Harua is a village and gram panchayat in the Suti I CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.[1]
Harua | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Nickname: Haroa | |
  Harua Location in West Bengal, India  Harua Harua (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°31′33″N 87°59′23″E / 24.5257°N 87.9898°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 9,012 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 731221 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jangipur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Suti. |
| Website | murshidabad |
Geography
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3miles
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural / urban centre, F: Facility
Abbreviation: TPS: Thermal Power Station, AMU: Aligarh Muslim University
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly.
Location
editHarua is located at 24°31′33″N 87°59′23″E / 24.5257°N 87.9898°E.
Area overview
editJangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.[2][3] The river Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent nearby. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.[4] Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone.[5] The subdivision has two large power plants—the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station.[6][7] According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million / ten lakh) workers engaged in the beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.[8][9][10] As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the Ganges alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks.[11]
Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 census of India, Harua had a total population of 9,012, of which 4,613 (51%) were males and 4,399 (49%) were females. The population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,664. The total number of literate people in Harua was 3,382 (46.03% of the population over 6 years old).[12]
Economy
editIn this area, United Bank of India has Harua branch.
Education
edit- Harowa High School, Harua
- Nayagram Y. M. High School, Suti I
References
edit- ^ Harua Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal. Census 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A" (PDF). Physiography, Page 13. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Murshidabad". Geography. Murshidabad district authorities. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Farakka Barrage Project". FBP. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India's tobacco industry". Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Power Generation". Farakka. NTPC. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited". Sagardighi Thermal Power Project. WBPDCL. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ Kar, Sunirmal. "Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal" (PDF). Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5. Shodhganga. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "The 'Poor man's cigarette'". Gurvinder Singh. The Statesman, 22 January 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key". Indrani Dutta. The Hindu, 1 May 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal" (PDF). Swati Mollah. Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 23 June 2018.