Kukrahati

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Kukrahati
Village
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Kukrahati
Location in West Bengal, India
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Kukrahati
Kukrahati (India)
Coordinates: 22°11′15″N88°07′06″E / 22.1875°N 88.1182°E / 22.1875; 88.1182
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Subdivision Haldia subdivision
CD Block Sutahata
Languages
  Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Website purbamedinipur.gov.in

Kukrahati is a village in Sutahata CD block in Purba Medinipur district of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Geography

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Nayachar
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Haldi River
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Hooghly River
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Rupnarayan
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Haldia Port
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Kukrahati
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Geonkhali
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Chaitanyapur
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Sona Chura
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Reyepara
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Durgachak
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Sutahata
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Mahishadal
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Barda
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Ashadtalya
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Nandigram
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Garh
Kamalpur
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Haldia
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Cities and towns in Haldia subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, S: port
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

It is located around 60 km from Kolkata, and stands on the bank of the Hooghly river, opposite Raichak in South 24 Parganas. It is the gateway to the port and industrial city of Haldia.

Urbanisation

79.19% of the population of Haldia subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 20.81% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district. [1]

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

Economy

Abandoned bridge proposal

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Kukrahati Jora Shiv Temple

There was a proposal to build a bridge across the Hooghly river from Kukrahati to Raichak. The four lane road bridge was expected to be complete by 2012. The construction of the Eastern Link Highway, linking Barasat with Raichak, which would have been 100 km long and 100 m wide and spread over 2,500 acres (10 km2), was also on the anvil. The road would have ultimately terminated at Nandigram. The projects were to be implemented by New Kolkata International Development Private Ltd, a special purpose company that had been promoted by the Salim Group, the Universal Success Group and Unitech. [2] The government was also agreed on acquiring 5,000 acres (20 km2) for the Salim Group at Kukrahati to develop a township. The Kukrahati township was to come up on low and saline land close to the banks of the Hooghly river. [3] The entire project and associated programmes were abandoned by the Left Front government after the Nandigram violence in 2007. [4]

Transport

References

  1. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. "Bengal inks pact with Indonesian group". The Hindu Business Line, 1 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  3. "Another 5,000 acres (20 km2) on Salim plate". The Telegraph, 26 July 2006. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  4. "Trinamool Congress revives jinxed bridge project". The Times of India, 13 April 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. "Haldia Tourism and Industrial Development". How to reach Haldia. Haldia Development Authority. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. "Diamond Harbour Ferry Service, NH 117, Rabindra Nagar, Diamond Harbour". indiapl.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.