Trend of urbanization in Chakdaha urban area in preceding few decades

Abstract

Urbanization has not been uniform all over the world. Different ages have witnessed localized growth. The dawn of modern age saw the spread of urbanization to almost all the parts of the world. With the spread of globalization, all the places get connected with each other .Developed and developing places are moving towards more urbanized condition. West Bengal is one of the most urbanized states of India, where the urbanization is spreading now in all over the state. But the district-wise, Urbanization rate has made a clear differential scenario. The state capital, district head quarters are well known urban bodies, beside the others are no so notorious. In spite of that Chakdaha Municipality was one of the old and significant urban centres of Nadia district. The trend of urbanization Chakdaha recent decades, the urban geographic investigations are connected primarily with the areal variations within, between and beyond cities. The Township, formally known as ‘Chakradaha’ was an agro-based rural settlement before 19th century, located in the Nadia District, West Bengal, India, extending from 230 01’45’’ N to 230 06’55’’ N & 880 29’50’’ E to 880 34’07’’ E respectively and traverses an area of 15.56 Sq. Km as a core and few surrounding. In the present work the urban scenario of Chakdaha Municipal area in last 100 years has been attempted to examine. To investigate the impact on urbanization different quantitative and qualitative techniques have been adopted.