Pakuahat


Pakuahat is a village in the Bamangola CD block in the Malda [Sadar subdivision] of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location

Pakuahat is located at

Area overview

The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are "hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron." It lies to the east of the Mahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and "is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes." The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers. The total area is overwhelmingly rural. There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Bamangola CD block is at Pakuahat.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Mirzapur had a total population of 3,010, of which 1,562 were males and 1,448 were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 276. The total number of literate persons in Mirzapur was 2,227.

Transport

It is on the Nalagola-Pakuahat-Malda Road.

Education

was established in 1997 and is affiliated to the University of Gour Banga. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, history, sociology and political science, and general courses in arts and science.