Teghari, Murshidabad

Teghari is a census town in the Raghunathganj II CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Location
Teghari is located at 24.4517°N, 88.1316°W.

Area overview
Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating. The river Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country. Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime-prone (partly shown in this map). The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station. According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women. As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the Ganges alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks.

Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Teghari had a total population of 25,058, of which 12,677 (51%) were males and 12,291 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 4,529. The total number of literate persons in Teghari was 12,576 (61.26% of the population 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, 2011, Teghari covered an area of 3.5383 km2. The protected water-supply involved pressure tank, tube well/ bore well. It had 1,500 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities, it had 11 primary schools, 1 secondary school, other school facilities, general degree college at Jangipur 7 km away. It had 3 non-formal education centres (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational & cultural facilities it had 1 public library. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 agricultural credit society.

Healthcare
Raghunathganj II CD block has Teghari Block Primary Health Centre (with 10 beds) and Mohammadpur Primary Health Centre at Adikantapur (with 10 beds).

Raghunathganj II CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of arsenic contamination. The WHO guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg/ litre, and the Indian Standard value is 50 mg/ litre. The maximum concentration in Raghunathaganj II CD block is 875 mg/litre.