- Dhanyakuria
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OUR GREAT DHANYAKURIA — town — Coordinates 22°40′30″N 88°50′46″E / 22.6750850°N 88.8460060°ECoordinates: 22°40′30″N 88°50′46″E / 22.6750850°N 88.8460060°E Country India State West Bengal District(s) North 24 Parganas Parliamentary constituency Basirhat Assembly constituency Basirhat Uttar Population 4,168 (2001[update]) Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Website north24parganas.nic.in Dhanyakuria (Bengali: ধান্যাকুরিয়া) is a census town under Basirhat police station of Basirhat subdivision,[1] in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census[2], Dhanyakuria had a population of 4168. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dhanyakuria has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81% and, female literacy is 68%. In Dhanyakuria, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Healthcare
North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination. [3]
Popular History
There are some notable old mansions that belonged to zamindars of yore. They are well maintained and many Bengali movies have also been filmed here.It's a very old village by birth and may be the most prosperous one among surrounding villages. It is told that One family called "Sawoo" came here first and established the village,and that is true.They then established one school and one health care unit. This village got its first School for only Girls, established more than 100 years ago. One can imagine the situation 100 years back. If you are interested then it is a good weekend visit just 50km away from Kolkata. While entering this village, the first thing you will see is a big mansion called "Gaine Garden",now the "Gaine Garden" is becomes an orphan age the members of Gaine family gave the place to indian govt. to creat that orphan age and as you go by you will happen to see "Gaine Family Building", then "Sawoo Family Building" and "Ballav Family Building" and at last you will find Sawoo family's Big garden spot by a small village river. A perfect day outing from kolkata. Note:This village doesn't have any hotels or other overnight accommodations. Best time to visit: Between December to Feb during winter when the temperatures are cooler. Air conditioning is a rarity. A very beautiful character of this place are the mangoes,so very tasty and plenty it drowns you in greed. Every family here have mango trees planted in their yards in front of the house and even in the backyards. The zamindar bari's specially "ballab bagan" is a paradise for mango lovers, where one would get to see acres of land where mangoes loiter on the ground from the stems of the tree.
References
- ^ District-wise list of statutory towns
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study )". Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
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- Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district
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