Kenda

Kenda

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Kenda | type = city | latd = 23.20 | longd = 86.53
locator_position = right | state_name = West Bengal
district = Barddhaman
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altitude = 229
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 14,517| population_density =
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website = bardhaman.gov.in/
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Kenda ( _bn. কেন্দা) is a census town under Jamuria police station [ [http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of stautory towns] ] of Asansol subdivision in Barddhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Kenda is located at coord|23.20|N|86.53|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Kenda.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kenda] ] . It has an average elevation of m to ft|229|m|abbr=on. The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating latterite soil. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared. [ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, "Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti" (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), Bn icon, Vol I, pp 14-15, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3 ]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Kenda had a population of 14,517. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Kenda has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 51%. In Kenda, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Kenda is a coal mining area. [ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p 48 ] One of the area headquarters of Eastern Coalfields Ltd., a subsidiary of Coal India Limited are located here. [ [http://easterncoal.nic.in/corporate.html ECL website] ] Underground mining has been hazardous activity leading to accidents. 55 persons were killed in an accident in the New Kenda Colliery in 1994. [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1804/18040310.htm Frontline Feb-Mar 2001] ] Another six persons died in an accident in Shyamsunderpur colliery in 2006. [ [http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?date=2006-12-01&usrsess=1&clid=22&id=166049 The Statesman, 1 December 2006] ] The coal mining area also faces land subsidence problems. [ [http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?date=2006-12-22&usrsess=1&clid=23&id=168366 The Statesman, 22 December 2006] [http://164.100.24.208/lsq14/quest.asp?qref=6525 Lok Sabha question] ]

Education

Kenda has three primary and one higher secondary schools. [ [http://bardhaman.gov.in/education/schudir.asp 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003] ]

References

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