PANIHATI

Panihati (Bengali: পানিহাটি) is a city and a municipality under Khardaha/ Ghola police stations of Barrackpore subdivision.[2] in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.[3]

Contents

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Healthcare
4 Art and Literature
5 Politics
6 References
Geography

Panihati is located at 22.69°N 88.37°E.[4] It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).

Panihati covers two important Railway stations from Sealdah north main section line - 1)Sodepur -a densly populated urban city connected to Kolkata by Barrackpore Trunk Road and with Barasat via Sodepur Road through Madhyamgram. 2) Agarpara. Panihati Municipality is located On BT Road at the western side of Sodepur Rail station.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[5] Panihati had a population of 348,379. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Panihati has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 79%. In Panihati, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination. [6]

Art and Literature

The famous Hungryalist literary movement was started by Malay Roy Choudhury and Samir Roychoudhury whose mother Amita belonged to the Banerjee family of Nilambati. Kishori Mohan Banerjee, the grandfather of the Hungryalists was recipient of gold medal for having assisted Ronald Ross who discovered the reasons for spread of malaria. Kishori Mohan was one of the founder members of the Panihati Cooperative Bank and was an active member in the Indian freedom struggle.

Politics

Current MLA from Panihati assembly constituency is Gopal Krishna of CPI(M), who won the seat in State elections of 2006 and also earlier in 1987, 1982 and 1977. Nirmal Ghosh had won this seat in 2001 as AITC candidate and in 1996 as INC candidate. Tania Chakraborty of CPI(M) was MLA from this seat in 1991.[7]

Panihati assembly constituency is part of Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[8]

References

^ Official District Administration site
^ District-wise list of statutory towns
^ "Base Map of Kolkata Metroploitan area". Kolkata Metroploitan Development Authority. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Panihati
^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
^ "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study )". Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
^ "State Elections 2006 - Partywise Comparision for 135-Panihati Constituency of West Bengal". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
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