About Gangadharpur

Gangadharpur (Bengali: )[1] is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station. in Srirampore subdivision. It is 26 km from District headquarters Hooghly. 30 km from State capital Kolkata.[2] As of 2011 India census,[3] Gangadharpur had a population of 7862. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Gangadharpur has an average literacy rate of 83.5%, higher than the state average of 76.26%; with 87.72% of the literates being male and 79.27% being female. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. Like other parts of West Bengal, Durga Puja is the biggest festival of Gangadharpur . Kali Puja is one of the famous festivals celebrated in Gangadharpur . Also Lakshmi Puja, Viswakarma Puja, Saraswati Puja, Poila Boisakh-Ganesh Puja, kartik Puja, Dol Yatra are widely celebrated at Gangadharpur & Boisakhi mela, Charok Etc..