Palashipara


Palashipara, is a village in the Tehatta II CD block in Tehatta subdivision of the Nadia district, West Bengal, India.

History

During the time between Maratha invasions of Bengal by Bargis and Battle of Plassey, local people migrated to a different place to avoid social, political turmoil and form a new human settlement. According to the etymology para of the inhabitants of Palashi set up here. Palashipara is an old village situated in the bank of Jalangi River. An indigo kuthi was established by the indigo planters at Nishchintapur village near Palashipara. Before the Partition of Bengal (1947) this place was under Meherpur subdivision in British India.

Geography

Location

Palashipara is located at.

Area overview

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North. The Jalangi River forms the district/ subdivision border in the north-western part and then flows through the subdivision. The other important rivers are Mathabhanga and Bhairab. The eastern portion forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural. 97.15% of the population lives in the rural areas and 2.85% lives in the urban areas.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Palashipara had a total population of 10,693, of which 5,434 were males and 5,259 were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 955. The total number of literate persons in Palashipara was 7,911.

Civic administration

Police station

Palashipara police station serves Tehatta II subdivision.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Tehatta II CD block are located at Palashipara.

Education

There are two high schools at Palashipara. Palashipara [Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Vidyapith] known as MGS vidyapith is situated here. Another Higher Secondary school Palashipara Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Balika Vidyalaya is the schools for girls', providing 10+2 education to the locals. There are few primary schools in the locality.

Transport

Palashipara is connected by bus with district headquarters Krishnagar. Nearest Plassey railway station at Plassey is almost 18 km from Palashipara. The connector of National [Highway 34 (India)] and State highway 11 passed through the village. A bridge named Dwijendralal Setu was made in 1971 over the Jalangi river on the way of the connector.