Dhuliyan


Dhuliyan is a municipality town in Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located between the Ganges and the Hooghly canal.
Dhuliyan has been mentioned as an inland water transport trading point between Murshidabad and the city of Rajshahi in Bangladesh. Low-cost barges could ply the Ganges river, called Padma in downstream Bangladesh, exchanging goods and reducing smuggling. This proposal has not been agreed to yet by the two countries. Old Dhulian Railway station under the Ganga River near Lalpur, Present Railway station name Dhulian Ganga.

Geography

Dhuliyan is located at. It has an average elevation of 4 metres.
Dhuliyan is surrounded by Farakka, Aurangabad Pakur and Ganga River -. Ganga river Right bank Dhuliyan town and Left Bank Malda District & Bangladesh
Dhuliyan includes Dhuliyan Bazar, Jafrabad, Tinpakuria, Kankuria, Ratanpur,House Nagar, Anup Nagar & Dakbanglow area.

Demographics

The Dhulian Municipality has population of 95,706 of which 47,635 are males while 48,071 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. The literacy rate is 63.03%. Male literacy is around 69.15% while female literacy is 56.98%.
In the 2011 Census of India, Dhuliyan Urban Agglomeration had a population of 239,022, out of which 119,151 were males and 119,871 were females.
India census, Dhulian had a population of 72,906 of which males are 36524 and females are 36382. Dhulian had an average literacy rate of 39%. Male literacy was 48% and female literacy was 31%.

Police station

Samserganj police station, located in Dhulian, has jurisdiction over Samserganj CD Block.

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Samserganj CD Block are located at Dhulian.

Transportation

passes through Dhulian town. Dhulian Ganga railway station is situated in Malda railway division of Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop line.

Education

College

was established in 2008 at Dhulian. It has Bengali, English, History, Sociology and Education departments.

Schools