Jafrabad, Murshidabad
# Jafrabad, Murshidabad

Jafrabad is a census town and gram panchayat in the Samserganj CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.

## Geography

### Location

Jafrabad is located at 24°39′44″N 87°56′47″E﻿ / ﻿24.6621°N 87.9465°E﻿ / 24.6621; 87.9465.

According to the map of Samserganj CD block in the District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, Anup Nagar, Jafrabad, Kankuria, Kohetpur, Jaykrishnapur, Uttar Mahammadpur, Chachanda, Basudebpur and Dhusaripara form a series of census towns from Dhuliyan, a municipal town.

### Area overview

Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating. The river Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country. Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map). The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station. According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women. As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the Ganges alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks.

Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

## Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Jafrabad had a total population of 28,332, of which 14,253 (50%) were males and 14,079 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 5,709. The total number of literate persons in Jafrabad was 14,604 (64.55% of the population over 6 years).

## Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook, Murshidabad, 2011, Jafarabad covered an area of 3.0495 $km^2.$ had 2 km roads with closed drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, hand pump, tube well/ borewell. It had 570 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 veterinary hospital. Among the educational facilities, it had 5 primary school, 2 middle schools, 1 secondary school. It produced beedi. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank, 1 private commercial bank, 1 cooperative bank.

## Healthcare

Samserganj CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of arsenic contamination. The WHO guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg/ litre, and the Indian Standard value is 50 mg/ litre. The maximum concentration in Samserganj CD block is 287 mg/litre.

