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Ramakantapur

Ramakantapur
Census Town
Ramakantapur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Ramakantapur Ramakantapur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°33′50″N 88°03′18″E / 24.564°N 88.055°E / 24.564; 88.055
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Area
• Total	0.3808 km2 (0.1470 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,347
• Density	17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	742223
Vehicle registration	WB
Website	murshidabad.nic.in

Ramakantapur is a census town in the Suti I CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.^[1][2]

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Kherur Mosque

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Bhagirathi River

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Nurpur

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Sagardighi

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Sadikpur

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Raghunathganj

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Morgram

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Manigram

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Harua

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Bansabati

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Bara Jumla

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Krishna Sali

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Teghari

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Donalia

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Khodarampur

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Osmanpur

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Jot Kamal

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Mithipur

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Giria

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Mirzapur

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Ramnagar

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Dafarpur

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Charka

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Srikantabati

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Ghorsala

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Nayabahadurpur

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Madna

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Ramakantapur

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Fatellepur

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Ramakantapur is located at 24°33′50″N 88°03′18″E / 24.564°N 88.055°E / 24.564; 88.055. near the bank of Bhagirathi River.

Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana divisionofJharkhand. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.^[3][4] The river Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.^[5] Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).^[6] The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station.^[7][8] According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.^[9][10][11] As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the Ganges alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks.^[12]

Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

According to the 2011 Census of India, Ramkantapur had a total population of 6,347, of which 3,213 (51%) were males and 3,134 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,189. The total number of literate persons in Ramkantapur was 2,967 (57.52% of the population over 6 years).^[13]

According to the District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, 2011, Ramakantapur covered an area of 0.3808 km². It had 1.5 km roads. The protected water-supply involved hand pump, tube well/ bore well. It had 1,910 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities, it had 2 primary schools in town, other schools at Fatellapur 3 km away, the nearest general degree college at Aurangabad 12 km away.^[14]

Suti I CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of arsenic contamination. The WHO guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg/ litre, and the Indian Standard value is 50 mg/ litre. The maximum concentration in Suti I CD block is 700 mg/litre.^[15]

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