Beraberi Explained

Beraberi is a village in Singur CD Block in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Beraberi is located at 22.8461°N 88.2047°W.^[1]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Beraberi had a population of 6,810 of which 3,454 (51%) were males and 3,356 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 644. The number of literates in Beraberi was 5,173 (83.90% of the population over 6 years).^[2]

Economy

Tata Motors at Singur

See main article: article and Tata Nano Singur controversy. Singur gained international media attention since Tata Motors started constructing a factory to manufacture their $2,500 car, the Tata Nano at Singur. The small car was scheduled to roll out of the factory by 2008.^[3] In October 2008, Tatas announced withdrawal from the project.^[4] Six villages – Bajemelia, Beraberi, Gopalnagar, Joymolla, Khaser Bheri and Sinher Bheri – were affected by land acquisition.^{[5] [6]} In 2016, the Supreme Court quashed the West Bengal government’s acquisition of 997 acres of agricultural land for Tata Motors and ordered its return to 9,117 landowners.^{[7] [8]}

Education

Beraberi Suryya Narayan Memorial High School is a coeducational higher secondary school. It has arrangements for teaching Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography, economics, mathematics, physics and chemistry.^[9]

Transport

Madhusudanpur railway station on Howrah-Bardhaman chord line is the nearest railway station.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beraberi Bazar . Hooghly district. Wikimapia . 13 June 2016.
2. Web site: C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) . 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 13 June 2016.
3. Web site: Tata Motors’ small car to roll out of Singur by 2008 . The Hindu Business Line, 26 November 2006 . 3 June 2016.
4. Web site: Tata’s Singur Withdrawal ‘slap’ for West Bengal: Biman Bose. Two Circles.net, 4 October 2008 . 24 May 2016.
5. Web site: Land Acquisition and Compensation: What Really Happened in Singur? . Maitresh Ghatak, Sandip Mitra, Dilip Mookherjee, Anusha Nath. Economic and Political Weekly, 25 May 2013 . 3 June 2016.
6. Web site: Singur: Six years later . 25 December 2012 . TwoCircles.net . 13 June 2016.
7. Web site: Return land to Farmers: SC orders West Bengal govt.. Krishnadas . Rajagopal. 8 June 2017 . The Hindu, 31 August 2016.
8. Web site: Bengal to return Singur land to farmers on Sept 14 . 8 June 2017 . The Hindu Business Line, 12 September 2016.
9. Web site: Beraberi Suryya Narayan Memorial High School . West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education . 6 October 2018.