Radhikapur | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 25°38′34″N88°26′49″E / 25.642778°N 88.446944°E Coordinates: 25°38′34″N88°26′49″E / 25.642778°N 88.446944°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Uttar Dinajpur |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,057 |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 733129 |
STD/ Telephone code | 03523 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Raiganj |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kaliaganj |
Website | uttardinajpur |
Radhikapur is a village and a gram panchayat in Kaliaganj CD block in Raiganj subdivision of Uttar Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a border checkpoint on the Bangladesh-India border.
Radhikapur is located at 25°38′34″N88°26′49″E / 25.642778°N 88.446944°E .
The Radhikapur-Birol rail link was put back in operation in April 2017. [1] [2] [3]
It was a defunct rail transit point on the India-Bangladesh border for a long time. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Biral in Dinajpur District. [4] [5] The transit facility in the Radhikapur-Birol sector had remained suspended since 1 April 2005. The railway track on the Indian side had been converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge while that on the Bangladesh side it continued to remain metre gauge. [6]
As per the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by Bangladesh and India on 15 August 1978 it was agreed to facilitate overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal. An addendum was made on 6 September 2011, to add new rail routes for facilitating overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal. [7]
Bangladesh started export of fertilizer to Nepal utilizing the Rahanpur-Singhabad transit point in November 2011. [8]
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Source: India Rail Info [9] |
In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen version.
Radhikapur has a land customs station for movement of goods by road or rail on the India-Bangladesh border. [10]
As per the 2011 Census of India, Radhikapur had a total population of 1,057, of which 530 (50%) were males and 527 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 134. The total number of literates in Radhikapur was 675 (73.13% of the population over 6 years). [11]
Radhikapur railway station is on the Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line. [12]
Raiganj is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Uttar Dinajpur district. The police station was set up 125 years ago and railway connectivity reached the place 115 years ago. The city houses the 111-year-old Raiganj Coronation High School and more than 50-years-old government primary Raiganj Sarala Sundari GSFP School. Raiganj got its railway connection in 1896. The train used to go to Parbatipur junction in Bangladesh from Raiganj. It is a 200-year-old town.
The East Bengal Mail was one of three trains operated between India and East Pakistan. The rail link was suspended at the outbreak of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
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Radhikapur railway station is a station serving Radhikapur in the Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India. It is an active rail transit system on the Bangladesh–India border. It is an India–Bangladesh land border checkpoint and has a land customs station for movement of goods. Both Indian and Bangladesh government have been trying to increase connectivity through Radhikapur.
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