For the German-American structural engineer see Hannskarl Bandel

Hannskarl Bandel

Hannskarl Bandel , was a German American structural engineer.-Early life:...

Bandel , founded by Portuguese settlers

Portuguese Empire

The Portuguese Empire , also known as the Portuguese Overseas Empire or the Portuguese Colonial Empire , was the first global empire in history...

, is a gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

 in Chinsurah-Mogra

Chinsurah-Mogra (community development block)

Chinsurah-Mogra is an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chinsurah and Mogra police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Mogra...

 block in Chinsurah subdivision

Chinsurah subdivision

Chinsurah subdivision , is a subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of two municipalities and five community development blocs: Balagarh, Chinsurah–Mogra, Dhaniakhali, Pandua and Polba–Dadpur. The five blocks contain 69 gram panchayats and...

 of 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 India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 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...

. It is under Chinsurah police station. A major junction station of Eastern Railway

Eastern Railway (India)

The Eastern Railway is one of the 17 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place, Kolkata, and comprises four divisions: Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol. These are the financial departments and each has an assistant divisional financial manager , divisional railway...

, it is 40 km from Howrah station

Howrah station

Howrah Station is one of the four intercity train stations serving Howrah and Kolkata, India; the others are Sealdah Station, Shalimar Station and Kolkata railway station in Kolkata. Howrah is situated on the West bank of the Hooghly River, linked to Kolkata by the magnificent Howrah Bridge which...

. The Howrah–Bardhaman

Bardhaman

'Bardhaman or Burdwan , is a city of West Bengal state in eastern India. It is the headquarters of Bardhaman District....

 line, the Bandel–Naihati

Naihati

Naihati is a town and an important railway junction station on the Indian Railways network, in the district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.-Geography:Naihati is located at...

 line and the Bandel–Katwa

Katwa

Katwa is the head quarters of Katwa subdivision in the district of Bardhaman, West Bengal. The area has a rural charm and natural beauty, but many trading and other business activities has made it clumsy and congested. It is mostly a middle class residential area.-History:The small town has a five...

 line meet here.

Bandel church

Earlier, there was a Portuguese settlement at Bandel. The Church and the Monastery were built around 1660 by the Portuguese

Portuguese people

The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....

. Bandel Church is one of the oldest Christian churches in West Bengal. It is dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Rosário

Our Lady of the Rosary

Our Lady of the Rosary is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary in relation to the rosary....

, also known as "Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem", meaning "Our Lady of the Good Voyage". The keystone of an older church with the year 1599 on it adorns the riverside gate of the monastery attached to it.

Geography

Bandel is located at 22.922743°N 88.379542°E

Economy

Bandel Thermal Power Station was started with a capacity of 82.5 MW in 1965. It has since been expanded and currently has a rated capacity of 530 MW. It is operated under the West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL).

Schools

• Bikramnagar Haranath Niradasundari Ghosh Vidyamandir (Co-Ed)Estb.1964
• Bandel Mahatma Gandhi Hindi High School (Co-Ed)
• Blooming Buds School Bandel (Est.1989)
• Dunlop English Medium School
  Dunlop English Medium School
  Dunlop English Medium School is an English-language school in Sahaganj, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. The principal is Mr K.C. Joseph It was founded in 1966 by Dunlop India Rubber Corp. Ltd.The school is now affiliated to the ICSE board....
  
  
• Bandel Vidyamandir High School
  Bandel Vidyamandir High School
  Bandel Vidyamandir is a Higher Secondary School in Bandel, West Bengal, India.-Education:Bandel Vidyamandir Co-educational High School provides education for students from class V- class XII. The main building is red, and is two-storeyed. The Boys section start from 10:50 am, and end at 4:25 pm...
  
  
• Auxilium Convent
• Don Bosco School Bandel
  Don Bosco School Bandel
  Don Bosco School Bandel was established in 1978. It is one of the International Don Bosco family of schools; the first Don Bosco Institution in India was set up in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu by the salesians in early 1600's....
  
