Farakka
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Farakka
Geography
3miles
Feeder Canal
Township
Location
Farakka is located at 24°47′15″N 87°54′15″E / 24.7875°N 87.904167°E.
Neighbourhoods
There are several places around Farakka, such as Farakka Barrage Township, Nabarun, Beniagram, Srimantapur, Puran Chandipur and Sahebnagar, which are in effect neighbourhoods of Farakka, but either identified as separate Census Towns/ villages or not identified separately in 2011 census.[2][3]
Area overview
Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52
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.
Civic administration
Police station
Farakka police station has jurisdiction over the Farakka CD block.[14]
CD block HQ
The headquarters of Farakka CD block are located at Farakka.[15]
Economy
Construction of the Farakka Barrage commenced in 1961 and it was commissioned in 1975.[16]
The 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station of NTPC at Nabarun was commissioned between 1986 and 2011.[17]
Farakka Port is a minor river port that handles coal imported for Farakka Super Thermal Power Station.[18]
Transport
National Highway 12 (old number NH 34) passes through Farakka.[20]
Education
There is Delhi Public School which run under the aegis of The Delhi Public School Society, New Delhi Co-educational English Medium CBSE School. It was established in the year 1993 and provide Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.
There is Holy Family School which run under the aegis of the HFS sisters. It is an English medium CISCE school. It was established in the year 1997 and provides secondary as well as Higher Secondary Education . It is located near the Beniagram hospital.
There is a branch of
Healthcare
The following medical facilities are located in and around Farakka: Farakka Barrage Hospital at Farakka Barrage Township (with 50 beds), Farakka Block Primary Health Centre at Farakka (with 10 beds), Benipur Primary Health Centre (working as BPHC) (with 15 beds), Arjunpur PHC (with 10 beds) and Kendua PHC at Srimantapur (with 2 beds).[22]
References
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- ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ Google maps
- ^ "District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A" (PDF). Physiography, Page 13. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Murshidabad". Geography. Murshidabad district authorities. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Farakka Barrage Project". FBP. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India's tobacco industry". Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Power Generation". Farakka. NTPC. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited". Sagardighi Thermal Power Project. WBPDCL. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ Kar, Sunirmal. "Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal" (PDF). Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5. Shodhganga. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "The 'Poor man's cigarette'". Gurvinder Singh. The Statesman, 22 January 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key". Indrani Dutta. The Hindu, 1 May 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal" (PDF). Swati Mollah. Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Murshidabad". Table 2.1. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Murshidabad with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Farakka Barrage Project". FBP. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Power Generation". Farakka. NTPC. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "তৈরি ৩ জেটি আর রেলে নয়, জলপথে কয়লা পৌঁছবে ফরাক্কায়". আনন্দবাজার প্রত্রিকা. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "3143 => 2343 Darjeeling Mail (PT)". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original(PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Prof. Syed Nurul Hasan College". Prof SNHC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2017.