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Rangra observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
The principal temple recorded for Basirhat - I mandal is Baduria Ramkrishna Ashram. No temple of this dedication is on record within Rangra itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
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Rangra is a village in Basirhat - I mandal, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, located at coordinates 22.693°N, 88.899°E.
Rangra is a revenue village in Basirhat - I block, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. It lies 27 km from the North 24 Parganas district centre, 4 km from Panitar, the nearest town, 6 km from Basirhat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 743292, served by Itinda post office; the LGD village code is 323544. The nearest hospital or health centre is Basirhat Nursing Home, 3 km away. The sarpanch is BABY GHOSH, and the village votes in Basirhat Uttar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Md. Tauseffur Rahman.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rangra · this village | 0 | — | — |
| Prasannakati · Basirhat - I | 2,463 | 65% | 0.6 km NE |
| Merudandi · Basirhat - I | 4,730 | 75% | 1.4 km SW |
| Shibhati · Basirhat - I | 2,211 | 73% | 1.6 km NW |
| Labanga · Baduria | 2,790 | 66% | 1.7 km N |
| Mukundakati · Basirhat - I | 2,599 | 59% | 1.9 km E |
| Akharpur · Basirhat - I | 6,204 | 58% | 2 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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