Swarupnagar, North 24 Parganas

Swarupnagar is a village in Swarupnagar CD Block in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Swarupnagar Banglani forms a gram panchayat.

This article is about the village in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake Community development block, see Swarupnagar. For 2 its namesake assembly constituency, see Swarupnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Swarupnagar
Village
Swarupnagar
Location in West Bengal, India
Swarupnagar
Swarupnagar (India)
Coordinates: 22.824345°N 88.85612°E / 22.824345; 88.85612
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
743286 (Swarupnagar)
Telephone/STD code03217
Lok Sabha constituencyBangaon
Vidhan Sabha constituencySwarupnagar
Websitenorth24parganas.nic.in

Police station

Swarupnagar police station covers an area of 217.17 km2 and serves a population of 261,200. Swarpnagar police district has a border of 42 km, all of which is unfenced. 32 km is land border and 10 km is riverine border. It has jurisdiction over Swarupnagar CD Block. There is an out-post at Charghat.[1]

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Swarupnagar CD Block are located at Swarupnagar.[2]

Demographics

In the map of Swarupnagar CD Block in the District Census Handbook for North 24 Parganas, Swarupnagar is shown as being part of Village No. 815 Banglani.[3]

As per the 2011 Census of India, Banglani had a total population of 24,422, of which 12,532 (51%) were males and 11,890 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 2,476. The total number of literates in Banglani was 16,884 (76.93% of the population over 6 years).[4]

Cattle smuggling

In the 2013 panchayat elections, the Left Front snatched the Swarupnagar Panchayat Samiti, under control of the Trinamool Congress for the previous two terms. The Left also won 7 of the 10 gram panchayats in Swarupnagar CD Block. Apart from other reasons, one major factor, according to media sources, was the links of the local Trinamool Congress activists with cattle smugglers. A large section of the population in this impoverished border region is involved in cattle smuggling.[5] The cattle smugglers are deeply rooted in local society. They not only pay for the services they demand, but they also attack the villagers, burn their houses and molest the women when their orders are not followed. No one dares to stand up to the cattle smugglers, but the local people can vote in elections and vent their feelings.[6] According to estimates of the villagers, more than 5,000-6,000 cows were smuggled every week through the Amudia border under Swarupnagar PS. However, with improved vigil and political support from the West Bengal chief minister, cattle smuggling has decreased considerably.[7]

Transport

The Taranipur-Tentulia Road and the Tetulia-Basirhat Road links Swarupnagar with Basirhat, via Tentulia. Hakimpur Main Road links Swarupnagar with Hakimpur Bazar on the India-Bangladesh border and the Ichhamati.[8]

Education

Saheed Nurul Islam Mahavidyalaya at Gokulpur-Harishpur, PO Tentulia, was established in 2001. Affiliated to the West Bengal State University it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Arabic, history, education, political science, geography and philosophy, and general courses in arts and science.[9][10]

Healthcare

Sarapole (Sonarpur) Rural Hospital at Sarapul is located nearby.[8]

References
  1. "North 24 Parganas Dist. Police". Know Your Police Station. District Police. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of North Twenty Four Parganas with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 263. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. "Opposition bleeds in post-poll attacks in North 24-Parganas". The Times of India, 31 July 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. "Why cattle continues to be smuggled from West Bengal's border areas to Bangladesh". The Economic Times, 29 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. "Border fening puts brakes on cattle smuggling, trafficking". Free Press Journal, 28 March 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. Google maps
  9. "Saheed Nurul Islam Mahavidyalaya". SNIM. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  10. "Saheed Nurul Islam Mahavidyalaya". College Admission. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

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