Kamgachhi

Kamgachhi is a census town in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Location
Kamgachhi is located at 23.2161°N, 88.5615°W.

The maps of Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD blocks, in the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, shows the census towns of Kamgachhi, Raghabpur, Panpara, Aistala, Satigachha, Anulia, Halalpur Krishnapur, Hijuli and Ranaghat (CT) forming a cluster around Ranaghat. Certain other localities such as Nokari, Nasra, Cooper's Camp, Birnagar, Habibpur, Gopalpur and Parbbatipur are also linked with this cluster.

Area overview
Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Ranaghat subdivision has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts lying across the river. Topographically, Ranaghat subdivision is spread across the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district, and the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The Churni separates the two plains. A portion of the east forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The lower portion of the east is covered by a portion of the North 24 Parganas district. The subdivision has achieved reasonably high urbanisation. 41.68% of the population lives in urban areas and 58.32% lives 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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Kamgachhi had a total population of 19,988, of which 10,285 (51%) were males and 9,713 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,062. The total number of literate persons in Kamgachhi was 12,467 (69.51% of the population over 6 years).

The following municipalities, notified area, outgrowths and census towns were part of Ranaghat Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: Ranaghat (M), Birnagar (M), Cooper's Camp (NA), Magurkhali (OG), Ranaghat (CT) (CT), Hijuli (CT), Aistala (CT), Satigachha (CT), Nasra (CT), Panpara (CT), Raghabpur (CT), Kamgachhi (CT), Anulia (CT) and Halalpur Krishnapur (CT).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Kamgachhi covered an area of 7.7134 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved hand pump, tap water from untreated sources. It had 9,050 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 7 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 10 primary schools, 1 middle chool, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school. It had 6 non-formal education center (Sarva Aiksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 11 public libraries, 11 reading rooms. An important commodity it produced was handloom cloth. It had branch office of 1 nationalized bank, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society.

Transport
Kalinarayanpur Junction railway station, located nearby, is on the Sealdah-Krishnanagar line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.

Education
Kalinarayanpur Adarsha Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1957. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 1,600 books, 4 computers and a playground.

Radhanagar High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1953. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 500 books and 3 computers.

Healthcare
Habibpur (Jadav Dutta) Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Habibpur, is the major government medical facility in the Ranaghat I CD block