Jajigram

Jajigram
Jajigram
Village
	Jajigram Location in West Bengal, India Jajigram Jajigram (India)
	Coordinates: 23°37′48″N 88°06′13″E / 23.6301°N 88.1036°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Population (2011)
• Total	4,471
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman Purba
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Katwa
Website	purbabardhaman.gov.in

Jajigram (also referred to as Sripat Jajigram) is a village in Katwa I CD block in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

8km
5miles

Ajay River

Hooghly River

Jajigram

H

Kshirgram

H

Bankapasi

C

Karui

H

Sribati

H

Kogram

H

Uddharanpur

H

Srikhanda

R

Singot

R

Chandrapur

R

Gangatikuri

R

Kandra

R

Nutanhat

R

Ketugram

R

Mongalkote

R

Panuhat

CT

Dainhat

M

Katwa

M

Cities and towns in the Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical place/ religious and/ or cultural centre, C: craft centre.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Jajigram is located at 23°37′48″N 88°06′13″E / 23.6301°N 88.1036°E / 23.6301; 88.1036.

Urbanisation

88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in the urban areas.^[1] 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.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Jajigram had a total population of 4,471 of which 2,287 (51%) were males and 2,184 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 593. The total number of literates in Jajigram was 2,601 (67.07% of the population over 6 years).^[2]

Transport

Jajigram is at the junction of State Highway 14 and State Highway 6.^[3]

Education

Bengal Institute of Technology, Katwa is a polytechnic college at Jajigram.^[4]

Culture

Srinivasa Acarya is believed to have lived at Jajigram and his relics can still be seen at Sadhanpith.^[5]

References

^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Table 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
^ Google maps
^ "Bengal Institute of Technology, Katwa". StudyGuideIndia.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
^ "Purba Bardhaman district". Tourism. District Administration. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[1] "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Table 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

[census2011-2] "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[google-3] Google maps

[4] "Bengal Institute of Technology, Katwa". StudyGuideIndia.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[5] "Purba Bardhaman district". Tourism. District Administration. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

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