Mogra (or Magra) is a gram panchayat, or village, which is home to the headquarters of the Chinsurah-Mogra community development block in the Chinsurah subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] It has a station on the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Rail Line, 47 km from Howrah Station and 7 km from Bandel Station.[2]
Mogra | |
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Village | |
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  Mogra Location in West Bengal, India  Mogra Mogra (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°58′45″N 88°22′29″E / 22.97925°N 88.374769°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Government | |
| • Type | Gram Panchyet |
| • Body | Chinsurah-Magra Panchyet Samity |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 112,267 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
All India Radio has located some high-powered transmitters in Mogra, which carry a mix of domestic and external services.[3]
Geography
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Location
editMogra is located on the outskirts of Hooghly District. Mogra is an hour's drive from Kolkata, the principal commercial, cultural and educational centre of Eastern India. The River Kunti flows through the western side of the town.
Mogra is located at 22°58′45″N 88°22′29″E / 22.97925°N 88.374769°E.[4]
The area is composed of flat alluvial plains that form a part of the Gangetic Delta. The high west bank of the tidal Hooghly River is highly industrialised.[5]
Hansghara, Kola, Gajaghanta, Alikhoja, Amodghata, Shankhanagar and Chak Bansberia form a cluster of census towns on the eastern side of Bansberia and includes Mogra and Bara Khejuria (outgrowth).[4]
Police station
editThe Mogra Police Station has jurisdiction over the Bansberia Municipal area and a part of Chinsurah Mogra CD Block.[6][7]
Education
editSchools and Colleges
editThe majority of schools are Pearl Rosary English Medium School (H.S), Mogra Uttam Chandra High School, the Bagati Ram Gopal Ghosh High School, the Elite Public School, the Narula Public School, the Bimalabala Primary School, S. Saheb Hindi High School, the Pravabati Balika Vidyalaya, the Shib Chandra Girls High School, the Shib Sohagini Junior Basic School, The Tarinisatra High School and Digsui High School.
The Abacus Institute of Engineering and Management and Elite Polytechnic Institute are situated in Mogra. The Academy of Technology engineering college is one station away. Near the Academy of Technology is a rural library. Two government-sponsored rural libraries operate there.
Sreegopal Banerjee College, a general degree college, was established in 1958. The college offers BA (Honours & general), B.Sc. (Honours & general) and B.Com. (Honours & general) courses. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, economics, chemistry, physics, mathematics, botany, zoology and BA (general) and B.Sc. (general) in addition to accountancy honours and B.Com. (general) courses.[8][9]
Healthcare
editMogra has a rural hospital with more than 35 beds.[10]
Festivals
editSaraswati Puja is conducted annually. The festival is open to everyone and organized by local clubs. There are approximately 50 pujas in this area, about 20 among them are celebrated with themes and pandals.The occasion stays for 4 days and this is the main attraction of Mogra.
People
editMogra has a diverse population. Mogra is home to mostly Bengalis but there is significant population of Biharis which is rapidly increasing day by day. The oldest groups in the area are Bagdis, Ghosh, Das and Sadhukhan. After the division of Bengal, many refugees settled from Bangladesh. Bagati is a locality inside Mogra and was the ancestral home of the Young Bengal leader Ramgopal Ghosh.[11]
Transport
editThe Grand Trunk Road, which is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads, passes through Mogra.[12][13]
Mogra is connected to a variety of destinations via public transport. Hooghly Private Bus Number 4 (Chunchura Court-Memari) and 8 (Chunchura Court-Kalna) run via Mogra. Auto rickshaws and Toto are available for covering short distances. Mogra railway station is situated on Howrah-Bardhaman main line and local trains run from Mogra to Bardhaman and Howrah.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is approximately an hour's drive.
References
edit- ^ District-wise list of statutory towns Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eastern Railway time table.
- ^ Radio Transmitters, Radio Transmitters
- ^ a b "Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Hooghly" (PDF). Map of Chinsurah-Magra CD Block, page 469. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Physiography, Page 17-24. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Hooghly District Police". West Bengal Police. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Sreegopal Banerjee College". SBC. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Sreegopal Banerjee College". College Admission. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ Sastri, Sivanath, Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj, (in Bengali)1903/2001, p.76, New Age Publishers Pvt. Ltd
- ^ "Road - Highway". Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Google maps