Cities and Towns in North Dinajpur District - Itahar, Goalpokhar, Karandighi, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur, Raiganj, Dalkhola, Kaliaganj, Chopra (Paperback)

Chapters: Itahar, Goalpokhar, Karandighi, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur, Raiganj, Dalkhola, Kaliaganj, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur, Hemtabad, Nachhratpur Katabari, Kasba, Uttar Dinajpur. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Itahar - Floods in Murshidabad, Malda and Uttar Dinajpr districts of West Bengal are a regular feature. They destroy the economy, life and property of the people including agricultural crop. A comprehensive plan document or Master Plan has been drawn up but floods continue to plague the region. Mahananda and Sui rivers destroy Itahar every year. In the 2001 census, Itahar community development bloc had a total population of 249,500, of which 127,332 were males and 122,168 were females. Decadal growth for the period 1991-2001 was 26.58%, against 28.72% in Uttar Dinajpur district. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%. Itahar is an intermediate panchayat in Uttar Dinajpur district, with Chhayghara, Durgapur, Durlovpur, Gulandar, Joyhat, Kapasia, Marnai, Patirajpur and Surun village panchayats under it. The Gazole-Itahar rail track, off the recently constructed Eklakhi-Balurghat line, is phase 1 of the Gazole-Raiganj rail link. The Balurghat-Eklakhi railway line was taken up in 1983-84. A bridge on the Mahananda connecting Itahar in Uttar Dinajpur with Chanchal in Malda district has been under construction since 1999. The main portion of the bridge was built in 2004 but subsequent work has remained suspended. In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 elections to the state assembly, Srikumar Mukherjee of Communist Party of India (CPI) won the Itahar seat, defeating Zainal Abedin of Indian National Congress (INC)/Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). In 1991, Zainal Abedin defeated Swadesh Chaki of CPI. In 1987, Swadesh Chaki of CPI defeated Zainal Abedin ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=15580456