Kandi, Murshidabad

Kandi / কান্দি
Town
Kandi / কান্দি

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 23°57′N 88°02′E / 23.95°N 88.03°E / 23.95; 88.03Coordinates: 23°57′N 88°02′E / 23.95°N 88.03°E / 23.95; 88.03
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Elevation 20 m (70 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 55,632
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Postal Code 742137, 742138, 742139, 742140
Vehicle registration WB/57
Lok Sabha constituency Baharampur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kandi

Kandi is a town and a municipality in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarters of Kandi subdivision.

Geography

Kandi is located at 23°57′N 88°02′E / 23.95°N 88.03°E / 23.95; 88.03.[1] It has an average elevation of 20 metres (65 feet).

Kandi is a small sub-divisional administrative headquarters in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal.

It is just 30 km drive from the district headquarters of Berhampore. It has a close proximity to two other districts namely Burdwan & Birbhum.

The town is renowned for one of the oldest municipal bodies in India. It has acquired the status of a municipality way back in 1869.

Education

There are many educational establishments in this place

Colleges

Schools

The educational revolution of this place started when Kandi Raj High School was established by converting a theater owned by the Zamindars of the Kandi Raj family. This was done on an appeal by none other than Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the eminent educationist and social reformer during the renaissance in Bengal.

The Zamindar family, commonly referred to as Rajas have contributed to the spread of education in a commendable way. They also took initiative for female education in and around the Kandi subdivision.

Currently, female education has picked up momentum. There are many educational libraries, sporting clubs in neighbouring villages.

Only one CBSE-Affiliated English medium (+2) level is school is situated near Kandi, named Saraswati Devi Public School. Near about 900 students learning with complete English medium background. It can help students to fight in various competitive exam near future. In last 4-5 to years a huge number of minority classes people is interested to develop their child from English Medium background. It is very good sign for Kandi sub-division as well as for Murshidabad District. Presently some B.ed, D.ed and Engineering college is also established in Kandi town.

Health

There is a government hospital Kandi Subdivision Hospital in the heart of the town and neighbouring people visit for their medical treatment And also Kandi Animal Hospital in there.

Transport

There are in Netaji Subhas Bus Terminal model bus stand route is Berhampore, suri, bolpur, tarapith, rampurhat, burdwan, katwa, asansol etc. the N.B.S.T.C bus services are going to Kolkata & Durgapur from via Kandi, & also S.B.S.T.C Bus services Berhampore suri route from via Kandi is available.

There is no railway station. Nearby rail way stations are Salar, Berhampore Court, Sainthia, Khagra etc.

Personalities

The town is proud to be associated with various well known personalities including Ramendra Sundar Trivedi(linguist and educationist and litterateur), Haraprasad Shastri ( Linguist and Educationist and litterateur ), Bimal Sinha, Jagadish Sinha (politician), Byomkes Chakrabarti (linguist and educationist), Sarat Chandra Pandit (Dada Thakur), Atish Chandra Sinha. Dr. Bikash Chandra Sinha one of the greatest Nuclear Scientist in India. Presently he works at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics as a Director in Kolkata.

Banking & Financial Services

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Kandi had a population of 50,345. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kandi has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 60%. In Kandi, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kandi
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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