Jhangra | |
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Census Town | |
Coordinates: 25°02′22″N88°09′39″E / 25.03936°N 88.16076°E Coordinates: 25°02′22″N88°09′39″E / 25.03936°N 88.16076°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Malda |
Area | |
• Total | 4.3573 km2 (1.6824 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,020 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 732141 |
Telephone/ STD code | 03512 |
Vehicle registration | WB |
Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Uttar |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Maldaha |
Website | malda |
Jhangra is a census town in the Old Malda CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Jhangra is located at 25°02′22″N88°09′39″E / 25.03936°N 88.16076°E .
The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are "hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron." It lies to the east of the Mahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and "is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes." The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers. [1] The total area is overwhelmingly rural. [2] [3] There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur. [4]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Jhangra had a total population of 5,020, of which 2,544 (51%) were males and 2,478 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 741. The total number of literate persons in Jhangra was 2,843 (66.41% of the population over 6 years). [5]
According to the District Census Handbook, Maldah, 2011, Jhangra covered an area of 4.3573 km2. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, hand pump. It had 800 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 veterinary hospital, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home. Among the educational facilities, it had 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school in town. The nearest senior secondary school, general degree college at Mangalbari, Malda 3 km away. It produced flour, aluminium, tiles. It had branch offices of 1 agricultural credit society, 1 non-agricultural credit society. [6]
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