Katwa (India)
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| State : | West Bengal | ||
| District : | Bardhaman | ||
| Location : | 23 ° 39 ′ N , 88 ° 8 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 21 m | ||
| Area : | 8.43 km² | ||
| Residents : | 81,615 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 9681 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Website : | Katwa | ||
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Katwa ( Bengali : কাটোয়া ) is a city in the Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal with almost 90,000 inhabitants.
location
Katwa is about 165 km (driving distance) north of Calcutta on the west bank of the Bhagirathi River south of the confluence of the Ajay at an average altitude of about 21 m above sea level. d. M. Nearby cities are Nabadwip (approx. 40 km southeast) and Mayapur (approx. 65 km southeast).
population
Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991.
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 55,541 | 71,589 | 81,615 |
The majority Bengali and Hindi- speaking population consists of almost 82% Hindus , and approx. 17.5% Muslims ; Jains , Sikhs , Buddhists and Christians are numerically small minorities. As usual with censuses in northern India, the male population is around 3% higher than the female population.
economy
The main crops in the area include rice , jute and sugar cane as well as mangoes ; Livestock breeding (cattle, poultry) is also playing an increasingly important role. The city is the seat of numerous administrative and educational institutions as well as hospitals, banks, etc.
history
For centuries, Katwa was nothing more than a larger village. In the 1840s the area was repeatedly invaded by the Bargis (splinter groups of the Marathas ); thereupon Murshid Quli Khan , the first Nawab of Bengal , chose the place as the place for a mighty fort. Under the British and especially after the independence and partition of India (1947) the strategically located place developed into a trading center and traffic junction.
Attractions
Several temples testify to the importance of the city for the followers of Vishnu and Krishna . Katwa is considered to be the place where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu , the founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava doctrine, received fundamental knowledge of this doctrine from Sri Ishwarpuri in the early 16th century , from which the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( ISKCON ) emerged.
Web links
- Katwa - short information + links (English)