Batanagar

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Neighbourhood in Maheshtala, West Bengal, India

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::summary Neighbourhood in Maheshtala, West Bengal, India ::

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subdivision_type3District
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subdivision_type4Region
subdivision_name4Greater Kolkata
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area_code_typeTelephone code
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postal_code_typePIN
postal_code700140
registration_plateWB-19 to WB-22, WB-95 to WB-99
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website
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Batanagar is a neighbourhood in Maheshtala of 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).{{cite web |url=http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html |title=Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area |access-date=3 September 2007 |publisher=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000049/http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead

History

Batanagar was established to build the first shoe factory in India by Czechoslovak industrialist Tomáš Baťa. The Bata brand was launched on 24 August 1894 in Zlín, then in Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic). The company first established itself in India in 1931 by renting a building to start an experimental shoe production plant in Konnagar, with 75 Czechoslovak experts. Jan Antonín Baťa then built up an industrial manufacturing city called Batanagar in 1934 as well as other factories in Delhi and Patna and elsewhere in India, employing more than 7,000 people. Later, Batanagar became one of the bigger suburban cities near Kolkata.

Geography

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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.

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

Batanagar is located at . It has an average elevation of 9 m.

Economy

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/BATA_INDIA_LTD_Batananagar_West_Bengal_02.jpg" caption="Entrance of the Bata shoe factory"] ::

It is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company Bata. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar. Shoe-making is a predominant cottage industry in Batanagar, with houses and families dedicated to manufacturing shoes from leather, PVC, jute, etc. for shoe brands in India. For example - Khadim's, Sreeleathers, Titas and Liberty have outsourced a major portion of their shoe making process to the various entities in Batanagar.

This feature was born out of necessity, as most of the families residing in Batanagar are dependent on the Bata factory for their livelihood, hence whenever the factory gets locked-out, these families are very severely affected. Hence shoe making from their homes has given them an alternate source of earning.

Education

Techno International Batanagar, established in 2012, offers diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.

Transport

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Maheshtala,Budge_Budge_Trunk_Road.jpg" caption="[[Batanagar Flyover]] along with the BBT Road"] ::

Batanagar is on the Budge Budge Trunk Road.

Nangi railway station is located nearby.

References

References

  1. "Fact and Figures".
  2. "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India". [[Ministry of Minority Affairs]].
  3. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  4. "Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  5. "District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas". Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009.
  6. "Techno International Batanagar". TIB.
  7. Google maps

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