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Mogra — gram panchayat — Coordinates 22°58′45″N 88°22′29″E / 22.97925°N 88.374769°ECoordinates: 22°58′45″N 88°22′29″E / 22.97925°N 88.374769°E Country India State West Bengal District(s) Hooghly Population 112,267 (2001[update]) Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Area
• 12 metres (39 ft)
Mogra (also spelt Magra or Mugra) (Bengali: মগরা) is a gram panchayat , police station and headquarters of Chinsurah-Mogra community development block in Hooghly district in West Bengal, India. It is in Chinsurah subdivision.[1] It is a railway station on the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Line, 47 km from Howrah station, and 7 km from Bandel.[2]
All India Radio has located some of its high power transmitters at Mogra. These transmitters carry a mix of domestic and external services.[3]
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Geography
Mogra is located at 22°58′45″N 88°22′29″E / 22.97925°N 88.374769°E[4]. It has an average elevation of 12 m (39 ft).
Education
Schools and Colleges There are so many schools and colleges in mogra now. Uttam chandra high school, Bagati Ram Gopal Ghosh high school, Bimalabala hindi high school, Pravabati balika vidyalaya, Sibchandra girls high school, Tarinisatra High School, Diksui High School, etc. Sreegopal Banerjee College is the only college in magra for general studies and it had also recently started Study Center of Netaji open university. Beside this there are ABACUS engineering college, a politechnique college named Elite Engineering college, etc. Also Academy of Technology a reputed engineering college is in one station distance from mogra. Near by Academy of Technology there is rural library where Professor Narayan Ch Ghosh was administrator. Besides that there are other two Govt. Sponsored rural libraries.
People
The oldest tribes of this place are bagdis,bauris and sadhukhan.After the division of bengal many refugees settled in this place from Bangladesh. Bagati at Mogra was the ancestral home of the Young Bengal leader Ramgopal Ghosh.[5] .
Festivals
Saraswati puja
The Saraswati puja of Magra is one of the most famous puja's in Hooghly.
References
- ^ District-wise list of statutory towns
- ^ Eastern Railway time table.
- ^ Radio Transmitters, Radio Transmitters
- ^ Yahoo maps
- ^ Sastri, Sivanath, Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj, (Bengali)1903/2001, p 76, New Age Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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