# Manigram

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                               = Manigram
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| pushpin_map                        = India West Bengal # India3 
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| pushpin_map_caption                = Location in West Bengal, India 
| coordinates                        = {{coord|24.3537|N|88.1142|E|display=inline,title}} 
| subdivision_type               = Country
| subdivision_name               = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1              = [State](/source/States_and_territories_of_India)
| subdivision_name1              = [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal)
| subdivision_type2              = [District](/source/List_of_districts_of_West_Bengal)
| subdivision_name2              = [Murshidabad](/source/Murshidabad_district)
| established_title              = <!-- Established -->
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| elevation_m                    = 35
| population_total               = 4,162
| population_as_of               = 2011
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| population_density_km2         = auto
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| demographics_type1             = Languages
| demographics1_title1           = Official
| demographics1_info1            = [Bengali](/source/Bengali_language), [English](/source/English_language)
| timezone1                      = [IST](/source/Indian_Standard_Time)
| utc_offset1                    = +5:30
| postal_code_type               = [PIN](/source/Postal_Index_Number)
| postal_code                    = 742237 (Manigram)
| area_code_type                 = Telephone/[STD](/source/Subscriber_trunk_dialing) code
| area_code                      = 03463
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| blank1_name_sec1               = [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha) constituency
| blank1_info_sec1               = [Jangipur](/source/Jangipur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency))
| blank2_name_sec1               = [Vidhan Sabha](/source/Vidhan_Sabha) constituency
| blank2_info_sec1               = [Sagardighi](/source/Sagardighi_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency))
| website                        = {{URL|murshidabad.gov.in/}} 
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'''Manigram''' (also spelled Monigram) is a village and a [gram panchayat](/source/gram_panchayat) in the [Sagardighi](/source/Sagardighi_(community_development_block)) [CD block](/source/Community_development_blocks_in_India) in the [Jangipur subdivision](/source/Jangipur_subdivision) of [Murshidabad district](/source/Murshidabad_district) in the state of [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal), [India](/source/India).

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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|mark-coord19={{coord|24|26|26|N|88|9|9|E}} | label-pos19=right|label19= Krishna Sali| numbered19=CT| mark-title19=[Krishna Sali](/source/Krishna_Sali) (CT)
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===Location===
Manigram is located at {{coord|24.3537|N|88.1142|E|display=inline}}.

Villages in Monigram gram panchayat are: Arazi Balarambati, Balarambati, Bhumihar, Chandpara, Dogachhi, Harirampur, Hatpara, Kantanagar, Karala, Kherur, Kismatgadi and Manigram.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://villageinfo.in/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/manigram.html | title = Indian Village Directory | work=  Manigram | publisher =  Village Info |accessdate =  3 September 2017}}</ref>

===Area overview===
Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 [census towns](/source/census_towns) and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the [Rarh region](/source/Rarh_region) that is spread over from adjoining [Santhal Pargana division](/source/Santhal_Pargana_division) of [Jharkhand](/source/Jharkhand). The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1907_PART_A_DCHB_MURSHIDABAD.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Murshidabad, Series 20 Part XII A | work= Physiography, Page 13 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://murshidabad.gov.in/About.aspx#2 | title= Murshidabad | work= Geography | publisher= Murshidabad district authorities| access-date = 24 July 2017}}</ref> The river [Ganges](/source/Ganges), along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long [Farakka Barrage](/source/Farakka_Barrage), one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fbp.gov.in/ | title = Farakka Barrage Project | publisher = FBP | access-date = 12 September 2017}}</ref> Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://edgeofhumanity.com/2020/12/27/child-labor-illnesses-lost-childhoods-indias-tobacco-industry/ |title = Child labour, illness & lost childhoods, India’s tobacco industry  |publisher= Edge of Humanity Magazine, 27 December 2020| access-date = 13 July 2021}}</ref> The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW [Farakka Super Thermal Power Station](/source/Farakka_Super_Thermal_Power_Station) and the 1,600 MW [Sagardighi Thermal Power Station](/source/Sagardighi_Thermal_Power_Station).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/farakka | title= Power Generation | work= Farakka |publisher= NTPC| access-date = 7 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/wbpdcl/sagardighipowerstation.html | title = The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited | work = Sagardighi Thermal Power Project | publisher = WBPDCL | access-date = 15 August 2017 | archive-date = 23 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170823115439/http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/wbpdcl/sagardighipowerstation.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the [beedi](/source/beedi) industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/28080/6/06_chapter%201.pdf| title = Child workers in household industry: a study of beedi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal | first= Sunirmal| last= Kar| work = Viswa Bharati University thesis, page 5 | publisher = Shodhganga | access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thestatesman.com/features/the-poor-man-s-cigarette-1485045757.html | title = The ‘Poor man’s cigarette’ | work = Gurvinder Singh | publisher = The Statesman, 22 January 2017 | access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Beedi-workers-of-Jangipur-hold-key/article16588097.ece#! | title = Beedi workers of Jangipur hold key | work = Indrani Dutta | publisher = The Hindu, 1 May 2009 | access-date = 28 August 2017}}</ref> As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the [Ganges](/source/Ganges) alone in Murshidabad district. [Severe erosion](/source/River_bank_erosion_along_the_Ganges_in_Malda_and_Murshidabad_districts) occurs along the banks.<ref name="erosion1">{{cite web | url = http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf | title = Types and sources of floods in Murshidabad, West Bengal | work = Swati Mollah | publisher = Indian Journal of Applied Research, February 2013 | access-date = 5 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170820073737/http://gangawaterway.in/assets/7-murshidabad.pdf | archive-date = 20 August 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<small>Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.</small>

