Arambag

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Arambagh
আরামবাগ
Town
Arambagh is located in West Bengal
Arambagh
Arambagh
Location in West Bengal, India
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly district
Government
 • Municipality chairman Swapan Nandi
Elevation 15 m (49 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 66,175
 • Density 4,224/km2 (10,940/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 712601
Telephone code 91 3211
Vehicle registration WB-16A*-****
Lok Sabha constituency Arambag
Vidhan Sabha constituency Arambag, Pursurah
Website arambagh.gov.in

Arambag (also spelt Arambagh) is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Arambagh subdivision.[1] Arambagh is the largest sub division in Hooghly district.

Geography

Arambag is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It has an average elevation of 15 metres (118 feet). The town is situated on the link Road (state highway-2) 81 km north-west of Kolkata. It is located on the bank of the Dwarakeswar River.

Arambagh subdivision is the subdivision of hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Arambag municipality and six community development blocks: Arambag, Khanakul–I, Khanakul–II, Goghat–I, Goghat–II and Pursurah. The six blocks contain 63 gram panchayats. The subdivision has its headquarters at Arambag.There is 15 gram panchayats.

This subdivision is actually the westernmost part of the District of Hooghly. The river Damodar forms the eastern boundary of the Arambagh Sub-Division.Arambagh Sub-Division is one of the four Sub-Divisions of Hooghly District – the remaining three being Sadar (Chinsurah), Serampore and Chandannagore. Arambagh is located on the western front of Hooghly District and is being bordered by four districts viz Burdwan, West Midnapore, Bankura and Howrah.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Arambag had a population of 66,175. Males constitute 62% of the population and females 38%. Arambag has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 79% male literacy and 58% of female literacy. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Climate

The maximum temperature during summer rises up to 42 °C(2016)  while minimum temperature during winter comes down to 8 °C. Average annual rainfall is 1600 millimetres.

Economics

This is a rice and potato agricultural area with several rice mills and cold storages.[3]

History

Arambagh sub-division was formed in 1879. It was known as Jahanabad Sub-Division as the headquarters of the sub-division was the town of Jahanabad. His excellency Shri Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first Sub-Divisional Officer of Arambagh. On 19 April 1900 the name of Jahanabad was changed to Arambagh, which means "the garden of ease and comfort". Kamarpukur is birthplace of Ramkrishna Parmahnsa. Other prominent figures from the district were:

  • Saborna Roychoudhury, from whom Jobcharnak took the villages named Kolkata, Sutanati, Gobindapur - where later Calcutta city established, was from Goghat in Arambagh.
  • Rammohan Roy - Reformer & was Ambassador of Mughal Emperor
  • Prasanna Kumar Sarbadhikary - author of first Bengali arithmetic book and member of the syndicate of Calcutta University
  • Debaprasad Sarbadhikary - Vice-Chancellor, C.U
  • Bhupendranath Bose - Indian politician, president of the Indian National Congress in 1914 and Vice-Chancellor of C.U. from 1923–1924
  • Nandalal Maity - writer of several volumes of History of Mathematics (in Bengali)
  • Narayan Ch Ghosh - who worked with Abdus Salam & S. Chandrasekhar, drafted mathematics books which were published by W.B. B. S. E. for schools in W.B. and Tripurah affiliated by WBBSE.
  • Manoranjan Roy translated books from pali language.
  • Prafulla Chandra Sen - Freedom fighter, Chief Minister of W.B.
  • Bijoy Modak - Freedom fighter, M.P.
  • Manoranjan Hajra - Freedom fighter,Poet, M.P. & M.L.A.
  • Ajoy Mukherjee - Freedom fighter. Born at Tumluk. Defeated Prafulla Chandra Sen in the year 1967 in Arambagh Assembly Constituency by 887 votes.
  • Balai Krishna Roy - Established Arambagh Hatcheries Ltd. & former Chairman of Arambagh Municipality)
  • Sri Kalipada Chattopadhyay- Famous priest of somsan kali temple (Parer ghat crematorium)[4]

Arambagh Hatcheries Limited is a multidimensional food based company, incorporated in the year 1973 with primary interest in chicken and chicken related products. Initiating from Arambagh business activities of the company has not only been concentrated in the State of West Bengal, but also in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. With the passage of time Arambagh’s chicken has reached abroad also.

Civic Administration

  • Arambagh municipality is divided into 19 wards. As of 2015, it is controlled by the All India Trinamool Congress. Shri Swapan Kumar Nandi is the Chairman of the said municipality.
  • Swapan Kumar Nandi Chairman of Arambagh
  • Gopal Coach (MA History)(Former Teacher & Chairman of Arambagh)
  • Balai Krishna Roy - Established Arambagh Hatcheries & Former Chairman of Arambagh

Education

Libraries

Two government sponsored public libraries are situated in Arambagh. Raja Rammohan Roy Pathagar-o- Sanskriti Parishad is the oldest and most popular library of this area. Another library is Arambag Sub Divisional library. Besides these two, there are many other public libraries in the surrounding area.

Schools

Colleges

See also

References

  1. ↑ District-wise list of statutory towns
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