Krishnarampur

Krishnarampur
Krishnarampur
Village
	Chanditala
Website	wb.gov.in

Krishnarampur (কৃষ্ণরামপুর) is a village and a gram panchayat in Chanditala I community development block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station.^[1]

Before Krishnarampur, whose name was "Kristorampur (কৃষ্টরামপুর)". It is believed that the name was changed after the independence and partition of India in 1947. At that time rice was very popular here. There were many big rice warehouses here. From all the unique areas, bullock carts used to come here to buy and sell paddy rice, then from Krishnarampur to Howrah rice was traded through Martin's Light Railways (MLR).

Between 1907-1908, Martin's Light Railways (MLR) was fully operational here from Howrah to Shiakhala.

Until 1947 it was run by the British government and Martin.co. These have been run privately since the country became independent in 1947. This railway line was finally closed in 1971.

Between 1907-1908, Martin's Light Railways (MLR) was fully operational here from Howrah to Shiakhala.

Geography

Krishnarampur is located at 22°43′19″N 88°13′00″E / 22.721831°N 88.216765°E / 22.721831; 88.216765. On its north side, Bankrishnapur, Manirampur and Kumragari situated; on its east side, Madhabpur, Khoragari, Duttapur, and Janai; on its south, Jagannathbati, Kumirmora, and Nawabpur; on its east, Dudhkalmi, Dhipa and Jangalpara situated.

Gram panchayat

Krisharampur Gram Panchayat is part of Chanditala 1 Panchayat Samity and Hooghly Zila Parishad in 3-tier Panchayati Raj systems.

Villages and census towns in Krishnarampur gram panchayat are: Krishnarampur and Jangalpara.^[2]

Demographics

As per

2011 Census of India, Krishnarampur had a total population of 10,044 of which 5,024 (50%) were males and 5,020 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 912. The total number of literates in Krishnarampur was 7,734 (84.69% of the population over 6 years).^[3]

Transport

Railway

Howrah-Bardhaman chord, which is a part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway

system.

Road

The main road is

Durgapur Expressway

.

Bus

Private Bus

26
Bonhooghly - Champadanga

26A Serampore - Aushbati
26C
Bonhooghly - Jagatballavpur

Bus Routes without Numbers

Howrah Station
- Bandar (Dhanyaghori)

Krishnarampur gallery

References

^ "banglarbhumi.gov.in". WEST BENGAL ->HUGLI(হুগলী) ->CHANDITALA-I (চণ্ডীতলা-১) Mouza Information. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ "Krishnarampur". Indian Village Directory. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

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[1] "banglarbhumi.gov.in". WEST BENGAL ->HUGLI(হুগলী) ->CHANDITALA-I (চণ্ডীতলা-১) Mouza Information. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[2] "Krishnarampur". Indian Village Directory. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[census2011-3] "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

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