Pandua, Hooghly

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native_name = Pandua | type = city | latd = 23.08 | longd = 88.28
locator_position = right | state_name = West Bengal
district = Hooghly
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altitude = 19
population_as_of = 2001
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"See Pandua for disambiguation."

Pandua (also spelt Pandooah) is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a police station in Chinsurah subdivision. [ [http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns] ] It is 61 km from Howrah station and 21 km from Bandel on the Howrah-Bardhaman main line of Eastern Railway. [ Eastern Railway time table. ]

History

The place is best known for its minar [ [http://a-bangladesh.com/banglapedia/HT/C_0183.htm Chota Pandua Minar - Banglapaedia] ] and the Bari Mosque [ [http://a-bangladesh.com/banglapedia/HT/B_0307.htm Bari Mosque – Bangalpaedia] ] . The 13th century minar soars to a height of 125 feet. [ [http://www.victorynewsmagazine.com/TheMinarsAndMinarettesIndia.htm Minars and Minarettes of India] ]

Geography

Pandua is located at coord|23.08|N|88.28|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Pandua.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pandua] ] . It has an average elevation of 19 metres (62 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Pandua had a population of 27,126. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pandua has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 62%. In Pandua, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Sk Majed Ali of CPI (M) won the Pandua assembly seat in 2006, 2001 and 1996, defeating his nearest rivals Alam Kazi Rowshan of AITC, Sailen Chatterjee of AITC and Madhusudan Banerjee of INC, in the respective years. Deb Narayan Chakraborty of CPI (M) won the seat in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977 defeating his nearest rivals, Hrishikesh Ghosh of INC in 1991 and 1987, Haren Singha Roy of INC in 1982 and Sailendra Chattopadhya in 1977. [ [http://eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S25/partycomp189.htm Election Commission] Assembly election results 1977-2006. Click on Party-wise Performance of Political Parties for details. ]

Pandua is part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency). [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_ACPC.pdf
title = General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
accessdate = 2007-02-21
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work = West Bengal
publisher = Election Commission of India]

External links

* Pandua Image gallery [http://picasaweb.google.com/pb1981/panduahooghly]
* [http://www.rangan-datta.info/Pundooah.htm Travel article on Pandua by Rangan Datta]
* [http://www.rangan-datta.info/index.htm Rangan Datta's Home Page]

References

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