Madanpur, India
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Madanpur মদনপুর |
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 Madanpur
 Madanpur
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| Coordinates: 23°01′N 88°29′E / 23.02°N 88.48°ECoordinates: 23°01′N 88°29′E / 23.02°N 88.48°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 13,675 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 741245 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Website | nadia |
Madanpur is a suburb under Chakdaha block and Chakdaha police station of Kalyani subdivision in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located around 53 km away from Kolkata - the capital of West Bengal. Madanpur has been transformed rapidly from a village to a suburb/census town in last 15 years. Madanpur is famous for cultivation of cauliflowers all over the Bengal.
In the middle of eighteenth century when the railway was yet to come in Bengal, this area was full of grass land and lash green on the bank of Ganges river. The current station area was totally in the river bed. After 1750 it became populated. The myth was that Thakur Madangopal with Sri Radha used to take rest at this place on the way to Krishnanagar via Chandirampur. The people of the village was very much happy with this and they started worshiping lord Madangopal. From then, people started calling this place as Madanpur which means place for Madangopal. Here still have Madangopal temple near Birohi.
Madanpur is located at 23°01′N 88°29′E / 23.02°N 88.48°E. It has an average elevation of 9 m (30 ft). It is situated on the bank of Ganges which is called Hoogly River in this place. Madanpur is full of highly fertile agricultural land. It is spread till Kaliganj in the North, Ishwaripur in the West, Birohi in the East and Kalyani in the South. Madanpur has wide marsh area. Yamuna river, a feeder of Ganges flows through Madanpur to meet Ichhamoti. The source place of Yamuna river is called Tribeni. But, nowadays this river is almost in dying condition. The nearest Bangladesh border (Petrapole) is just about 51 km from Madanpur.
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