Tarakeswar

At present the area of the town is 3.88Sq km. The Municipal area is divided into 15 No. wards for administrative purpose. Tarakeswar town is situated in the center of Tarakeswar Block .Four Gram Panchayet surround this Municipality . North portion of this town is Bhanjipur Gram Panchayat, south portion is Ramnagar Gram Panchayet, east portion is Baligori (1) Gram Panchayet and west portion is Sontoshpur Gram Panchayat. The important feature of the climate is that summer is oppressive rainfall is profuse and humidity is high. In winter the temperature often below 10 C started from November and till the end of February . In the summer the temperature crosses 40C . The average temperature ranges between 22C and 35C. The general wind direction south , south-west . The rainy season is between June and September and the average rainfall is 1520mm. The soil is reach fertile forms of new alluvial on clay subsoil with clay surface at some place. The town lies in the flat alluvial plain. The Tarakeswar is in the Chandannagore Sub-Division under the Burdwan Division in the District of Hooghly. It is also under the Tarakeswar Police Station and Tarakeswar Block. The town comes the status of Municipality on 6th August 1975 . The Municipality is divided in to 15 No. of Wards. The town accommodates Block Development Office, Police Station, Fire Service Office and other various office of different departments of the Govt. and Semi-Govt. level. Detail list of office are given in the town feature. The Tarakeswar being linked as a terminal station of Howrah – Tarakeswar line of Eastern Railway. The town is linked with its region mostly by Railway and Roadway. The linkage of the Roads. Tarakeswar being a famous pilgrim station is linked with the District of Bankura,Burdwan, Purulia, Birbhum, Midnapur, Malda, Howrah and different urban centers by tarred Motor-able Roads and Railway. At present near about 60(sixty) nos. bus routes connect different urban centers of the state with Tarakeswar . At present the main mode of travel within the town is cycle, rickshaw as buses are not allowed to ply inside the proper town. Economy of the town is based on mainly on Agriculture and Trading, very small in Industries. There are 3 Nos. of Cold storage and few Nos. of oil Mill, Jute Bags, Soap Factory, and Candle manufacturing units in the town. There are one Rural Hospital, 5 Nos. of Nursing Home, with 30 Nos. of Doctor’s in the town. One Municipal Health Center. The town has 3 nos. of Higher Secondary Schools, 1 no. of Secondary School, 1 no. secondary school, 14nos. primary school out of which 6nos. Govt. sanctioned and 8 nos. private. There are also one college 3nos. shishu shikha center & 2nos. brunch center of open university. There are 3 nos. municipal market & 3 nos. shopping center. Road side shopping are cropping up indiscriminately causing congestion for traffic. There are 2 nos. Cinema Halls, 5 nos. small Community Hall and 4 nos. Play Ground. Srabani Mela , Gazan Mela and Shibaratri mela are organizing by Municipality & Temple Estate. Side by side “Tarakeswar Utsav”, Sports, Cultural Competition and also traditional art & craft Mela areorganizing by the Municipality. Like all flat terrains the town has some localized drainage problems. Since the town is in the making, there is dearth of proper drainage facility which needs to be attended. There are 4.36 km. of pucca drains and 3.20 km. of kancha drains. There are208 nos, Hand operated tube-wells, 7 nos. deep tube-well. Under ground water supply available only on road side at 115 no. road side street posts in 2(part), 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 part & 15(part) no. wards, three times in a day (morning, noon & afternoon, total 7 hours ). The water supply system controlled & maintain by Tarakeswar Municipality. There is a high demand of commercial shops and organized shopping will help to create additional activities of the town, Two nos, shopping complex are owned by Municipality. There are a few nos.