Murguma Dam

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Murguma Dam
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Murguma Dam
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Location of Murguma Dam in West Bengal
Location Jhalda, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
Coordinates 23°18′50″N86°03′00″E / 23.314°N 86.050°E / 23.314; 86.050 Coordinates: 23°18′50″N86°03′00″E / 23.314°N 86.050°E / 23.314; 86.050
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsSaharajhore River
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The Murguma Dam [1] is constructed on the Saharajhore River, [2] one of the tributary of Kangsabati River in West Bengal, India. The dam is constructed near Murguma [3] village in the foothill of Ajodhya Hills, Purulia District. It's under Kotshila Police Station. A number of other streams also flow into the dam directly from Ajodhya Hills. The dam is surrounded by hills, forests and a number of small islands [4] within it. The place is situated at the north west end of Ajodhya Hills which is considered as an eastern extension of Chota Nagpur Plateau.

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People and economy

The area is basically inhabited by tribal people, [5] [1] mainly Santal people. [6] The economy is mainly dependent on agriculture. [7] However, the place has a good potentiality to be a popular tourist spot which can improve economic condition of the local people. The government is promoting this place as a tourist destination. [3] This dam is a part of one of the key small irrigation projects [8] in rural as well as arid areas of West Bengal [2] [6] having a considerable percentage of tribal population. [6] [5] It is one of the promising tourist spots of Eastern Chota Nagpur Plateau region. Till date, no facility of boating offered. The dam and surroundings are preferred locations for backpackers. [9] The dam features in the tourism brochure of Government Tourist Department of Purulia District. [10]

Accessibility

The nearest railway station is Jhalda, from where the place is accessible by single metaled road. The other option is to follow the Purulia-Tamna more-Arsha-Begunkodor-Murguma(50 km) route. The accessibility is somehow not so good but that is perhaps one of the reasons that the place still offers wild beauty.

Distance from nearby places: Ajodhya Hills Top = 20 km, Jhalda = 16 km, Begunkodor town = 6 km, Begunkodar rail FH = 12 km, Kolkata = 340 km, Purulia = 50 km, Durgapur = 185 km (via Bankura) 165 km (via Asansol), Bankura = 140 km, Jamshedpur = 110 km, Ranchi = 95 km, Asansol = 134 km,

Miscellaneous

Being far from urban disturbance, this dam is a location for research on indigenous aquatic flora [11] [12] and fauna. [13] This area was affected by Maoist insurgency a few years back but now returned to normalcy. [14]

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Purulia district is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur-Adra, Jhalda, Anara and Balarampur.

South Bengal State Transport Corporation

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Jhalda City in West Bengal, India

Jhalda is a city and a municipality in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jhalda subdivision.

Kangsabati River River in West Bengal, India

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Ajodhya Hills Hilly plateau in West Bengal, India

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Baghmundi (community development block) Community development block in West Bengal, India

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Kotshila is a village, with a police station and a railway junction station, in the Jhalda II CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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References

  1. 1 2 "PURULIA - Attractions & activities - West Bengal Tourism, Experience Bengal, Dept. of Tourism, Govt. of W. B." www.wbtourismgov.in.
  2. 1 2 Ray, Sutapa (January 7, 1985). "Terrain analysis of the kangsabati basin and its impact on land use". University– via shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in.
  3. 1 2 "The Official Website of Purulia District". purulia.nic.in.
  4. ↑ "Murguma Dam". wikimapia.org.
  5. 1 2 "Murguma | Discovery World Tours".
  6. 1 2 3 "Data" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. 2011. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  7. ↑ "MURGUMA Village BEGUN KODAR Panchayat JHALDA II Block, PURULIA, West Bengal India BrandBharat.com".
  8. ↑ "Irrigation Bunglow - Murguma". wikimapia.org.
  9. ↑ "Muruguma dam - Purulia:The Best Weekend Getaway from Kolkata". September 10, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Tourism brochure" (PDF). purulia.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  11. ↑ "Riverine_Plants_of_Kansai_Basin" (PDF). www.researchgate.net. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  12. ↑ "Taxonomic_Observations_on_Epithemia_adnata" (PDF). www.researchgate.net. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  13. ↑ "Ichthyofaunal_diversity" (PDF). www.researchgate.net. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  14. ↑ "IAP_improving_lives". www.researchgate.net. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
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