Jugdia

Jugdia
Village
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Coordinates: 22°15′06″N88°25′59″E / 22.2518°N 88.4331°E / 22.2518; 88.4331 Coordinates: 22°15′06″N88°25′59″E / 22.2518°N 88.4331°E / 22.2518; 88.4331
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
CD Block	Magrahat II
Area
• Total	4.82 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	13,579
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali [1] [2]
• Additional official	English [1]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	743355
Telephone code	+91 3174
Vehicle registration	WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99
Lok Sabha constituency	Jaynagar (SC)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Magrahat Purba (SC)
Website	www.s24pgs.gov.in

Jugdia is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Magrahat police station in the Magrahat II CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

Kasimbazar and Jugdia in the eighteenth century offer a fascinating glimpse into the world of the South Asian merchants as well as the organization of the textile trade in Bengal. The East India Company determined on a course of sustained expansion of its import of raw silk from Bengal, particularly from the region of Kasimbazar. A new dimension was added to this conflict when the Mughal made Bengal a Mughal Province. After Kasimbazar and Jugdia conflicts destroyed the both textile based by the East India Company. Ananta Manik of Bhalwa frequently enlisted Arakanese help to retain his zamindari in the face of the Mughal threat emanating from Bengal. This fight was complicated by the Portuguese presence in the area. The latter frequently acted as mercenaries in the countries of the Bay and were utilized as such by local rulers in their wars against each other.

In the eighteenth century Jugdia became an important market for cotton textiles (chiefly baftas) that were produced in the surrounding areas. Then shifts that rendered the south-east delta an active area. Means basins of Ganges river in South 24 Parganas district. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, an ancestor of Munshi Hazi Desarat Molla and Munshi Chamcham Molla fled from Jugdia of Kasimbazar area in undivided Bengal under the Murshidabad region and settled in the basin of the Ganges river in South 24 Parganas district. They named the village Jugdia. They gradually spread education and Islamic culture in their own tradition. Earlier they were engaged in Munshibdar in the various parts of lower Bengal, especially the Bay of Bengal and Island of Sunderban. Chamcham Molla was given land as Khaznader from Jaminder and Hazi Desarat as a Khaznader from Pathatnkhali island under the Gosaba police station in Sundarban area. But native village established at Jugdia under the Magrahat police station. ^{[3] [4]}

Geography

Jugdia is located at 22°15′06″N88°25′59″E / 22.2518°N 88.4331°E / 22.2518; 88.4331 . It has an average elevation of 8 metres (26 ft).

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India, Jugdia had a total population of 13,579. ^[5]

Transport

A short stretch of local roads link Jugdia to the State Highway 1. ^[6]

Hogla railway station is located nearby. ^[6]

Healthcare

Magrahat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Magrahat, is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat II CD block. ^[7]

References

1. "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
2. "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
3. "The French East India Company's Trade in Eastern Bengal from 1750-53: A Look at the Chandernagore Letters to Jugdia". Indian Historical Review.
4. Merchants and Companies in Bengal: Kasimbazar and Jugdia in the Eighteenth Century by Rilla Mukherjee
5. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
6. Google maps
7. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics - Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 26 November 2019.