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| Bandel | |
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| Coordinates | 22°55′22″N 88°22′46″E / 22.922743°N 88.379542°ECoordinates: 22°55′22″N 88°22′46″E / 22.922743°N 88.379542°E |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District(s) | Hooghly |
| Parliamentary constituency | Hooghly |
| Assembly constituency | Chunchura |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 16 metres (52 ft) |
| Website | hooghly.nic.in |
- For the German-American structural engineer see Hannskarl Bandel
Bandel (Bengali: ব্যান্ডেল), founded by Portuguese settlers, is a suburban area in Chinsurah-Mogra block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police station and is a part of Kolkata Metropolitan Area .[1] Bandel is also known as a major junction station of Eastern Railway, it is 40 km from Howrah station. The Howrah–Bardhaman Main line, the Bandel–Naihati line and the Bandel–Katwa line meet here.
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History
Bandel church
Main article: Bandel Church
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Earlier, there was a Portuguese settlement at Bandel. The Church and the Monastery were built around 1660 by the Portuguese. Bandel Church is one of the oldest Christian churches in West Bengal. It is dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Rosário, also known as "Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem", meaning "Our Lady of the Good Voyage". The keystone of an older church with the year 1599 on it adorns the riverside gate of the monastery attached to it.[2]
Geography
Bandel is located at 22°55′22″N 88°22′46″E / 22.922743°N 88.379542°E[3] and it has the elevation of 16m.[4]The main river that flows by Bandel is Ganges.The town is in Gangetic plain.
Climate
Like the rest of the Ganges delta of West Bengal,the climate is tropical wet-and-dry in nature .A prolonged hot and humid weather is the main characteristic of the climate of Bandel.The Monsoon stays from early June to mid of September.Winter persists for almost three months, from mid of November to the mid of February. The weather remains dry during the winter and humid during summer.
Economy
Dunlop Factory: The famous Dunlop factory is situated at Sahaganj near Bandel.Though the condition of the factory is not satisfactory at all. BTPS: Bandel Thermal Power Station was started with a capacity of 82.5 MW in 1965. It has since been expanded and currently has a rated capacity of 530 MW. It is operated under the West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL).[5]
Bakery: Bandel is the base of many bakery industries. Bandel Bazar:Bandel Bazar is one of the biggest and important markets of the district.It's the hub of agricultural import and export. Vegetables,fruits(especially mango, watermelon), rice etc. are exported from the market. Banks: At Bandel, there are branches of banks like Allahabad Bank, Canara Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, State Bank of India, Uco Bank and United Bank of India.
Transport
At Bandel there are two railway stations, Hooghly and Bandel Junction. Bandel Junction is an important railway station of Eastern Railway and is a model rail station. The station is situated approximately 40 km apart from Howrah station on the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Line. The Bandel-Katwa meets the Howrah main line, here at Bandel Jn. Another branch line connects Bandel with Sealdah and Kolkata station via Naihati Junction. An EMU car-shed as well as a goods yard is situated in the neighbourhood of Bandel station.
Like other parts of Kolkata suburban area auto rickshaws can easily be found on the roads and streets of Bandel. Besides, there are buses,taxi,rickshaws.These all contribute to the public transport of Bandel.
While taking about the airport, the nearby airport is the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata.
Festivals
Like other parts of West Bengal, Durga Puja is the biggest festival of Bandel. Also Laxmi Puja, Kali Puja, Viswakarma Puja, Saraswati Puja, Poila Boisakh-Ganesh Puja, Chhat Puja, Dol Yatra are widely celebrated at Bandel. Olichandi Mela(fair) is the biggest fair observed at Bandel in early summer after the Dol Yatra. While the Chirstmas is well felicitated at Bandel church and lots of people come here in this occasion. Eid is the major festival celebrated by the Muslim community of Bandel.
Schools
- Bikramnagar Haranath Niradasundari Ghosh Vidyamandir (Co-Ed)Estb.1964
- Bandel Mahatma Gandhi Hindi High School (Co-Ed)
- Blooming Buds School Bandel (Est.1989)
- Dunlop English Medium School
- Bandel Vidyamandir High School
- Auxilium Convent
- Don Bosco School Bandel
- Sahaganj Dunlop High School
- Bandel St. John's High School
- Abbot Shishu Hall (Estd. 1979)(Co-Ed)(English)
- Hoofhly Gour Hari Harijan Vidya Mandir
- Elite Co-Ed School
- Hooghly Girls' High School
- Hooghly Branch (GOVT) High School
- Pratibandhi Kalyan Kendra, a centre for children with disability.
Colleges
- Hooghly Engineering and Technology College
- Modern Institute of Engineering and Technology
- West Bengal Survey Institute
- Hooghly Mohsin College (Estd. 1836)
- Hooghly Women's College
- Hooghly Institute of Technology[HIT]
- Bengal School Of Technology
- Techno India College (Estd.-2007)
- Hooghly Engineering and Technology College
- Technique Polytechnic Institute
- Academy of Technology
Nearby places
Debanandapur
It is the birth place of the Bengali author Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay and is about 3 km west from Bandel Station. His dwelling house is still there. There also is a library named Sarat Smrithi Pathagar, which includes a museum room containing the things used by the famous writer. The village has some 19th century atchala temples. It is one of the seven important villages named Saptagram at the time of Mughals.[6]
Sahaganj
Sahaganj is 4 km from Bandel station. A unit of Dunlop India Ltd. is located here. Ruias purchased Dunlop India Ltd. from the Dubai-based Jumbo group owned by the Chhabarias.the pin code is 712104.[7] and resumed production in January 2007 after 8 years.[8]
Tribeni
Tribeni is 8 km from Bandel on the Bandel-Katwa line.[9] Tribeni Tissues Limited, a specialty paper manufacturing company and a major supplier of tissue paper to the cigarette industry, is located at Tribeni. It was taken over by ITC in 1990.[10]
Other places
References
- ^ District-wise list of statutory towns
- ^ West Bengal Tourism – see Hooghly
- ^ "Yahoo maps". http://maps.yahoo.com/broadband/#mvt=m&lat=22.922743&lon=88.379542&mag=6&zoom=15. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ http://www.wolframalpha.com
- ^ WPDCL website
- ^ Government website
- ^ Dunlop India
- ^ Financial Express 15 January 2007.
- ^ Eastern Railway time table.
- ^ ITC website
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