Budge Budge
Budge Budge | |
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City | |
 Budge Budge Municipality | |
  Budge Budge Location in West Bengal  Budge Budge Location in India | |
| Coordinates: 22°27′54″N 88°10′06″E / 22.4650°N 88.1682°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Region | Greater Kolkata |
| Established | 1900 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Budge Budge Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.06 km2 (3.50 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 76,837 |
| • Density | 8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[1][2] |
| • Additional official | English[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 700137 |
| Telephone code | +91 33 |
| Vehicle registration | WB-01 to WB-10, WB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Budge Budge |
| Website | www |
Budge Budge is a city and a municipality in the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[3]
History
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Hindu dharmic leader Swami Vivekananda landed at Budge Budge ferry ghat in 1897 when he returned from his Chicago visit. The anniversary is still celebrated on 19 February with great zeal. The old station from where he boarded the train to Calcutta is decorated with flowers on this day. The waiting room where he rested for a while is preserved.
A curious feature of this old city is the large number of Sikhs who live here.
Budge Budge city was the site where the ship Komagata Maru was allowed to land following its return from Vancouver. The ship was chartered by a group of Sikhs to challenge the exclusion laws enacted by Canada to restrict Indian immigration. Upon entry into the harbour, the ship was stopped by a British gunboat, and the passengers were placed under guard. The government of the British Raj saw the men on the Komagata Maru not only as self-confessed lawbreakers, but also as dangerous political agitators. When the ship docked at Budge Budge city, the police went to arrest Baba Gurdit Singh and the 20 or so other men that they saw as leaders. He resisted arrest, a friend of his assaulted a policeman and a general riot ensued. Shots were fired and 19 of the passengers were killed. Some escaped, but the remainder were arrested and imprisoned or sent to their villages and kept under village arrest for the duration of the First World War. This incident became known as the Budge Budge Riot.
Historically the oldest people of this place were the 'Haldars' who came here to guard a fort near the bank of the River Ganges. A British writer who had come with Clive around 1740-50 chronicled this event. Maniklal was the main person at the fort and his soldiers lost to Clive's troops.
Geography
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Gangadharpur
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Bakrahat is in Bishnupur II CD block, but Lakshmibala Rural Hospital at Bakrahat serves Budge Budge II CD block and so it is included here.
Area overview
Alipore Sadar subdivision is the most urbanized part of the South 24 Parganas district. 59.85% of the population lives in the urban areas and 40.15% lives in the rural areas. In the northern portion of the subdivision (shown in the map alongside) there are 21 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the subdivision, on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is an alluvial stretch, with industrial development.[4][5][6]
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.
Location
Budge Budge city is located at 22°27′54″N 88°10′06″E / 22.4650°N 88.1682°E. It has an average elevation of 9 metres (30 ft).
Budge Budge city is situated in the south-western suburbs of Kolkata, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. Over the past few years Budge Budge city has developed considerably in terms of lifestyle and infrastructure. With the ongoing projects like Calcutta Riverside, widening of the Budge Budge Trunk (BBT) road and the starting of the 7.7 km elevated corridor from Jinjira Bazar to Batanagar;[7] the economy of this area is expected to get a major boost.
Economics
Budge Budge owes much of its importance to the port, oil storage and jute mills. Being close to Kolkata and on the shores of Hooghly River river makes it a strategic location for oil storage and is the biggest oil storage for the metropolis Calcutta with big PSUs like Petroleum Wharves Budge Budge under Kolkata Port Trust (কলকাতা বন্দর প্রতিষ্ঠান). BPCL, HPCL, IOC having large units there. Jute mills were the biggest employers in the area till they started falling sick. Prominent among them are New Central Jute Mill and Budge Budge Jute Mills. At their height before 1971 these jute mills used to employ thousands of workers (New Central Jute Mills has been said to have employed as many as twenty thousand people) but after the partition of India and the subsequent creation of Bangladesh, supply of raw materials for these jute mills decreased. This, along with failure of trade unions lead to the closing of most of these jute mills.
The Budge Budge Thermal Power Station set up by CESC in Achipur (named after a Chinese called Achhu saheb by the locals who had established a sugar cane unit there) is a major source of electricity for Kolkata and its suburbs.
