Bangaon

Bangaon is a town and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision.

Location
Bangaon is located at 23.07°N, 88.82°W. It has an average elevation of 7 metres (22 feet). Arsenic contamination is a major concern in this area.

Area overview
The area situated beside the Ichamati River shown in the map was a part of Jessore district from 1883. At the time of Partition of Bengal (1947), the Radcliffe Line placed the police station areas of Bangaon and Gaighata of Jessore district in India and the area was made a part of 24 Parganas district. The renowned novelist, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (of Pather Panchali fame) belonged to this area and many of his writings portray his experience in the area. It is a flat plain located in the lower Ganges Delta. In the densely populated area, 16.33% of the population lives in the urban area and 83.67% in rural areas.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Transport
Public transport is provided by the rail, auto and buses. Bangaon railway station is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is the last station on the Sealdah-Bangaon section of Eastern Railway, 77 km from Sealdah Station. The Sealdah–Bangaon railway was built between 1882 and 1884. Bangaon is well connected with others major places by buses, like Kolkata, Howrah, Dakshineshwar, Barasat, Habra, Barrackpore, Basirhat, Bagdaha, Kalyani, Krishnanagar, Chakdaha, Ranaghat, Karimpur, Digha, Santragachi etc.

Demographics
In the 2011 census, Bangaon municipality had a population of 110,668, out of which 56,416 were males and 54,252 were females. The 0–6 years population was 8,452. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 90.25 per cent.

Education
Dinabandhu Mahavidyalay is the only degree college in Bangaon which is currently affiliated to West Bengal State University (formerly affiliated to University of Calcutta ). List of high secondary schools:-


 * 1) Bongaon High School
 * 2) Kumudini Uccha Balika Vidalaya
 * 3) Chhaygharia Rakhaldas High School
 * 4) Saktigarh High School
 * 5) New Bongaon High School
 * 6) Bongaon Kabi Keshablal Vidyapith
 * 7) Kalitala Desbandhu High School
 * 8) Champaberia High School
 * 9) Puratan Bonga High School
 * 10) Asit Biswas Shiksha Niketan
 * 11) Bongaon Ghosh Institution
 * 12) Jogendranath Vidyapith
 * 13) Debgarh High School
 * 14) Chhaygharia Thakur Haridas Uccha Balika Vidyalaya
 * 15) Nagendranath Vidyalaya
 * 16) Saradacharan Vidyapith
 * 17) New Bongaon Girls High School

Notable residents

 * Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Bengali novelist
 * Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay, archeologist
 * Jiban Ratan Dhar (1889–1963), politician
 * Jogendra Nath Mandal, politician
 * Dinabandhu Mitra, Bengali novelist
 * Bibhas Roy Chowdhury, poet