==Demographics==
According to the [2011 Census of India](/source/2011_Census_of_India), Manigram had a total population of 4,162, of which 2,124 (51%) were males and 2,038 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 535. The total number of literates in Manigram was 2,378 (65.56% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India  | accessdate = 9 September 2017}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Sagardighi Thermal Power Station===
The [Sagardighi Thermal Power Station](/source/Sagardighi_Thermal_Power_Station) of [West Bengal Power Development Corporation](/source/West_Bengal_Power_Development_Corporation), at Manigram, initially had a capacity of 2 x 300 MW, commissioned in 2008.<ref>{{cite web  | url = http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/wbpdcl/sagardighipowerstation.html  | title = The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited  | work = Sagardighi Thermal Power Project  | publisher = WBPDCL  | accessdate = 15 August 2017  | archive-date = 23 August 2017  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170823115439/http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/wbpdcl/sagardighipowerstation.html  | url-status = dead  }}</ref> It was subsequently expanded by 2 x 500 MW. The expansion units were commissioned in 2015<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bhel-commissions-thermal-unit-in-west-bengal-115121500883_1.html  | title = Bhel commissions thermal unit in West Bengal  | publisher = Business Standard, 15 December 2015  | accessdate =  15 August 2017}}</ref> and 2017<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/bhel-commissions-500-mw-thermal-unit-in-west-bengal-117011600703_1.html  | title = BHEL commissions 500 MW thermal unit in West Bengal | publisher = Business Standard, 16 January 2017  | accessdate =  15 August 2017}}</ref>

==Transport==
[Manigram railway station](/source/Manigram_railway_station) is a situated on the [Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa loop](/source/Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa_loop) line.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/azimganj-barharwa-passenger-53433/16075/1801/1381#st | title =  53433 Azimganj Barharwa Passenger | work = Time Table | publisher = indiarailinfo  | accessdate =  9 August 2017}}</ref>

==Education==
* Sagardighi Teachers’ Training College was established at Manigram in 2009. Affiliated with the [University of Kalyani](/source/University_of_Kalyani), it offers B Ed and D El Ed courses.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/SagardighiTeachersTrainingCollege/SagardighiTeachersTrainingCollege.shtml | title = Sagaradighi Teachers’ Training College | work=   | publisher = College Admission  |accessdate =  3 September 2017}}</ref>
* Karaiya High School at Manigram was established in 1943 at Manigram. It is a Bengali medium coeducational school teaching from class VI to XII.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.icbse.com/schools/karaiya-high-school/19072007105 | title = Karaiya High School | work=   | publisher = ICBSE  |accessdate =  3 September 2017}}</ref>
* Sagardighi Thermal Power School was established at Manigram in 2009. It is a coeducation institution with Bengali and English medium. It has classes from V to XII.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.acadym.com/School/913880/SAGARDIGHI-THERMAL-POWER-SCHOOL-MANIGRAMXII-MURSHIDABAD | title = Sagardighi Thermal Power School | work =  | publisher = Acadym | accessdate = 3 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170921200529/http://www.acadym.com/School/913880/SAGARDIGHI-THERMAL-POWER-SCHOOL-MANIGRAMXII-MURSHIDABAD | archive-date = 21 September 2017 | url-status = usurped }}</ref>
* [Don Bosco English Medium School Monigram](/source/Don_Bosco_English_Medium_School_Monigram) was established at Manigram in 2005.

==References==
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