Transport
Budge Budge is well connected by railway. Budge Budge railway station connects the city with Sealdah railway station by Sealdah–Budge Budge line which connects the metropolis of Kolkata with the rest of India.[8] There are buses connecting Budge Budge to other parts of Kolkata. Apart from that both app based and non app based cab agencies provide transport services to Budge Budge. For transport inside the city three wheeled autorickshaws and manual rickshaws are good options.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Budge Budge city had a total population of 76,837, of which 39,510 were males and 37,327 were females. There were 6,946 people in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Budge Budge was 59,504, which constituted 77.4% of the population with male literacy of 81.2% and female literacy of 73.5%. The effective literacy (7+) of population over 6 years of age was 85.14%, of which male literacy rate was 89.1% and female literacy rate was 81.0%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 7,015 and 103 respectively. Budge Budge had a total of 18055 households as of 2011.[9]
According to the 2001 Census of India, Budge Budge city had a total population of 75,465. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. It has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 64%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.[10]
Kolkata Urban Agglomeration
The following municipalities and census towns in the South 24 Parganas district were part of the Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in the 2011 census: Maheshtala (M), Joka (CT), Balarampur (CT), Chata Kalikapur (CT), Budge Budge (M), Nischintapur (CT), Uttar Raypur (CT), Pujali (M) and Rajpur Sonarpur (M).[11]
Civic Administration
There is a Budge Budge Municipality which is one of the oldest municipalities in the West Bengal. It is divided into 20 wards. As per 2015 municipal election, it is being controlled by the All India Trinamool Congress.
Police station
Budge Budge police station covers an area of 49.61 sq km and has jurisdiction over the Budge Budge I CD block and the Budge Budge and Pujali municipal areas.[12][13]
Education
Apart from the century-old schools Khariberia Vivekananda Vidhyapith (H.S.), Desbandhu Palli Seva Sangha Santosh Kumari Siksha Niketan High School (Durgapur), Budge Budge Uchcha Balika Vidyalaya, Budge Budge P.K. High School, Kalipur High School, Sarangabad High School, Jagweshwari Paathshaala, Subhash Girl High School, Shankpukur High School, Several English Medium Schools including the St. Stephen's School, Carmel School have been established. The oldest school of this locality is Sarangabad High School. The school was established in 1857, the same year when Calcutta University was founded. Noted philanthropist of the locality late Shri Anath Bandhu Mitra was instrumental for converting the small village school to a large institution. Shri Mitra was also founder of Jagweshwari Paathshaala High School, Arya Rishikul School, Bandhab Pathagar and Baikuntha Ashram. His able grandson Dr. Ramesh Chandra Basu carried the legacy and during his tenure as the secretary, Sarangabad High School had a through transformation to its present form. There is a college named Budge Budge College. There is an engineering college called Budge Budge Institute of Technology[14] affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology (W.B.U.T.) offering B.Tech & Diploma courses on various engineering streams such as Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical Engineering (EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Civil Engineering (CE), along with MBA course. This institute is one of the best engineering college in Kolkata and has one of the biggest college campus in Kolkata. Every year the institute organises test-fest attended by several college students. There is also a B.B.I.T. Public School inside the college campus. Another private college, Batanagar Institute of Engineering, Management & Science (BIEMS),[15] offering various technical, management and basic science programs, is also in operation. Kalipur High School was established in 1919.
Budge Budge – Maheshtala region has also an organisation named as Budge Budge–Maheshtala Nature Study Centre which is a member organisation of Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha and West Bengal Mountaineers and Trekkers Confederation. Over here, each year they organise the biggest Science Fair in and around Kolkata. Khariberia Vivekananda Vidyapith (H.S.) is in its pace to become the first standard school of the town with almost 1500 students. The institution provides ample facilities of all science laboratories, viz physics, chemistry, biology, geography, computer application and nutrition. The school is well equipped with a multi gym for the students and the staffs with a trained instructor. In the H.S. level subjects like education, political science, philosophy, economics, geography, computer application, physics, chemistry, biology, nutrition and mathematics are taught along with Bengali and English.
References
- ^ a b "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas". Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ "Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory" (PDF). Page 13, Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ "District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas". Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311. Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ Batanagar flyover @ TOI Jan 2014
- ^ Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Saumya Chatterjee, budge budge.
- ^ "Census of India: Budge Budge". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh. Census of India 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Budge Budge police station". Diamond Harbour police district. West Bengal police. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 South 24 Parganas". Table No. 2.1. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Budge Budge Institute of Technology".
- ^ http://biemsindia.org/
External links
Media related to Budge Budge at Wikimedia Commons- List of reduplicated place names
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