Sagarpara

Sagarpara is a village in Jalangi CD Block in Domkol subdivision of Murshidabad district in West Bengal, India.It has a population of around 25,000, mostly agricultural workers, and supports both Hindu and Muslim communities. It lies at the geographic co-ordinates of latitude 24.238609, longitude 88.697776.There is a masjid situated near Sagarpara Bazaar, opposite Sagarpara High School. Sagarpara is located under Jalangi police station in West Bengal. It is 2.5 kilometres from the Padma River.HistoryLike many other small villages in Ganges Delta, Sagarpara was a small river port during the time of Mughal. Until the year of Indian independence in 1947, it was just a small village backed by a port to ferry jute through Jalangi River, a tributary of Padma River. The partition of India saw Sagarpara grow due to an influx of settlers from East Bengal. The Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 saw another surge of refugees in this Village located only 2.5 kilometres from the Bangladesh-India border.