Melaghar

Geography and Climate

Melaghar is situated in a low elevation of 15 meters. Melaghar is blessed with a peaceful climate most of the year. However, summer time can be excessively hot, dry, humid and interspersed with rains and thunderstorms. Winter generally starts towards the end of November and lasts until February, where the temperatures can reach very low conditions. The monsoon season in Melaghar starts in April during the Bengali month of Boishakh. During the monsoon season, Melaghar is inundated frequently due to excessive rainfall and flooding by the local rivers as by the 1993 and 2007 Tripura Floods to be remembered.

Demographics

Melaghar has a total population of 19,714 as of 2015. Males constitute 51.7% of the population and females 48.3%.

Melaghar has an average literacy rate of 91%, higher than the national average of 74.04%. Male literacy is 93% and female literacy is 88%.

Sex ratio of Melaghar is 935 females per 1000 males. A total of 11% of the population are under 6 years of age. Whilst the majority speak Bengali, Melaghar is also home to Bengali speaking tribes and also Hindi, as some of them are Bihari.

Location

Melaghar is a place located in the central of Melaghar Block, Sonamura Subdivision, on the bank of Gomati River. Coordinates are 23.49°N 91.33°E.

Politics

Melaghar assembly constituency is a part of Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency).

Important High Schools

Colleges

The nearest college is Kabi Nazrul Mahavidyalaya located in Sonamura area, distance about 6.5 km from Melaghar.

Sports

Cricket is the major and most played game in Melaghar. There is so many small fields here and there, but the only one big field is located at the behind of Melaghar Class XII School, locally known as Kajal Maidan. Many times Domestic Matches have been played there. Thus the field is remaking as Stadium and will surely play a Ranji Trophy match.

Transport

The main Transport system of Melaghar is Road Transport System. One part of the National Highway 44 is gone through this town that got divided into two roads in Bishalgarh. The part started from Bishalgarh and end at Sonamura motorstand. As this is the main road of Melaghar, also known as Melaghar-Sonamura main road (SH-6). There is a small motorstand that is developing day by day. Hundreds peoples are travels to others place and come daily from here. Melaghar is well connected to capital Agartala (via Nalchar, Bishalgarh, Bishramganj, Amtali) and one of the major city Udaipur,Tripura (via Kakrabon and Matarbari). The new Bus Service Sonamura to Agartala is also available here. Local Auto-Rickshaws are available here as some goes to local destinations. The nearest airport is Agartala Airport, that is about 60 km from the main town.

Durga Puja Festival

One of the best times to visit Melaghar is during the famous Durga Puja when the streets come alive and people from the entire town flock to the town centre to visit the many statues of goddess Durga scattered around the town. Durga Puja is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami and Bijoya Dashami.

Melaghar is in good position in term of Maa Durga Puja for its pandals in all the state.

Kali Puja Festival

One of the main festivals is the Kali Puja which occurs between October and November and is where the children, adults and the elderly enjoy famously. Melaghar also known for its bright lights during this Puja where the entire town is lit up beautifully.

All the people of Tripura knows that in term of Maa Kali Puja, Melaghar is one of the best city for its big pandals & crowd.

Ratha Yatra

Melaghar RathaYatra is one of the oldest and biggest Mela(Fair) of Tripura. Every year in July (Bengali: আষাঢ়) it helds at Jagannath Bari field. Thousands of people come to increase the crowd and popularity.

Shops and Markets

Neermahal

Neermahal is the main spot of Melaghar. It is the second beautiful water palace in this type after Jal Mahal in Rajasthan and the only one in Eastern India. The palace was built by Maharaja (King) Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman (1926-1930). Its a palace in the middle of Rudrasagar Lake. It is located about 2 km from the main market. There are also boat rides to travel the main palace from Rajghat Ferryghat. Sagarmahal is a lodge hotel for tourists who wish to spend a night here. Every year hundred of people come here for picnic in the winter time. Also so many foreigner birds come in this lake at the winter season. There is great view of this palace in every night.

Other attractions

Banks and ATMs

Some Local and National Banks are available here as following:

Local clubs and organisations

These clubs are specially famous for making pandels in Durga or Kali puja, hosting varieties of functions and sometimes Blood Donation camp.

Media and communications

Newspapers

No daily newspaper published from Melaghar, except weekly. Daily newspapers published from Agartala and Kolkata reaches daily morning in this town. Daily popular papers are Dainik Sambad, Shyandan Patrita, Pritibadi Kalam, Daily Desher Kotha etc. Besides above, national dailies like The Telegraph, Anandabazar Patrika, Bartaman, The Times of India, The Statesman, are also available.

Telecommunications

The important and major sim providers such as Aircel, Airtel, BSNL, Idea, Reliance GSM and Vodafone are available here.

Nearby cities

Some nearby city's distance from Melaghar.