Beraberi

Beraberi
Village
Beraberi is located in West Bengal
Beraberi
Beraberi
Location in West Bengal, India
Beraberi is located in India
Beraberi
Beraberi
Beraberi (India)
Coordinates: 22°50′46″N 88°12′17″E / 22.84611°N 88.20472°E / 22.84611; 88.20472
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
6,810
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-WB

Beraberi is a village in Singur CD Block in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Beraberi is located at 22°50′46″N 88°12′17″E / 22.84611°N 88.20472°E / 22.84611; 88.20472.[1]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Beraberi had a population of 6,810 of which 3,454 (51%) were males and 3,356 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 644. The number of literates in Beraberi was 5,173 (83.90% of the population over 6 years).[2]

Economy

Tata Motors at Singur

Singur gained international media attention since Tata Motors started constructing a factory to manufacture their $2,500 car, the Tata Nano at Singur. The small car was scheduled to roll out of the factory by 2008.[3] In October 2008, Tatas announced withdrawal from the project.[4] Six villages – Bajemelia, Beraberi, Gopalnagar, Joymolla, Khaser Bheri and Sinher Bheri – were affected by land acquisition.[5][6] In 2016, the Supreme Court quashed the West Bengal government’s acquisition of 997 acres of agricultural land for Tata Motors and ordered its return to 9,117 landowners.[7][8]

Education

Beraberi Suryya Narayan Memorial High School is a coeducational higher secondary school. It has arrangements for teaching Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography, economics, mathematics, physics and chemistry.[9]

Transport

Madhusudanpur railway station on Howrah-Bardhaman chord line is the nearest railway station.

References

  1. ^ "Beraberi Bazar". Hooghly district. Wikimapia. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Tata Motors' small car to roll out of Singur by 2008". The Hindu Business Line, 26 November 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Tata's Singur Withdrawal 'slap' for West Bengal: Biman Bose". Two Circles.net, 4 October 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Land Acquisition and Compensation: What Really Happened in Singur?" (PDF). Maitresh Ghatak, Sandip Mitra, Dilip Mookherjee, Anusha Nath. Economic and Political Weekly, 25 May 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Singur: Six years later". 25 December 2012. TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  7. ^ Rajagopal, Krishnadas. "Return land to Farmers: SC orders West Bengal govt". The Hindu, 31 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Bengal to return Singur land to farmers on Sept 14". The Hindu Business Line, 12 September 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Beraberi Suryya Narayan Memorial High School". West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. Retrieved 6 October 2018.