Murarisha

Murarisaha or Murarisha Chowmatha(most of the time uses) is a village and a gram panchayat located in Hasnabad CD Block in Basirhat subdivision of the district of North 24 Parganas in the state of West Bengal in India.

Murarisha Murarisha Chowmatha
Village
Market on roadside from South to North view
Murarisha Location in West Bengal, India Murarisha Murarisha (India)
Coordinates: 22°34′25″N 88°50′30″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	North 24 Parganas district
Block	Hasnabad
Government
• MP	Idris Ali
• MLA	Rafikul Islam Mondal[1]
Elevation Above sea level	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,659[2]
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC5:30 (Indian Standard Time (IST))
Postal Index Number (PIN)	743456
Telephone code	91, 3217
Vehicle registration	WB26
Lok Sabha constituency	Basirhat
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Basirhat Uttar(Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Division	Presidency division
Website	north24parganas.nic.in

It is a junction of four roads and thus joining of this four side roads it has been called Chowmatha. Chowmatha is stood on a proper market of this great junction.

Etymology

Murarisha’ is a mixed or hybrid word but it is related to a specific person. Here something can be guessed about this short word ‘murarisha’. The first part of this word ‘murari’must be a gender of male and is related to a famous person’s name of the ancient time but it was not noted with lack of collection of the histories of those eras. The word '‘murari’' is an ancient part of peoples’ names often used those time to identify their majority of great work and powerful strength like such a word Sultan. And the second part of this word ‘'sha’' is the title of name of a person to identify the cast and class.

Weather

The weather of Murarisha is similar to other places in West Bengal, with a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate(Aw) under the Köppen climate classification, with seven months of dryness and peak of rains in July. The cooler season from December to February is followed by the summer season from March to June. The period from June to about the end of September constitutes the south-west monsoon season, and October and November form the post-monsoon season. Between June and September, the south west monsoon rains lash the village. Pre-monsoon showers are received in May. Occasionally, north-east monsoon showers occur in October and November.

The maximum annual rainfall ever recorded was 1500 mm for every year. The highest rainfall recorded in a single day was 850 mm. The average total annual rainfall is 1500 mm. The average annual temperature is 32 °C, and the average maximum temperature is 35 °C, while the average minimum temperature is 28 °C. In the summer the temperature is up to 35 °C, but in winter it drops to approximately 10 °C. Annual rainfall is about 1500 mm.

Geographical state

It belongs to Presidency division. It is located 55 km towards East from District headquarters Barasat. It is also 65 km from State capital Kolkata.[3]

Demographics

As per 2011 census it had a population of about 5659 persons living in around 1006 households.[4]

For language and religion information see Hasnabad

Transport

Murarisha can be reached through various ways. It can be reached from major city Kolkata through Taki road. Murarisha is just 11 km from Basirhat railway station. Hasnabad railway station, Taki Road Railway Station are the nearby railway stations to Murarisha village. However Sealdah and Howrah Junction railway stations are major railway stations 65 km near Murarisha. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is 54 km from Murarisha.[5] It also can be reached from Kolkata by bus from Razabazar CTC stands. These buses run through the Ghatakpukur-Malanchow-Chowmatha line, which takes just over two hours.

References

1. "MLAs of North 24 parganas". Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
2. "geolysis.com".
3. "Soki.in".
4. "geolysis.com".
5. "dircection from nearby places".

External links

1. Paikpara, Basirhat