Katwa

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Katwa
Town
Katwa is located in West Bengal
Katwa
Katwa
Location in West Bengal, India
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District Bardhaman
Government
 • Body Katwa Municipality
 • Chairman Amar Ram
 • MP Sunil Mondal
 • MLA Rabindra Nath Chatterjee
Area
 • Total 8.53 km2 (3.29 sq mi)
Elevation 21 m (69 ft)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 713130
Telephone code 91 3453
Lok Sabha constituency Bardhaman Purba
Vidhan Sabha constituency Katwa
Website bardhaman.gov.in

Katwa (Bengali: কাটোয়া) is a town and the headquarters of Katwa subdivision in Bardhaman district of Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Ajay River Katwa.

Katwa is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It has an average elevation of 21 m (69 ft). It is situated between the Ajay River and the Bhagirathi River and so bounded by water to the east, west and north.

Gram panchayats under Katwa I Panchayat Samiti are: Koshigram, Goai, Srikhanda, Khajurdihi, Sudpur, Karajgram, Alampur, Gidhagram and Saragram.[1]

Gram panchayats under Katwa II Panchayat Samiti are: Karui, Palsona, Jagadannadapur, Gazipur, Agradwip, Sribati[2] and Singhee.[1]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[3] Katwa had a population of 71,573, 51% male and 49% female. The average literacy rate is 74%, higher than the national average: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 69%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Katwa has a total area of 8.53 km² with a population density of 8,391/km².[4] A steady flow of refugees from East Pakistan increased the population of the area in the fifties.[5]

Railway

Katwa railway station is a railway junction on Broad Gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) railway line from Calcutta to Malda Town. broad gauge railway line and to Burdwan junction on Howrah-Asansol broad gauge railway line. The Katwa-Burdwan narrow gauge railway line is being converted to broad gauge under project Unigauge. The 26 km Burdwan-Balgona section has been converted to broad gauge in 2013 and EMU train started on the section in February 2014.[6]

See also

References

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  2. Sribati
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  4. Population data on urban units of Bardhaman
  5. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and folklore of Bardhaman District.), (Bengali), Vol I, p57, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3
  6. http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOIKM/2014/02/09/19/Img/Ad0191102.png