Kulgachia

Kulgachia is a small town Panchayet of Howrah district in the state West Bengal, India. The rail station located at the center of the town is only 40 km from howrah station and NH6 is only about 500 meter from the station area. Over the last five years it has been changed, developed and grown drastically to a town from village life though it is under panchayet raj administrative system yet. Populations are dramatically increased here nowadays due to the good communication with Kolkata, Kharagpur and other economically important parts of the state West Bengal.

Kulgachia
town
Kulgachia
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22.46°N 88.00°E / 22.46; 88.00
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total149,249
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Tulsiberia More, 2012

Infrastructure

Notable transportation networks include the Southeastern Railway, NH6, and Damodar. The Orissa Trunk Road is the main road and passes through the heart of the town. It connects to National Highway No-6, the Bombay Road.

Kulgachia has a railroad station.

Beside the station area there are two markets popularly known as Kulgachia super market and Ramkrisha market. Both of the markets have different types of shops, including a number of pharmacies. Chandipur Block Primary Health Centre popularly known as Chandipur hospital is only 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the station.

Geography

Kulgachia is located in the eastern part of India[1] With an average elevation of 4 m (13 ft). It is situated close to the Damodar River.

As it is an unplanned Panchayet town right now and has been known to suffer from drainage problems during periods of heavy rain. Other persistent issues are erosion caused by the Damodar river and encroachment.

Demographics

The Kulgachia area is estimated to have a population of 10,987,778.

Bus routes

Colleges
  • OmDayal Group of Institutions
  • Vivekananda Ramakrishna Mission B.Ed. College

Schools
  • Ideal Public School
  • Srikrishnapur Chittaranjan High School
  • Pirpur JUC Institute
  • Joargori High School
  • Netaji Balika vidyalaya
  • Kamina High School

KG Schools
  • Shishu Siksha Niketan
  • Children's Academy
  • Ankur
  • Vivekananda KG School
  • Adhyayan Public School

References
  1. "Kulgachi". Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. 1996-2010. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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