Sagar Island
21°39′10″N 88°04′31″E / 21.6528°N 88.0753°E
District South 24 Parganas | | |
| MLA - Bankim chandra Hazra | ||
| Demographics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Population | 212,037 | |
| Additional information | ||
| Postal code | 743373 | |
Sagar Island is an island in the
Geography
5miles
R: rural/ urban centre
Places linked with coastal activity are marked in blue
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
Sagar Island is located at 21°39′10″N 88°04′31″E / 21.6528°N 88.0753°E. It has an average elevation of 4 metres (13 ft).
Climate
| Climate data for Sagar Island (1981–2010, extremes 1865–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.6 (87.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
38.3 (100.9) |
39.4 (102.9) |
38.7 (101.7) |
40.0 (104.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.1 (97.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.2 (45.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 12.5 (0.49) |
24.8 (0.98) |
17.3 (0.68) |
46.2 (1.82) |
144.9 (5.70) |
303.9 (11.96) |
319.9 (12.59) |
345.7 (13.61) |
319.2 (12.57) |
195.7 (7.70) |
53.3 (2.10) |
3.6 (0.14) |
1,787.1 (70.36) |
| Average rainy days | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 10.7 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 72.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST )
|
70 | 73 | 76 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 72 | 69 | 78 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[3] | |||||||||||||
History
A holy man, Kardam Muni, made a pact with
The king sent his 60,000 sons to find it, and they found it next to Kapil Muni's ashram, where Indra had hidden it. Mistaking Kapil Muni for the thief, the sons accused Kapil Muni, who in his wrath at the false accusation burned the sons to ash and sent their souls to
Through
Demographics
As per
Pilgrimage
The Gangasagar fair and pilgrimage is held annually on Sagar Island's southern tip, where the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal.
In 2007, about 300,000 pilgrims took the holy dip where the Hooghly meets the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. Almost five-hundred thousand pilgrims thronged Sagar Island in 2008.[9] For the rest of the year about 500,000 people come to the island.[10] According to reports on 14 January 2018, 18-2 million people had visited Ganga Sagar in 2018, against 1.5 million in 2017.[11]
Travel
From Kolkata, Diamond Harbour Road (
Development proposals
The Government of India and Government of West Bengal are planning to connect Sagar Island with Kakdwip with a 3.3 km rail-and-road bridge and to build Sagar Port on Sagar Island.[13][14]
References
- ^ (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2006.
- ^ "Sagar bridge on study table". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 11 September 2007. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Station: Sagar Island Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 677–678. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ The Mahabharata translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli (1883 -1896), Book 3: Vana Parva: Tirtha-yatra Parva: Section 107, Section 108 and Section 109.
- ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Makar Sankanti festival: Sun's Transition from Sagittarius to Capricorn: Time to visit Gangasagar". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4053-8583-1.
- ^ Dawar, Damini (14 January 2014). "Ganga Sagar Mela in West Bengal : A dip for Moksha". Merinews. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Dip, deaths mark Sagar mela finale". The Statesman, 16 January 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
- ^ Chattopdhyay, Debashis (15 January 2007). "Bridge plea for Sagar tourism". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 28 January 2007.
- ^ "West Bengal: On Makar Sankranti 2018, Ganga Sagar Mela witnesses record crowds". Home>>India. DNA, 14 January 2018. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-74179-319-2.
- ^ Manish, Visakhapatnam (20 September 2013). "Major port at Sagar to be operational by 2019". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013.
- ^ Keck, Zachary (22 December 2013). "China to Sell Bangladesh 2 Submarines". thediplomat.com. The Diplomat. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
External links
Media related to Sagar Island at Wikimedia Commons
Sagar Island travel guide from Wikivoyage- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1002.
