Country India District Murshidabad Vehicle registration WB/57 Population 55,632 (2011) | Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Elevation 20 m | |
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Postal Code 742137, 742138, 742139, 742140 Weather 23°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 58% Humidity | ||
Kandi is a town and a municipality in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarters of Kandi subdivision.
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Geography
Kandi is located at 23.95°N 88.03°E / 23.95; 88.03. It has an average elevation of 20 metres (65 feet).
Kandi is a small sub-divisional administrative headquarters in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal.
It is just 30 km drive from the district headquarters of Berhampore. It has a close proximity to two other districts namely Burdwan & Birbhum.
The town is renowned for one of the oldest municipal bodies in India. It has acquired the status of a municipality way back in 1869.
Education
There are many educational establishments in this place.
Colleges
Schools
The educational revolution of this place started when Kandi Raj High School was established by converting a theater owned by the Zamindars of the Kandi Raj family. This was done on an appeal by Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the eminent educationist and social reformer during the renaissance in Bengal.
The Zamindar family, commonly referred to as Rajas have contributed to the spread of education in a commendable way. They also took initiative for female education in and around the Kandi subdivision.
Currently, female education has picked up momentum. There are many educational libraries, sporting clubs in neighbouring villages.
Only one CBSE-Affiliated English medium (+2) level is school is situated near Kandi, named Saraswati Devi Public School. Near about 900 students learning with complete English medium background.But; It can never help students to fight in various competitive exam near future due to the lack of good faculties. In last 4-5 to years a huge number of minority classes people is interested to develop their child from English Medium background. It is very good sign for Kandi sub-division as well as for Murshidabad District. Presently some B.ed, D.ed and Engineering college is also established in Kandi town.
Health
There is a government hospital Kandi Subdivision Hospital in the heart of the town and neighbouring people visit for their medical treatment And also Kandi Animal Hospital in there.
Transport
There are in Netaji Subhas Bus Terminal model bus stand route is Berhampore, suri, bolpur, tarapith, rampurhat, burdwan, katwa, asansol etc. the N.B.S.T.C bus services are going to Kolkata & Durgapur from via Kandi, & also S.B.S.T.C Bus services Berhampore suri route from via Kandi is available.
There is no railway station. Nearby rail way stations are Salar, Berhampore Court, Sainthia, Khagra etc.
Personalities
The town is associated with well known personalities including Haraprasad Shastri (linguist, educationist and litterateur), Byomkes Chakrabarti (linguist and educationist), Sarat Chandra Pandit (Dada Thakur) and Atish Chandra Sinha.
Banking & Financial Services
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Kandi had a population of 50,345. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kandi has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 60%. In Kandi, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.