Nagrakata

Nagrakata is a village in the Nagrakata CD block in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Nagrakata
Village
Nagrakata
Location in West Bengal, India
Nagrakata
Nagrakata (India)
Nagrakata
Nagrakata (Asia)
Coordinates: 26.8869°N 88.9067°E / 26.8869; 88.9067
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictJalpaiguri
Elevation
214 m (702 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali[1][2]
 • Additional officialEnglish[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
735225
Telephone code03565
Vehicle registrationWB
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest citySiliguri
Lok Sabha constituencyAlipurduars
Vidhan Sabha constituencyNagrakata
Websitewb.gov.in

Geography
Places and tea estates in Malbabazar subdivision (including Mal, Nagrakata and Matiali CD blocks) in Jalpaiguri district
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate
Abbreviations used in names – TG for Tea Garden (town/village), TE for Tea Estate, JRS: junction railway station
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

It is located at 26.8869°N 88.9067°E / 26.8869; 88.9067 at an elevation of 214 m above MSL.[3]

National Highway 31C passes through Nagrakata. It is a station on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road Line.

Area overview

Gorumara National Park has overtaken traditionally popular Jaldapara National Park in footfall and Malbazar has emerged as one of the most important towns in the Dooars. Malbazar subdivision is presented in the map alongside.[4][5]It is a predominantly rural area with 88.62% of the population living in rural areas and 11.32% living in the urban areas.[6][7]Tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. [8][9] Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. [10]Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration

Police station

Nagrakata police has jurisdiction over a part of Nagrakata CD block.[11]

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Nagrakata CD block is at Nagrakata.[12]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Nagrakata had a total population of 356. There were 169 (47%) males and 187 (53%) females. There were 53 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Nagrakata was 174 (57.43% of the population over 6 years).[13]

Economy

Nagrakata, 75 km from Siliguri, has been a major hub of tea trading, with numerous tea gardens in the area – Chengmari, Kurti, Bhagatpur, Nagrakata, Jiti, Hope, Naya Sailee, Hilla, Grassmore, Ghatia, Loosan, Dharnipur and many others. With so many tea gardens in the area, Nagrakata has started attracting tourists. Tea Research Association is located here.[14]

Educational institutions

Nowadays there are a number of schools in this block. The main schools include:

  1. Nagrakata High School (Co-ed,Bengali)
  2. St. Capitanio Girls High School (Girls,Hindi)
  3. St. Mary's Boarding High School (Boys,Hindi)
  4. Chengmari Tea Estate High School (Co-ed,Hindi)
  5. Nagrakata Hindi Madhaymik Vidyalaya (Co-ed,Hindi)
  6. Sulkapara high school (Co-ed,Bengali)
  7. Ekalavya School (Co-ed,Boarding school)

Banarhat Kartik Oraon Hindi Government College was established at Banarhat in 2014. Affiliated with the University of North Bengal, it is a Hindi-medium institution offering courses in arts and science.[15]

References
  1. "Fact and Figures". www.wb.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. Map and weather of Nagrakata
  4. "Malbazar". North Bengal Tourism. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. "Dooars Tour". North Bengal Tourism. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. "Jalpaiguri". District Profile. District administration. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.2, 2.4b,. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 13 July 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  8. "Tea Growing Regions". Dooars and Terai. Indian Tea Association. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  9. "Dooars-Terai". Tea Board India. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  10. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  11. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  12. "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, Fifth page, map of Jalpaiguri district. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  13. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  14. "Nagrakata". North Bengal Tourism. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  15. "Banarhat Kartik Oraon Hindi Government College". BKOHGC. Retrieved 29 June 2020.


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