Mahesail

Mahesail
Village
Mahesail Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Mahesail Mahesail (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°35′21″N88°00′33″E / 24.5893°N 88.0092°E / 24.5893; 88.0092 Coordinates: 24°35′21″N88°00′33″E / 24.5893°N 88.0092°E / 24.5893; 88.0092
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	16,178
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	742201 (Aurangabad)
Telephone/STD code	03485
Lok Sabha constituency	Jangipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Suti
Website	murshidabad.gov.in

Mahesail is a village and a gram panchayat in the Suti II CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the northern portion of Jangipur subdivision, Murshidabad district (including Farakka, Samserganj, Suti II CD blocks)
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, F: Facility
Abbreviation- TPS: Thermal Power Station
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Mahesail is located at 24°35′21″N88°00′33″E / 24.5893°N 88.0092°E / 24.5893; 88.0092 .

Area overview

Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating. ^{[1] [2]} The river Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country. ^[3] Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map). ^[4] The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station. ^{[5] [6]} According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women. ^{[7] [8] [9]} As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the Ganges alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks. ^[10]

Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Mahesail had a total population of 16,178, of which 8,233 (51%) were males and 7,945 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 3,006. The total number of literate persons in Mahesail was 6,648 (50.47% of the population over 6 years). ^[11]

Transport

National Highway 12 (old numbering NH 34) passes through Mahesail . This section is locally popular as Badshahi Road. ^[12]

Healthcare

Mahesail Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is a major medical facility in Suti II CD block. ^[13]

See also - Healthcare in West Bengal

References

1. "District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A" (PDF). Physiography, Page 13. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
2. "Murshidabad". Geography. Murshidabad district authorities. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
3. "Farakka Barrage Project". FBP. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
4. "Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India's tobacco industry". Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
5. "Power Generation". Farakka. NTPC. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
6. "The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited". Sagardighi Thermal Power Project. WBPDCL. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
7. Kar, Sunirmal. "Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal" (PDF). Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5. Shodhganga. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
8. "The 'Poor man's cigarette'". Gurvinder Singh. The Statesman, 22 January 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
9. "Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key". Indrani Dutta. The Hindu, 1 May 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
10. "Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal" (PDF). Swati Mollah. Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
11. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
12. Google maps
13. "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 19 September 2017.