Kandi, Murshidabad

<!-- See WikiProject Indian cities for details -->Kandi is a town and a municipality in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarters of Kandi subdivision.

Geography

Kandi is located at . It has an average elevation of 20&nbsp;metres (65&nbsp;feet).

Kandi is a small sub-divisional agricultural town in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal.

The town and surrounding areas become water-logged during monsoon season.

Education

There are few educational establishments in this tiny place including Kandi Raj College, College of Commerce, Kandi Raj High School, Kandi MC Girls school,Bimal Chandra College of Law etc. The educational revolution of this place started while the theatre owned by the Zamindars of the Kandi Raj family converted into a school under the leadership of Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Currently, female education has picked up momentum. There are many educational libraries, sporting clubs in neighbouring villages.

Health

There is a government hospital in the heart of the town and neighbouring people visit for their medical treatment.

Personalities

The town is proud to be associated with various wellknown personalities including Ramendra Sundar Trivedi, Bimal Sinha, Jagadish Sinha (politician), Byomkes Chakrabarti (linguist & educationist), Sarat Chandra Pandit (Dada Thakur), Atish Chandra Sinha, Dr Birendra Kumar Chakraborty.

Demographics

India census, Kandi...
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