Ranaghat | |
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Clockwise from top: Rural area of Ranaghat district, S.D.O office, Churni River bridge, and Town hall | |
Sovereign state | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
Divisions | presidency |
Established | 2022 |
Headquarters | Ranaghat |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Ranaghat |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Demographics | |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 |
Ranaghat district is a proposed district in presidency division, West Bengal. [1] [2] The district will be formed by dividing the Nadia district. [3] [4] The name of the district is yet to be finalized. [5] [6]
On 1 August 2022, Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee declared about the creation of Ranaghat district carving out from Nadia district. [1] [3] [4] The announcement to carve a Ranaghat district out of the existing Nadia district triggered large protests with many common people and intellectuals complaining that the new administrative area would take away their rich culture and heritage associated with Nadia. Sources at Nabanna said the government was considering the possibility of naming of new district as South Nadia, instead of Ranaghat. [5] [7]
There are multiple important hospitals in the proposed Ranaghat district e.g Ranaghat Subdivisional Hospital, Santipur State General Hospital, Chakdaha State General Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani, College of Medicine & JNM Hospital and so on. Ranaghat Subdivisional Hospital consists of 171 beds whereas Santipur State General Hospital consists of 131 beds. [17] Besides, this district has three rural hospitals with 30 beds each: Bagula Rural Hospital, Habibpur (Jadhav Dutta) Rural Hospital, and Aranghata Rural Hospital. [18]
Nadia is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north.
Haringhata is a town and a municipality of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Hanskhali is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Bagula is a town in the Hanskhali CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is a Government of West Bengal administered, UGC affiliated, NAAC accredited, collegiate Public Research university in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It offers courses at the Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral levels.
Aranghata is a village and a gram panchayat in the Ranaghat II CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district, West Bengal, India. It is situated 78 km (48 mi) north of Calcutta and about 9 km (5.6 mi) north of Ranaghat town.
Hanskhali is a village in the Hanskhali CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Situated on the bank of the Churni river, Hanshkhali is known for an Administrative Registry Office and Police Station.
Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Kalyani subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ranaghat Subdivision is an administrative subdivision located at Nadia district, in the state of West Bengal, India The subdivision is administered by SDM/SDO(Ranaghat).
Ranaghat II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Pritilata Mahila Mahavidyalaya is a college situated at Panikhali in Nadia district. It was founded as women's college; now it is co-educational. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to University of Kalyani. The name commemorates the legacy of freedom fighter and revolutionary Pritilata Waddedar.
Dattapulia is a village in the Ranaghat II CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district, West Bengal, India.
Chapra is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Chapra CD block in the Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Dhantala is a village in the Ranaghat II CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Subarnapur is a census town in the Haringhata CD block in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Panikhali is a village in the Ranaghat II CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Bangaljhi is a village in the Chapra CD block in the Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Nrisinghapur is a census town in the Santipur CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.