Makardaha is a census town

Census town

In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...

 under Domjur

Domjur

Domjur is a census town in Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Domjur is located at . It has an average elevation of 11 metres .-Demographics:...

 police station in Sadar subdivision

Howrah Sadar subdivision

Howrah Sadar subdivision , is a subdivision of the Howrah district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Howrah municipal corporation and Bally municipality and five community development blocs: Bally Jagacha, Domjur, Panchla, Sankrail and Jagatballavpur. The five blocks contain 67...

 of Howrah district

Howrah District

Howrah district is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.-Geography:...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 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...

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Geography

Makardaha is located at 22.62°N 88.24°E.

Saraswati River

Saraswati River (Bengal)

Saraswati River refers to a river, that was a distributary of the Bhagirathi and is now no more there but was active till around the 16th century AD. The course and condition of the Saraswati has played an important role in the development and decline of river port towns in Bengal...

 used to flow past the village.

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...

, Makardaha had a population of 6,730. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Makardaha has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 75%. In Makardaha, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Makardaha is 13.5 kilometres (8.4 mi) 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...

. It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway railway system.

It is on the Howrah–Munsirhat

Munsirhat

Munsirhat is part of the Jagatballavpur bloc in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Transport:...

–Domjur

Domjur

Domjur is a census town in Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Domjur is located at . It has an average elevation of 11 metres .-Demographics:...

  road.

Culture

The temple of Makarchandi is the main attraction here. The original temple is believed to have been built by Srimanta Sadagar, who received the command of the goddesss in a dream while sailing along the once mighty Saraswati River. Three pieces of stone lying in the present temple complex are believed to be the remains of the old temple. The present temple, along with a Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

 temple, natmandap etc., was built in 1743 by Ramkanta Kunduchoudhury, zamindar of Mahiari

Mahiari

Mahiari is a census town under Domjur police station in Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Mahiari is located at...

. The temple with a height of about 40 feet (12.2 m) was renovated by the Birla Trust. A fair is organised on the occasion of Panchamdol.