Samudragarh

Samudragarh
সমুদ্রগড়
Town
Samudragarh
Location in West Bengal, India
Samudragarh
Samudragarh (India)
Coordinates: 23°14′N 88°14′E / 23.23°N 88.23°E / 23.23; 88.23Coordinates: 23°14′N 88°14′E / 23.23°N 88.23°E / 23.23; 88.23
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Bardhaman
Government
 • Type Block
 • Body Purbasthali Block I
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 713519
Website bardhaman.gov.in

Samudragarh or Nasaratpur is a census town under Nadanghat police station in Nadanghat I CD Block in Kalna subdivision [1] in Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is about 15 km away from Kalna, India. It is situated on the western bank of the Bhāgirathi.

Etymology

The word Samudragarh derives from two Bengali term Samudra (means sea in English) and Garh (means fort in English). Though there are several explanations about the origin of this name but the main explanation is that the term Samudra came from a name of a local king and as the king built his fort in this place so the word Garh came that fort itself.(Though there is no fort has been found yet). Another explanation is that the area is surrounded by water bodies in all side, so related to water, the name might have come.

Geography

Samudragarh is located on the agriculturally rich alluvial plains between the Bhagirathi, Ajay and Damodar rivers.Temperatures in this region varies from 17-18 °C in winter to 30-32 °C in summer.

Transport

Samudragarh is about 97 km from Howrah on the Howrah-Bandel-Katwa Branch Line of Eastern Railway. It has 2 railway stations as Samudragarh(station of Howrah railway division) and Nandai Gram(station of Howrah railway division).

Bus services
  Nabadwip-Kalna via Saudragarh
  Nabadwip-Burdwan via Samudragarh,Dhatrigram
  Nabadwip-Katwa via Samudragarh
  Kalna-Burdwan via Samudragarh

Economy

Though "Samudragarh" is a small area but it contributes a lot in the economical field of garments business both in the local and national market. Tant saree is the main garment produced here in a major quantity. Samudragarh also provides enough resource in the Agricultural market, as this place has the perfect tropical weather required to grow any kind of vegetable.

Festival

(1) DOL PURNIMA (feb-mar) Pilgrims comes from all over the world to attend this festival which actually takes place in Nabadwip and surrounding all the historical places related with Lord Sri Chaitanya. Travelers comes to the Gour-Gadhadhar temple located in Samudragarh.

(2) CRACKER FESTIVAL (sep/oct) This is the very own festival of Samudragarh .It takes place right after the DURGA PUJA and follows the trail.

(3) Also almost all the festivals related with Bengali culture are celebrated here like Pohela baisakh Saraswati puja, Durga puja etc and so on.

Education

Samudragarh has mainly 4 Higher Secondary schools.They are

1. Paruldanga Nasaratpur High School

2. Samudragarh High School

3. Jaluidanga G.C.P Balika Vidyalaya

4. Champahati K.P.C Balika Vidyalaya

also so many primary schools are there.

References

  1. ↑ District-wise list of stautory towns Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.
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