Payradanga

Payradanga is an inhabited place, not identified by 2011 census as a separate place, and a gram panchayat, in the Ranaghat I CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district of West Bengal, India.

Payradanga
Urban neighbourhood
Payradanga
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 23.1306°N 88.5457°E / 23.1306; 88.5457
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Elevation
7 m (23 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
741247
Telephone code91(0)3473-23x-xxx

History

The entire history combines places like Payradanga, Anulia, Baidyapur, ans Haradham. Roads connect all these places. In 1606 A.C. Bhabananda Roy Majumder was the King of Nadia according to the Mughal Empire Jahangir's 14 Parganas. Later on Raja Rudra (1683–94) established the city Krishnanagar. However, the development in Nadia was led by Raja Krishnachandra (1728–82). He built religious places and small localities around different places in Nadia. He also built a locality at Haradham (currently in Payradanga) and Anandadham. There were many areas scattered in and around Payradanga, while during the 1950s some social workers, like Khitish Chandra Guha, Rohonikanta Das, and Bhabes Chandra Chakroborty developed a locality in Pritinagar. They built a co-operative to support the project. After that they established the Pritinagar High School and started the Durga Puja festival and other activities.

The first structured ruling system employed in Payradanga was the Chowkidary Panchayat system that started in 1870 during the British period. In 1885 this two-level ruling structure was formed by the British Government. Post-independence, the ruling scheme was similar. In 1957 the first Panchayet structure was employed in West Bengal, but in 1973 this law was passed and a 3-stage panchayet was employed, i.e. Zilla Parishad, Block Panchayet Samiti. The 1st Gram Panchayat election was held in June 1978. Ukilnara is one of the most popular area in Payradanga.

Geography
Cities and towns in Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district
M: municipal town/ city/notified area, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Payradanga is located at 23.1306°N 88.5457°E / 23.1306; 88.5457.

Payradanga is not identified as a separate inhabited place in 2011 census. According to the map of Ranaghat I CD block in the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Payradanga appears to be spread across Ukhil Nara mouza and Parbbatipur census town. Payradanga railway station is shown as being located in Parbbatipur.[1]

Area overview

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature.[2]The Ranaghat subdivision has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts lying across the river. Topographically, Ranaghat subdivision is spread across the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district, and the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The Churni separates the two plains. A portion of the east forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The lower portion of the east is covered by a portion of the North 24 Parganas district.[3]The subdivision has achieved reasonably high urbanisation. 41.68% of the population lives in urban areas and 58.32% lives in rural areas.[4]

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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Transport

Payradanga railway station is well connected by the local train transport system to the Sealdah-Ranaghat Line.[5]

Education

Pritinagar Bhudeb Smriti Vidyapith(HS) & Pritinagar Bhudeb Smriti Vidyapith for Girls' are the Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1950. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 1,100 books and a playground.[6]

References
  1. "District Census Handbook Nadia, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Ranaghat I CD block, page 449. Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. Gangopadhyay, Basudev, Paschimbanga Parichay, 2001, (in Bengali), p. 70, Sishu Sahitya Sansad
  3. "District Census Handbook, Nadia, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 13,14. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Nadia". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  5. "Payradanga railway station". India Rail Info.
  6. "Pritinagar Bhudeb Smriti Vidyapith". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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