geo.wikisort.org - IslandGhoramara Island is an island 92 km south of Kolkata, India in the Sundarban Delta complex of the Bay of Bengal. The island is small, roughly five square kilometers in area, and is quickly disappearing due to erosion and sea level rise.[1]
Ghoramara Island |
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Location | Bay of Bengal |
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Archipelago | Sundarbans |
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State | West Bengal |
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District | South 24 Parganas |
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Population | 3000 |
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Shrinking of island
Global warming has caused the rivers that pour down from the Himalayas and empty into the Bay of Bengal to swell and shift in recent decades, placing these islands, known as the Sundarbans, in danger. Four islands are completely underwater, and another 10 in the area are at risk.[1]
A 2007 study by Jadavpur University concluded that roughly 31 square miles (80 km2) of the Sundarbans had disappeared during the preceding 30 years, and that Ghoramara had shrunk to less than five square miles (thirteen square kilometres), about half its size in 1969: this loss of land had caused the displacement of more than 600 families.[2]
Population
Ghoramara island once had a population of 40,000.[3] The 2001 Government of India census showed a population of 5,000 on Ghoramara; this population is believed to have shrunk as families are displaced by the island's sinking and many families are migrating in search of better livelihood.[4] As of 2016 the island has 3,000 residents.[3]
See also
References
- Satellite view from Google images
- International Herald Tribune article
- Morphological changes of Ghoramara Island: a documentation. Indian Journal of Geography and Environment. Vol.2, p. 64-65, 1997.
- Destruction and Agony in Ghoramara Island. Paper accepted to present in the 22nd Conference of Institute of Indian Geographers (IIG) and IGU Commission meeting on Land Degradation and Desertification, January 9-1, 2001.
South 24 Parganas topics |
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General | |
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Subdivisions |
- Alipore Sadar
- Baruipur
- Canning
- Diamond Harbour
- Kakdwip
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Islands | |
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Municipalities | |
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Community development blocks | Alipore Sadar subdivision |
- Bishnupur I
- Bishnupur II
- Budge Budge I
- Budge Budge II
- Thakurpukur Maheshtala
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Baruipur subdivision |
- Baruipur
- Bhangar I
- Bhangar II
- Jaynagar I
- Jaynagar II
- Kultali
- Sonarpur
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Canning subdivision | |
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Diamond Harbour subdivision |
- Diamond Harbour I
- Diamond Harbour II
- Falta
- Kulpi
- Magrahat I
- Magrahat II
- Mandirbazar
- Mathurapur I
- Mathurapur II
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Kakdwip subdivision |
- Kakdwip
- Namkhana
- Patharpratima
- Sagar
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Archaeological sites |
- Deulpota
- Dhosa
- Harinarayanpur
- Tilpi
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Educational Institutes of higher learning |
- Diamond Harbour Women's University
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Rivers | |
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Transport |
- NH 12
- SH 1
- Kalighat–Falta Railway
- Eastern Railway zone
- Kolkata Suburban Railway
- Sealdah South lines
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Lok Sabha constituencies |
- Diamond Harbour
- Jadavpur
- Jaynagar
- Mathurapur
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Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
- Gosaba
- Basanti
- Kultali
- Patharpratima
- Kakdwip
- Sagar
- Kulpi
- Raidighi
- Mandirbazar
- Jaynagar
- Baruipur Purba
- Canning Paschim
- Canning Purba
- Baruipur Paschim
- Magrahat Purba
- Magrahat Paschim
- Diamond Harbour
- Falta
- Satgachia
- Bishnupur
- Sonarpur Dakshin
- Bhangar
- Kasba
- Jadavpur
- Sonarpur Uttar
- Tollyganj
- Behala Purba
- Behala Paschim
- Maheshtala
- Budge Budge
- Metiaburuz
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Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
- Mathurapur
- Garden Reach
- Dhakuria
- Kabitirtha
- Alipore
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See also |
- Cities, towns and locations in South 24 Parganas district
- People from South 24 Parganas district
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На других языках
[de] Ghoramara
Ghoramara (bengalisch .mw-parser-output .Beng{font-size:110%}ঘোড়ামারা দ্বীপ .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Ghoṛāmārā dbīp) ist eine indische Insel im Gangesdelta.
- [en] Ghoramara Island
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