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[[New Gitaldaha railway station]] is on the broad gauge [[Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-alipurduar-bamanhat-passenger-55465/21260/449/7550| title = 55765 =>55465 Alipurduar – Bamunhat Passenger | work= Time Table| publisher = Indiarailinfo |accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref>
[[New Gitaldaha railway station]] is on the broad gauge [[Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-alipurduar-bamanhat-passenger-55465/21260/449/7550| title = 55765 =>55465 Alipurduar – Bamunhat Passenger | work= Time Table| publisher = Indiarailinfo |accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref>


The area was agog with railway activity in the 19th-20th century.The Assam Behar State Railway linked [[Parbatipur railway station|Parbatipur]] to [[Katihar railway station|Katihar]], with a [[metre gauge]] line in 1889. in the early 1900s, the[[Eastern Bengal Railway]] extended railways to [[Lalmonirhat railway station|Lalmonirhat]], [[Gitaldaha railway station|Gitaldaha]] (via [[Mogalhat Railway Station|Mogalhat]]), [[Bamanhat railway station|Bamanhat]], [[Golokganj railway station|Golokganj]] and other places, thereby connecting Assam to Katihar, in Bihar, via North Bengal. In 1901 [[Cooch Behar State Railway]] built the [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge]] line from Gitaldaha to [[Jayanti, Alipurduar|Jayanti]], near the Bhutan border. Shortly thereafter, the line was upgraded to meter gauge.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R.P. Saxena |accessdate=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/history_book5.html| title = Royal History| work= page 5| publisher = Cooch Behar district authorities |accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref>
The area was agog with railway activity in the 19th-20th century.The Assam Behar State Railway linked [[Parbatipur railway station|Parbatipur]] to [[Katihar railway station|Katihar]], with a [[metre gauge]] line in 1889. in the early 1900s, the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] extended railways to [[Lalmonirhat railway station|Lalmonirhat]], [[Gitaldaha railway station|Gitaldaha]] (via [[Mogalhat Railway Station|Mogalhat]]), [[Bamanhat railway station|Bamanhat]], [[Golokganj railway station|Golokganj]] and other places, thereby connecting Assam to Katihar, in Bihar, via North Bengal. In 1901 [[Cooch Behar State Railway]] built the [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge]] line from Gitaldaha to [[Jayanti, Alipurduar|Jayanti]], near the Bhutan border. Shortly thereafter, the line was upgraded to meter gauge.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History timeline |author=R.P. Saxena |accessdate=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/history_book5.html| title = Royal History| work= page 5| publisher = Cooch Behar district authorities |accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref>


The Lalmonirhat-Mogalhat-Gitaldaha route was functional when India and Pakistan agreed in 1955 for resumption of railway traffic between the two countries, and it included movement of cross traffic via Mogalhat through the Eastern Bengal Railway.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/7701/Agreement+on+Resumption+of+Rail+Traffic| title = Agreement on Resumption of Rail Traffic, 15 April 1955| publisher = Media Center, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India |accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref>A portion of the bridge across the Dharla River was washed away by floods in 1988.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://tbsnews.net/panorama/snap-link-46851 | title = A Snap in the Link | work= Jebun Nesa Alo| publisher = The Business Standard, 22 February 2020 |accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thehindu.com/society/villages-without-borders/article19132524.ece | title = Villages without borders| work= Suvojit Bagchi| publisher = The Hindu, 24 June 2017|accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref>
The Lalmonirhat-Mogalhat-Gitaldaha route was functional when India and Pakistan agreed in 1955 for resumption of railway traffic between the two countries, and it included movement of cross traffic via Mogalhat through the Eastern Bengal Railway.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/7701/Agreement+on+Resumption+of+Rail+Traffic| title = Agreement on Resumption of Rail Traffic, 15 April 1955| publisher = Media Center, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India |accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref>A portion of the bridge across the Dharla River was washed away by floods in 1988.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://tbsnews.net/panorama/snap-link-46851 | title = A Snap in the Link | work= Jebun Nesa Alo| publisher = The Business Standard, 22 February 2020 |accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thehindu.com/society/villages-without-borders/article19132524.ece | title = Villages without borders| work= Suvojit Bagchi| publisher = The Hindu, 24 June 2017|accessdate = 31 July 2020}}</ref>

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Gitaldaha
Village
Gitaldaha is located in West Bengal
Gitaldaha
Gitaldaha
Location in West Bengal, India
Gitaldaha is located in India
Gitaldaha
Gitaldaha
Gitaldaha (India)
Coordinates: 26°01′59″N 89°29′04″E / 26.03304°N 89.48434°E / 26.03304; 89.48434
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,058
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
736135
Telephone/STD code03582
Vehicle registrationWB
Lok Sabha constituencyCooch Behar
Vidhan Sabha constituencySitai
Websitecoochbehar.gov.in

Gitaldaha is a village and a gram panchayat in the Dinhata I CD block in the Dinhata subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Gitaldaha is located at 26°01′59″N 89°29′04″E / 26.03304°N 89.48434°E / 26.03304; 89.48434.

Gitaldaha I and Gitaldaha II are gram panchayats in Dinhata I CD block.[1]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Gitaldaha had a total population of 3,917. There were 2,058 (53%) males and 1,859 (47%) females. There were 492 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Gitaldaha was 2,563 (74.83% of the population over 6 years).[2]

Railway connections

New Gitaldaha railway station is on the broad gauge Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line.[3]

The area was agog with railway activity in the 19th-20th century.The Assam Behar State Railway linked Parbatipur to Katihar, with a metre gauge line in 1889. in the early 1900s, the Eastern Bengal Railway extended railways to Lalmonirhat, Gitaldaha (via Mogalhat), Bamanhat, Golokganj and other places, thereby connecting Assam to Katihar, in Bihar, via North Bengal. In 1901 Cooch Behar State Railway built the narrow gauge line from Gitaldaha to Jayanti, near the Bhutan border. Shortly thereafter, the line was upgraded to meter gauge.[4][5]

The Lalmonirhat-Mogalhat-Gitaldaha route was functional when India and Pakistan agreed in 1955 for resumption of railway traffic between the two countries, and it included movement of cross traffic via Mogalhat through the Eastern Bengal Railway.[6]A portion of the bridge across the Dharla River was washed away by floods in 1988.[7][8]

The conversion of the 72 km long Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge in 2007, and its subsequent recommissioning, had a station at New Gitaldaha.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal". Cooch Behar. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ "55765 =>55465 Alipurduar – Bamunhat Passenger". Time Table. Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ R.P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Royal History". page 5. Cooch Behar district authorities. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Agreement on Resumption of Rail Traffic, 15 April 1955". Media Center, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. ^ "A Snap in the Link". Jebun Nesa Alo. The Business Standard, 22 February 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Villages without borders". Suvojit Bagchi. The Hindu, 24 June 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. ^ Srivastava, V.P. "Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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