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Sagarpara

It is a small village in the district of Murshidabad. Latitude :24.238609 Longitude : 88.697776.

Here 24568 people lived happily, among them 12692 are male & 11876 are female. Maximum people are poor farmer. Both Hindu & Muslim communities people lived happily. There are a masjid situated near sagarpara bazaar (Opposite Sagarpara High School). This is located under jalangi police station in west bengal. It is located 2.5 Kms from the river Padma. Postal Pin Number of Sagarpara is - 742306.

Map of Sagarpara :

History :

Like any other small village town in Ganges delta, it was a small river port during the time of Mughal. Till the year of Indian independence (1947), it was just a small village backed by a port that used to ferry jute through river jalangi, a tributary of Padma River.

Division of India changed this small port into a vibrant village town due to settlement of people from East Bengal. 1971 the year of Bangladesh liberation war(with help of India) saw another surge of refugees in this town located only 10 km from Bangladesh border.

Population and commerce in Sagarpara was growing fast since 1971 due to new settlers who preferred to build a house in this town due to its high-land surrounded by small rivers. The town does not get flooded because it is located on the high natural barrage side of the river. It survived like a water-locked island during devastating flood of 1978,1997 which forced its neighboring population to migrate into this town.

Economy :

The local commerce is based on export of jute, banana, cucumber, brinjal, onion, with other vegetables, grain & beetel leaves. The town boasts nearly 3000 shops, 120 small industrial units (SIU). The city is home to large number of Marwari population who control the jute business traditionally. Apart from this, Transportation business is also on the roll. Recently young generations wiped out their in govt. services.

Education :

Sagarpara has 4 high schools- Sagarpara High School, Sagarpara Girls High School & Ananda Marga Primary School, Sagarpara Primary School. One Polytechnic college named NIBEDITA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ( http://www.nibeditainstitute.com/ ) and Many other study centeres of open universities are here.

Communication :

The town is situated near the international border of India-Bangladesh (5 K.M from main town). West Bengal state highway 11 crosses it. Mainly the communication depends on bus route from Krishnanagar to Sagarpara (Via Karimpur). From other end it can be accessed by Baharampur to Sagarpara(Via Sekhpara or Domkal ) bus route. Either ways it takes about between 2-3 Hrs of journey.