. "Union Home Minister reviews Integrated Checkposts and Border Management projects". Current Samachar. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
7. "Centre plans 13 new Integrated Check Posts to encourage engagement with neighbours". The Indian Expres, 18 October 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
8. "2500 trucks of imports stranded in West Bengal". Daily Star, 3 August 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
9. "Notification No.:91/2009-Customs". CustomsIndiaOnline. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
10. "GST impact: Indo-Bangladesh trade at Mahadipur land port comes to a halt". Hindustan Times, 2 July 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
11. "Little impact on truck movements between India, Bangladesh". The Hindu Business Line, 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
12. "Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports comes into force". United Nations ESCAP. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
13. "District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Census of India 2011, Pages 13-15: Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
14. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda". Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
15. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
16. Banerjee, Manisha. "A Report on the Impact of Farakka Barrage on the Human Fabric, November 1999" (PDF). The social impact of erosion, pp 13-14. South Asia Network On Dams, Rivers and People, New Delhi: 110 088 India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
17. "District Human Development Report, Malda". pages 3-4: Malda in Historical Perspective. Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
18. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
19. "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
20. Google maps

External links

External videos
The road from Bangladesh border to Gauda

• Malda travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Gour-Pandua travel guide from Wikivoyage