Kulgachia

Kulgachia
Village
Kulgachia Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22.46°N 88.00°E / 22.46; 88.00
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Howrah
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	149,249
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Tulsiberia More, 2012

Kulgachia is a village of Howrah district in the state West Bengal, India. The rail station located at the center of the town is only 40 km from howrah station and NH6 is only about 500 meter from the station area. Over the last five years it has been changed, developed and grown drastically to a town from village life though it is under panchayet raj administrative system yet. Populations are dramatically increased here nowadays due to the good communication with Kolkata, Kharagpur and other economically important parts of the state West Bengal.

Infrastructure

Notable transportation networks include the Southeastern Railway, NH6, and Damodar. The Orissa Trunk Road is the main road and passes through the heart of the town. It connects to National Highway No-6, the Bombay Road.

Kulgachia has a railroad station.

Beside the station area there are two markets popularly known as Kulgachia super market and Ramkrisha market. Both of the markets have different types of shops, including a number of pharmacies. Chandipur Block Primary Health Centre popularly known as Chandipur hospital is only 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the station.

Geography

Kulgachia is located in the eastern part of India With an average elevation of 4 m (13 ft). It is situated close to the Damodar River.

As it is an unplanned Panchayet town right now and has been known to suffer from drainage problems during periods of heavy rain. Other persistent issues are erosion caused by the Damodar river and encroachment.

Demographics

The Kulgachia area is estimated to have a population of 30,778.

Bus routes

• Kulgachia-Serampore
• Esplanade-Bagnan Calcutta Tramways Company
• Esplanade-Shyampur
• Bagnan-Burdwan
• Bagnan-Science City
• Bagnan-Park Circus
• Bagnan-Sinthee More
• Bagnan-Barasat
• Bagnan-Bidhannagar
• Bagnan-Sealdah
• Bagnan-Ruby crossing
• Bagnan-Shyambazar
• Howrah-Bakshi
• Howrah-Digha
• Howrah-Ghatal
• Howrah-Chandrakona Road

Colleges

• OmDayal Group of Institutions
• Vivekananda Ramakrishna Mission B.Ed. College

Schools

• Srikrishnapur Chittaranjan High School
• Ideal Public School

• Pirpur JUC Institute
• Joargori High School
• Netaji Balika vidyalaya
• Kamina High School

KG Schools

• Shishu Siksha Niketan
• Children's Academy
• Ankur
• Vivekananda KG School
• Adhyayan Public School