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 [hide]
1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Healthcare
4 Art and Literature
5 Politics
6 References
[edit]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.
[edit]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.