Mecheda | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 22°24′18″N87°51′09″E / 22.40499°N 87.8525162°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Purba Medinipur |
Government | |
• Body | Nagar Palika |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 721137 |
Telephone/STD code | 03228 |
Vehicle registration | WB-29 & WB-30 |
Website | purbamedinipur |
Mecheda is a town in Shahid Matangini Block in West Bengal, India. The town is the entrance point of Purba Medinipur district which lies upon the South Eastern Railway Zone and in proximity to Haldia, Tamluk, Digha and Contai, Egra.
Mecheda has a long history of education. Besides having a number of schools it has a semi-government engineering college, the College Of Engineering & Management, Kolaghat. The college was conceived and planned by Professor Shankar Sen, an educationist and a former vice chancellor of Jadavpur University, in 1998. It has a campus area of 26.925 acres (108,960 m2) and is located 57 km from Kolkata within the Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant Township, Purba Midnapur, West Bengal. The college offers full-time engineering programmes leading to a 4-year B.Tech degree from West Bengal University of Technology. All the courses are approved by All India Council of Technical Education in New Delhi. However, the college started off in 1998 with affiliation by Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal. The first three batches of engineering graduates (1998–2002, 1999–2003 and 2000–2004) received Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree from Vidyasagar University. In 2001 when West Bengal University of Technology was formed, all non-government engineering colleges in West Bengal including the College Of Engineering & Management, Kolaghat came under its roof.
People from all over India are employed here due to the Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant.
Schools |
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Kola Union High School |
K.T.P.P. High School |
Gopalganj Priyanath Bani Bhaban(H.S.) |
Ramchandrapur High School |
Santipur Sishu Sikshayatan |
Hakola High School. |
Barnan High School. |
Chatra Kunja Rani Bani Bhawan |
Summers are hot, but the winters are mild with the mercury hardly going below 11 °C. During the winter, weather is relatively warmer than other places in Purba Medinipur.
Mecheda is famous for its own popular Mechedar vegetable Chop and potatoes chop. Apart from this, there are few restaurants like Park Point, Sher-e-Bengal, etc.Famous restaurant Sher-e-Punjab is just 3 km away. 2 resorts are there named Regal Guest House and Star Village and a Children Park also.
Mecheda is the gateway of Purba Medinipur district. NH41, State highway and South Eastern Railways, Kalaikunda is an air force base about 100 km from Mecheda connected by SE railway. NH-6 is just 2 km away. Mecheda acts as a junction point for travellers who are going to Haldia Port. Digha is 110 km from Mecheda. By bus, Haldia is just one hour away from Mecheda Railway station. The Mecheda Railway station is well-connected by buses which come from a long distance. These routes cross through Mecheda station. From Mecheda one can also get buses to Kolkata/Howrah.
Also, trains like the Howrah-Digha Tamralipta Express, Kandari Express, Shalimar-Mumbai LTTR Express, Ahmedabad Express, Jagannath Express, Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express stops here for goods exchange, boarding, and alighting.
Purba Medinipur district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The headquarters in Tamluk. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the Partition of Medinipur into Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur which lies at the northern and western border of it. The state of Odisha is at the southwest border; the Bay of Bengal lies in the south; the Hooghly river and South 24 Parganas district to the east; Howrah district to the north-east; Paschim Medinipur district to the west.
Kolaghat is a census town in Kolaghat CD Block, Tamluk subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Digha is a seaside resort town in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies in Purba Medinipur district and at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal. It has a low gradient with a shallow sand beach. It is a popular sea resort in West Bengal.
Contai is a coastal and subdivisional city and a municipality in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Contai subdivision. It is the second most populated city of the district.According to the geologists, the present geographical dimension of Contai came into existence with the great natural disaster of the third century AD (flood), which created Chilka lake out of the Chilka Bay. Kanthi, that is Contai, means "sand-bound reefs" or sand walls. The name Contai may thus be an English expression of the local jargon meaning "sand heaps".
Nandigram is a census town in the Nandigram I Community Development Block of the Haldia subdivision in the Purba Medinipur district of the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kolaghat is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Mahishadal is a town in Mahishadal CD block in Haldia subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Sutahata is in Ward No. 1 of Haldia municipality in Haldia subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
The Bhogpur railway station is situated in Bhogpur in the district of Purba Medinipur in West Bengal in the South Eastern Railway Zone, India. The station lies between Howrah and Kharagpur. Special EMU trains are available here, and local EMU trains Howrah–Panskura, Howrah–Balichak, Howrah–Kharagpur, Howrah–Medinipur, Howrah–Haldia stop here. Also a few MEMU and passenger trains are available here, MEMU trains to TATA, BELDA are available here. Also trains to Digha and Puri also stop here. One pair of Santragachi–Digha and Mecheda–Digha trains are available here. The station has four platforms.
Tajpur is located in Purba Medinipur, in the state of West Bengal, India on the shore of Bay of Bengal. Tajpur is set between Mandarmani and Shankarpur. Tajpur is 172.9 km via NH16 and NH116B from the state capital Kolkata. It is located under Contai Sub division area.
The Howrah–Kharagpur line is part of the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line, Howrah–Chennai main line and Kolkata Suburban Railway.
Bargabhima Temple is a Hindu ancient temple situated at Tamluk in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal.
Nandakumar is a village in Nandakumar CD block in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Ramnagar is a Township Area, in Ramnagar I CD block in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
The Kolaghat railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Kolaghat, India in Purba Medinipur district. It is on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. It is 55 km (34 mi) from Howrah Station.
The Raghunathbari railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Raghunathbari, Kaminachak-Raghunathbari Road, India in Purba Medinipur district. It is on the Panskura–Haldia line. It is 74 km (46 mi) from Howrah station and 7 km (4 mi) from Panskura.
Rajgoda railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Near NH 41, Rajgoda, India in Purba Medinipur district. It is on the Panskura–Haldia line. It is 82 km (51 mi) from Howrah station and 15 km (9 mi) from Panskura.
The Sahid Matangini railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Tamluk-Panskura Road, Tamluk, India in Purba Medinipur district. It is on the Panskura–Haldia line. It is 88 km (55 mi) from Howrah Station and 21 km (13 mi) from Panskura.
Amalhara is a census town in Kolaghat CD block in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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