Ratua | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 25°12′00″N87°55′39″E / 25.2001°N 87.9274°E Coordinates: 25°12′00″N87°55′39″E / 25.2001°N 87.9274°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Malda |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,498 |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali [1] [2] |
• Additional official | English [1] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 732205 |
STD/ Telephone code | 03513 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Uttar |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ratua |
Website | malda |
Ratua is a town in the Ratua I CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India. [3]
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Ratua is located at 25°12′00″N87°55′39″E / 25.2001°N 87.9274°E .
The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are “hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron.” It lies to the east of the Mahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and “is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes.” The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers. [4] The total area is overwhelmingly rural. [5] [6] There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur. [7]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Ratua police station under West Bengal police has jurisdiction over Ratua I CD block. [8] [9]
The headquarters of Ratua I CD block is at Ratua. [8] [10] [11]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Ratua had a total population of 5,498, of which 2,850 (52%) were males and 2,648 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 800. The total number of literate persons in Ratua was 3,053 (64.99% of the population over 6 years). [3] [12]
Ratua is on National Highway 131A/ State Highway 10 (partly common route). [13]
Well connected to the district town Malda with regular Bus & Minibus Services. You can also get a bus for Kolkata at Evening.
The nearest railway station is located at Samsi. It is well connected to Kolkata , Delhi , Siliguri , Katihar with various express train.
Ratua Rural Hospital at Ratua (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Ratua I CD block. There are primary health centres at Debipur (with 10 beds), Mahanandatola (with 10 beds) and Samsi (with 10 beds). [14]
Chanchal is a census town in Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Chanchal subdivision.
Ratua I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Chanchal subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Manikchak is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Chanchal II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Ratua II is a Community Development Block that forms an administrative division in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Harishchandrapur is a village in the Harishchandrapur I CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Habibpur is a village in the Habibpur CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Samsi is a village in Ratua I block in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district of Indian state of West Bengal.
Gazole is a town in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Gazole police station serves this city. The headquarters of Gazole block is Gazole.
Pakuahat is a village in the Bamangola CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Pukhuria is a village in the Ratua II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Khanta is a village in the Harishchandrapur II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Malatipur is a village in the Chanchal II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Bulbulchandi is a village and a gram panchayat in the Habibpur CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Maheshpur is a village in the Bamangola CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Hatimari is a village in the Gazole CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Araidanga is a populated place, not identified as a separate place in 2011 census, in the Ratua II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Mashaldaha is a village in the Harishchandrapur II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Daulatnagar is a village and a gram panchayat in the Harishchandrapur II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.