Mogra

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Field	Value
name	Mogra
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	File:Magra railway station 01.jpg
image_caption	Mogra railway station
pushpin_map	India West Bengal#India
pushpin_map_caption	Location in West Bengal, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	West Bengal
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Hooghly
established_title
government_type	Gram Panchyet
governing_body	Chinsurah-Magra Panchyet Samity
unit_pref	Metric
elevation_m	12
population_total	1,12,267
population_as_of	2001
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Bengali
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type
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Mogra (or Magra) is a gram panchayat, or village, which is home to the headquarters of the Chinsurah-Mogra community development block in the Chinsurah subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It has a station on the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Rail Line, 47 km from Howrah Station and 7 km from Bandel Station.

All India Radio has located some high-powered transmitters in Mogra, which carry a mix of domestic and external services.

Geography

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Location

Mogra is located on the outskirts of Hooghly District. Mogra is an hour's drive from Kolkata, the principal commercial, cultural and educational centre of Eastern India. The River Kunti flows through the western side of the town.

Mogra is located at .

The area is composed of flat alluvial plains that form a part of the Gangetic Delta. The high west bank of the tidal Hooghly River is highly industrialised.

Hansghara, Kola, Gajaghanta, Alikhoja, Amodghata, Shankhanagar and Chak Bansberia form a cluster of census towns on the eastern side of Bansberia and includes Mogra and Bara Khejuria (outgrowth).

Police station

The Mogra Police Station has jurisdiction over the Bansberia Municipal area and a part of Chinsurah Mogra CD Block.

Education

Colleges and schools

The Abacus Institute of Engineering and Management is situated in Mogra. The Academy of Technology engineering college is one station away. Near the Academy of Technology is a rural library. Two government-sponsored rural libraries operate there.

Sreegopal Banerjee College, a general degree college, was established in 1958. The college offers BA (Honours & general), B.Sc. (Honours & general) and B.Com. (Honours & general) courses. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, economics, chemistry, physics, mathematics, botany, zoology and BA (general) and B.Sc. (general) in addition to accountancy honours and B.Com. (general) courses.

The majority of schools are Narula public school, Pearl Rosary English Medium School (H.S), Mogra Uttam Chandra High School, the Bagati Ram Gopal Ghosh High School, the Elite Public School, the Bimalabala Primary School, S. Saheb Hindi High School, the Pravabati Balika Vidyalaya, the Shib Chandra Girls High School, the Shib Sohagini Junior Basic School, The Tarinisatra High School and Digsui High School.

Festivals

Saraswati Puja is conducted annually. The festival is open to everyone and organized by local clubs. There are approximately 50 pujas in this area, about 20 among them are celebrated with themes and pandals.The occasion stays for 4 days and this is the main attraction of Mogra.

Healthcare

Mogra has a rural hospital with more than 35 beds.

Administration

Mogra is divided into two gram panchayats - Mogra 1 and Mogra 2. The village comes under both Balagarh and Saptagram. The area of Mogra G.P. 1 comes under Balagarh Assembly constituency and G.P. 2 comes under Saptagram Assembly constituency. Following is the ward wise breakup of Mogra Gram Panchayats 1 and 2 respectively.

Mogra No.1 Gram Panchayat

The latest elections were held in July 2023. The Trinamool Congress sweeped the panchayat area winning 18 wards out of 19.

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Chairperson: Baisakhi Bag	Ward No.	Name of Councillor	Party	Remarks
1	Putul Ghosh
2	Monorama Ghosh
3	Bidyut Bag
4	Goutam Debnath
5	Baisakhi Bag
6	Soni Thakur
7	Sukla Malo
8	Somen Kundu
9	Asima Sarkar
10	Aparna Debnath
11	Amit Kumar Mondal
12	Asha Roy
13	Khagen Bauldas
14	Shyamalika Dhara
15	Raju Das
16	Pratima Payal
17	Saibya Adak
18	Biswajit Payal
19	Raghunath Bhowmick
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Mogra No.2 Gram Panchayat

The latest elections were held in July 2023. The Trinamool Congress won the panchayat winning 13 wards out of 19. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 6 wards.

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Chairperson: Jayashree Pal	Ward No.	Name of Councillor	Party	Remarks
1	Dipti Mukherjee
2	Shrikanta Bhattacharya
3	Rupa Mahato
4	Mongala Mondal
5	Pritam Banerjee
6	Jhuma Roy
7	Jayashree Pal
8	Sujit Kumar Das
9	Nitu Das Patra
10	Sankar Kahar
11	Dipali Choudhury
12	Sujay Kumar Pandit
13	Banashri Malik
14	Aparna Adhikary
15	Banani Bhattacharjee
16	Aparna Malo
17	Swapan Bag
18	Sadhana Adhikari
19	Rimpa Das Mondal
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People

Mogra has a diverse population. Mogra is home to mostly Bengalis but there is significant population of Biharis. The oldest groups in the area are Bagdis, Ghosh, Das and Sadhukhan. After the division of Bengal, many refugees settled from Bangladesh. Bagati is a locality inside Mogra and was the ancestral home of the Young Bengal leader Ramgopal Ghosh.

Transport

The Grand Trunk Road, which is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads, passes through Mogra.

Mogra is connected to a variety of destinations via public transport. Hooghly Private Bus Number 4 (Chunchura Court-Memari) and 8 (Chunchura Court-Kalna) run via Mogra. Auto rickshaws and Toto are available for covering short distances. Mogra railway station is situated on Howrah-Bardhaman main line and local trains run from Mogra to Bardhaman and Howrah.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is approximately an hour's drive.

References

[http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-21)
Eastern Railway time table.
[http://www.asiawaves.net/mediumwave-531.htm Radio Transmitters], [http://www.asiawaves.net/mediumwave-1100.htm#1134 Radio Transmitters]
"Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Hooghly". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
"District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011.
"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
"Hooghly District Police". West Bengal Police.
"Sreegopal Banerjee College". SBC.
"Sreegopal Banerjee College". College Admission.
"Health & Family Welfare Department". Government of West Bengal.
"WBSEC Portal: 2023 Panchayat results". WB SEC.
"WBSEC Portal: 2023 Panchayat results". WB SEC.
Sastri, Sivanath, ''Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj'', {{in lang. bn1903/2001, p.76, New Age Publishers Pvt. Ltd
"Road - Highway". Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal.
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