Radhanagore

Radhanagore (also spelt Radhanagar) is a village under Khanakul I block in Arambagh subdivision of Hooghly District of West Bengal, India. It is famous as the birthplace of Raja Rammohun Roy. Located near Khanakul, it is approachable from Tarakeswar or Arambag. Mundeswari river flows nearby.

Radhanagore

Radhanagar
village
Radhanagore
Location in West Bengal, India
Radhanagore
Radhanagore (India)
Coordinates: 22.726513°N 87.866035°E / 22.726513; 87.866035
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
712403
ISO 3166 codeIN-WB

The Raja’s ancestral home and ruins of the house he built at the Langulpara cremation ground are still there. A college has been established in his name in the village.

Kamarpukur, also in Hooghly District, birthplace of Sri Ramkrishna and Birsingha in Paschim Medinipur, birthplace of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar are near Radhanagore.

Geography

Gram panchayats

Khanakul-I Block has two gram panchayats named Rammohan-I and Rammohan-II covering both Radhanagar and Langulpara.[1]

Rammohan-I covers the following villages: Gaurangapur, Jagannathpur, Amarpur, Jakri, Sarda, Kalimba, Raghunathpur, Langulpara, Sahanpur, Chak Sonatikri, Dhamla, Paschim Radhanagar, and Senpur. Rammohan-II covers the following villages: Shrirampur, Kaiba, Atghara, Sekendarpur, Gobindapur, Khamargor, Maikhanda, and Helan.[1]

Demographics

Paschim Radhanagar had a population of 2,220 and Langulpara of 1,638. Purba Radhanagar with a population of 4,878 is part of Balipur panchayat.[1]

Education

Raja Rammohan Roy Mahavidyalaya, a general degree college, was established at Radhanagore in 1964.[2]

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References
  1. "Census Data District Name: Hugli(12) Block Name: Khanakul - I(0017)". West Bengal Govt. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  2. "Raja Rammohan Roy Mahavidyalaya". RRRM. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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