Gangnapur
Gangnapur is a census town in the Ranaghat II CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography. Location. Gangnapur is located at Area overview. Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Ranaghat subdivision has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts lying across the river. Topographically, Ranaghat subdivision is  spread across the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district, and the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The Churni separates the two plains. A portion of the east forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The lower portion of the east is covered by a portion of the North 24 Parganas district. The subdivision has achieved reasonably high urbanisation. 41.68% of the population lives in urban areas and 58.32% lives in rural areas. Demographics. According to the 2011 Census of India, Gangnapur had a total population of  10,168, of which 5,102 (50%) were males and 5,066 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 876. The total number of literate persons in Gangnapur was 6,332 (85.87% of the population over 6 years). Some people says It was established by King Debol. Civic administration. Police station. Gangnapur police stations have jurisdiction over Cooper's Camp and Ranaghat II CD block. The total area covered by the Gangnapur police station is 102 km and the population covered is 299,411 (2001 census). Infrastructure. According to the "District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia", Gangnapur covered an area of 3.3634  km. Among the civic amenities, it had 17 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, hand pump. It had 500 domestic electric connections, 120 road light points. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 dispensary/ health centre. Among the educational facilities it had 6 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library. Two important commodities it produced were mustard oil, gloves. It had branch office  of 1 nationalised bank. Transport. Gangnapur is on the Aismali-Chakdaha Road. Gangnapur is a station on the Ranaghat-Bangaon line. It is around 10 km from Ranaghat.