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Arambag (also spelt Arambagh) is a town and a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

in Hooghly district

Hooghly District

Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River.The headquarters of the district are at Chinsura...

in the state of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India

India

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. It is the head quarter of Arambagh subdivision.

Geography

Arambag is located at 22.88°N 87.78°E. It has an average elevation of 15 metres (118 feet).The town is situated on the link Road

Link road

A link road is a transport infrastructure road that links two conurbations or other major road transport facilities, often added because of increasing road traffic. They can be controversial, especially if they threaten to destroy natural habitat and greenfield land.The term is used in the United...

(state highway-2) 100 km north-west of Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

. It is located on the bank of the Dwarakeswar River

Dwarakeswar River

Dwarakeswar River is a major river in the western part of West Bengal.-Course:It originates from Tilboni hill in Purulia district and enters Bankura district near Chhatna. It cuts across the district flowing past the district head quarters and enters the south-eastern tip of Bardhaman District...

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arambagh subdivision is the subdivision of hooghly district in the state of west bengal,India. It consists of Arambag municipalitiey and six community development blocks: Arambag, Khanakul–I, Khanakul–II, Goghat–I, Goghat–II and Pursurah. The six blocks contain 63 gram panchayats. The subdivision has its headquarters at Arambag.

This sub-division is actually the westernmost part of the District of Hooghly. The river Damodar forms the eastern boundary of the Arambagh Sub-Division.Arambagh Sub-Division is one of the four Sub-Divisions of Hooghly District – the remaining three being Sadar (Chinsurah), Serampore and Chandannagore. Arambagh is located on the western front of Hooghly District and is being bordered by four districts viz Burdwan, West Midnapore, Bankura and Howrah.

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Arambag had a population of 3,47,225. Males constitute 62% of the population and females 38%. Arambag has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 79% male literacy and 58% of female literacy. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Climate

The maximum temperature during summer rises up to 38 °C while minimum temperature during winter comes down to 8°C⁰C. Average annual rainfall is 1600 millimetres.

History

Arambagh sub-division was formed in 1879. It was known as Jahanabad Sub-Division as the headquarter of the Sub-Division was the town of Jahanabad. On 19 April 1900 the name of Jahanabad was changed to Arambagh which means the garden of ease and comfort.

Food

jilapi and rosogolla are two famous sweets of arambagh.
Rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

is the staple food of Bengal and is third main agricultural produce in Hooghly district after burdwan and midnapur.
chiken is the most favorite item in arambagh.called arambagh chiken.

Civic Administration

Arambagh municipality is divided into 18 wards. As of 2011, it is controlled by the CPM and TMC.

Schools

Arambagh High School
Arambagh High School
Arambagh high School is one of the oldest schools in Arambagh,[Hooghly] India, teaching grades 1 to 12 under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The school is establish in 1861. On December 22, 1945 This school was permanently...
Arambagh girls high school
Parul ramkrishna sarada high school
Arambagh vivekananda academy (cbse)
Sisu guchho primary school
Kashinath primary school
Nirvoi pur primary school
Arambagh boys primari school
Basanta prathamik vidhyalaya
K.B.Roy high school