Mogra (or Magra) is a gram panchayat, or village, which is home to the headquarters of the Chinsurah-Mogra community development block in the Chinsurah subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.District-wise list of statutory towns It has a station on the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Rail Line, 47 km from Howrah Station and 7 km from Bandel Station.Eastern Railway time table.
All India Radio has located some high-powered transmitters in Mogra, which carry a mix of domestic and external services.Radio Transmitters, Radio Transmitters
Geography
Location Mogra is located on the outskirts of Hooghly District. Mogra is an hour's drive from Kolkata, the principal commercial, cultural and educational centre of Eastern India. The River Kunti flows through the western side of the town.
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The area is composed of flat alluvial plains that form a part of the Gangetic Delta. The high west bank of the tidal Hooghly River is highly industrialised.
Hansghara, Kola, Gajaghanta, Alikhoja, Amodghata, Shankhanagar and Chak Bansberia form a cluster of census towns on the eastern side of Bansberia and includes Mogra and Bara Khejuria (outgrowth).
Police station The Mogra Police Station holds a mediocre amount of power in its region. Its jurisdiction over the Bansberia Municipal area and a part of Chinsurah Mogra CD Block.
Education Colleges and schools The Abacus Institute of Engineering and Management is situated in Mogra. The Academy of Technology engineering college is one station away. Near the Academy of Technology is a rural library. Two government-sponsored rural libraries operate there.
Sreegopal Banerjee College, a general degree college, was established in 1958. The college offers BA (Honours & general), B.Sc. (Honours & general) and B.Com. (Honours & general) courses. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, economics, chemistry, physics, mathematics, botany, zoology and BA (general) and B.Sc. (general) in addition to accountancy honours and B.Com. (general) courses.
The majority of schools are Narula public school, Pearl Rosary English Medium School (H.S), Mogra Uttam Chandra High School, the Bagati Ram Gopal Ghosh High School, the Elite Public School, the Bimalabala Primary School, S. Saheb Hindi High School, the Pravabati Balika Vidyalaya, the Shib Chandra Girls High School, the Shib Sohagini Junior Basic School, The Tarinisatra High School and Digsui High School.
Festivals
Saraswati Puja is conducted annually. The festival is open to everyone and organized by local clubs. There are approximately 50 pujas in this area, about 20 among them are celebrated with themes and pandals. The occasion stays for 4 days and this is the main attraction of Mogra. Durga Puja is a festival in Mogra, with one of the larger-sized pandals being made at the Dakat Kali Temple pictured above.
Healthcare Mogra has a rural government hospital with more than 35 beds.
It also has a number of private nursing homes, which are as follows:
Swasti Nursing Home (located in Mogra Station Road) Greenhealth Hospital Aesthetic Nursing Home (previously known as Ideal) Shantiniketan Nursing Home Manabik Nursing Home Swastha Katha Nursing Home Manaranjan Sheba Sadan
Administration Mogra is divided into two gram panchayats - Mogra 1 and Mogra 2. The village comes under both Balagarh and Saptagram. The area of Mogra G.P. 1 comes under Balagarh Assembly constituency and G.P. 2 comes under Saptagram Assembly constituency. Following is the ward wise breakup of Mogra Gram Panchayats 1 and 2 respectively.
Mogra No.1 Gram Panchayat The latest elections were held in July 2023. The Trinamool Congress swept the panchayat area winning 18 wards out of 19.
Chairperson: Baisakhi Bag Ward No. Name of Councillor Party Remarks 1 Putul Ghosh 2 Monorama Ghosh 3 Bidyut Bag 4 Goutam Debnath 5 Baisakhi Bag 6 Soni Thakur 7 Sukla Malo 8 Somen Kundu 9 Asima Sarkar 10 Aparna Debnath 11 Amit Kumar Mondal 12 Asha Roy 13 Khagen Bauldas 14 Shyamalika Dhara 15 Raju Das 16 Pratima Payal 17 Saibya Adak 18 Biswajit Payal 19 Raghunath Bhowmick
Mogra No.2 Gram Panchayat The latest elections were held in July 2023. The Trinamool Congress won the panchayat winning 13 wards out of 19. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 6 wards.
Chairperson: Aparna Malo Ward No. Name of Councillor Party Remarks 1 Dipti Mukherjee 2 Shrikanta Bhattacharya 3 Rupa Mahato 4 Mongala Mondal 5 Pritam Banerjee 6 Jhuma Roy 7 Jayashree Pal 8 Sujit Kumar Das 9 Nitu Das Patra 10 Sankar Kahar 11 Dipali Choudhury 12 Sujay Kumar Pandit 13 Banashri Malik 14 Aparna Adhikary 15 Banani Bhattacharjee 16 Aparna Malo 17 Swapan Bag 18 Sadhana Adhikari 19 Rimpa Das Mondal
People Mogra has a diverse population. Mogra is home to mostly Bengalis but there is significant population of Biharis. The oldest groups in the area are Bagdis, Ghosh, Das and Sadhukhan. After the division of Bengal, many refugees settled from Bangladesh. Bagati is a locality inside Mogra and was the ancestral home of the Young Bengal leader Ramgopal Ghosh.Sastri, Sivanath, Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj, 1903/2001, p.76, New Age Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Transport The Grand Trunk Road, which is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads, passes through Mogra.Google maps
Mogra is connected to a variety of destinations via public transport. All bus routes via Mogra, except Route Number 23 has been abolished. Hooghly Private Bus Number 23 is the only bus that connects Mogra to Chinsurah, Mahanad and Tarakeswar. Auto rickshaws, Toto, Magic are available for covering short distances. Mogra railway station is situated on Howrah-Bardhaman main line and local trains run from Mogra to Bardhaman and Howrah.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is approximately an hour's drive from Mogra.
References
External links Satellite map of Sahaganj showing the location of Magra Map of Hooghly district