Bagnan

Bagnan
Census Town
Bagnan Railway Station road
Bagnan Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Bagnan Bagnan (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°28′N87°58′E / 22.47°N 87.97°E / 22.47; 87.97
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	10,996
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	711303
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Uluberia
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bagnan
Website	howrah.gov.in

Bagnan is a census town in Bagnan I CD Block of Uluberia subdivision in Howrah district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Bagnan is located at 22°28′N87°58′E / 22.47°N 87.97°E / 22.47; 87.97 . ^[1] It has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet). It is situated between two rivers, the Damodar and the Rupnarayan.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Bagnan had a total population of 10,996 of which 5,536 (50%) were males and 5,460 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,226. The total number of literates in Bagnan was 8,388 (85.85% of the population over 6 years). ^[2]

As of 2001 ^[update] India census, ^[3] Bagnan had a population of 8,779. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bagnan has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

Bagnan High School

High schools

• Bagnan High School; established in 1854
• St. Xavier's Public School
• Don Bosco School, Bagnan Branch
• Bagnan Adarsha Balika Vidyalaya; girls school, established in 1938
• Santoshpur Gauranga Vidyapith, established in 1957.
• Mugkalyan High School; in Mugkalyan, established 1866.
• Benapur Chandanapara High School(H.S)
• Bantul Mahakali High School; established at 1916.
• Chandravag Srikrishna Girl's High School
• Bagnan Girls' High School
• Tenpur Nabasan Anantaram High School
• Nabasan High School
• Khalore Gopimohan Shikshayataan
• Kalyanpur High School (H.S.)
• Bangalpur U. C High SCHOOL (H. S.)
• B.N.S. High School,established at 1954
• Bangalpur Jyotirmoyee Girls' High School
• Deulgram Mankur Bakshi High school

Pre-Primary/KG School

• Bagnan Primary School (Govt), O.T road, near Telephone exchange
• Khalore Kali bari Primary School(Govt), Beside Khalore Maa Kali temple.
• Kishalaya Kindergarten Primary School
• St. Thomas school(Pvt), near registry office, Bagnan
• Notobor memorial Kindergarten School (Pvt.), Chandrapur
• Children's academy(Pvt), near Block Agri office
• Swami Vivekananda School(Pvt), Khalore
• Path Bhawan(Pvt), near Khalore Maa Kali Temple.
• Little Millennium Pre primary(Pvt) - Near Bagnan-II BD Office, Kolapara Kamarshal.
• Chandanapara Children's Academy(Pvt)
• Sisutirtha Siksha Niketan, Near Khadinan More

Colleges/Universities

There is no University located in Bagnan but there is a College.

• Bagnan College is affiliated to University of Calcutta. The college was founded in July 1958 with only arts faculty. In 1966 the faculty of commerce and in 1974 the faculty of science faculty was added. The college is accredited by the NAAC with B-grade since 2005.

Culture

Khalore Kali Bari Mandir in Bagnan, Howrah is one of the famous Hindu Temples in Khalore, Bagnan, Howrah, where people from all over Howrah come to worship the Goddess KALI

Deulti

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's house

Deulti is located on the banks of the river Rupnarayan. This place is a tourist destination. Its distance from Kolkata is 50 kilometers. The immortal storyteller Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's house is there. This is also the reason for the attraction.

The railway station

One of the key features of Bagnan is its railway station. It is by far one of the busiest railway station in South Eastern Railway Zone within West Bengal due to its connectivity to other major places ^[4] Station code : BZN No. of Platforms : 5 (North to south)

References

1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bagnan
2. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
3. "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.
4. "Image of Bagnan Station".

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