  
• Sahaganj Dunlop High School
• Bandel St. John's High School
• Abbot Shishu Hall (Estd. 1979)(Co-Ed)(English)
• Hoofhly Gour Hari Harijan Vidya Mandir
  Hoofhly Gour Hari Harijan Vidya Mandir
  Hoofhly Gour Hari Harijan Vidya Mandir is located in Bandel, India, on the bank of the Ganges River. The school was started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1921...
  
  
• Elite Co-Ed School

Bandel St. John's High School,Bandel Church,Hooghly
Hooghly Branch (GOVT) high school
Pratibandhi Kalyan Kendra, a centre for children with disability.

Colleges

• Hooghly Engineering and Technology College
  Hooghly Engineering and Technology College
  Hooghly Engineering and Technology College, commonly referred to as HETC, is a leading engineering college affiliated with West Bengal University of Technology in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India.-Academics:...
  
  
• Modern Institute of Engineering and Technology
• Chandernagore Government College
• Hooghly Mohsin College
  Hooghly Mohsin College
  Hooghly Mohsin College is affiliated to The University of Burdwan where undergraduate and postgraduate courses are taught. From 1857 to 1960 it was affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It is situated on the banks of Hooghly River in Chinsurah, District Hooghly, West Bengal, India.-History:The...
  
  
• West Bengal Survey Institute
  West bengal survey institute
  LOCATION : G. T. Road, P. O. - Bandel Junction, Dist. - Hooghly, Pin-712123 Phone: 2631-0332, TeleFax: 2631-2588 MEASURED LAND : 9.50 acres.BUILT UP AREA : 1838.8 sq. m....
  
  
• Hooghly Mohsin College (Estd. 1836)
• Hooghly Women's College
• Hooghly Institute of Technology[HIT]
• Bengal School Of Technology
• Techno India College (Estd.-2007)
• Hooghly Engineering and Technology College
  Hooghly Engineering and Technology College
  Hooghly Engineering and Technology College, commonly referred to as HETC, is a leading engineering college affiliated with West Bengal University of Technology in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India.-Academics:...
  
  
• Technique Polytechnic Institute
• Modern Institute of Engineering & Technology
• ChandanNagar Institute of Management & Technology
• Academy of Technology

Debanandapur

It is the birth place of the Bengali author Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay is one of the most popular Bengali novelists and short story writers of early 20th century.- Background and writing :Sarat Chandra was born into poverty in Debanandapur, Hooghly, India...

 and is about 3 km west from Bandel Station. His dwelling house is still there. There also is a library named Sarat Smrithi Pathagar, which includes a museum room containing the things used by the famous writer. The village has some 19th century atchala temples. It is one of the seven important villages named Saptagram

Saptagram

Saptagram was a major port, the chief city and sometimes capital of southern Bengal, in ancient and medieval times, the location presently being in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about 4 km from Bandel, a major rail junction. By the early twentieth century, the...

 at the time of Mughals.

Sahaganj

Sahaganj is 4 km from Bandel station. A unit of Dunlop India Ltd. is located here. Ruias purchased Dunlop India Ltd. from the Dubai-based Jumbo group owned by the Chhabarias.the pin code is 712104. and resumed production in January 2007 after 8 years.

• Satellite view of Sahaganj and adjoining areas

Tribeni

Tribeni

Tribeni

Tribeni is a small town in Hooghly in the state of West Bengal, India. It was an old holy place for the Hindus. The Muslims took over it during early phases of their conquest of Bengal.-Geography:Tribeni is located at ....

is 8 km from Bandel on the Bandel-Katwa line. Tribeni Tissues Limited, a specialty paper manufacturing company and a major supplier of tissue paper to the cigarette industry, is located at Tribeni. It was taken over by ITC in 1990.