Radhikapur

Radhikapur is a village and a gram panchayat in Kaliaganj CD block in Raiganj subdivision of Uttar Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a border checkpoint on the Bangladesh-India border.

Radhikapur
Village
Radhikapur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Radhikapur Radhikapur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25.642778°N 88.446944°E / 25.642778; 88.446944
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,057
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	733129
STD/ Telephone code	03523
Lok Sabha constituency	Raiganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kaliaganj
Website	uttardinajpur.nic.in

Geography

Location

Radhikapur is located at 25.642778°N 88.446944°E / 25.642778; 88.446944.

Radhikapur-Biral transit point

16km
9.9miles

T

Mahananda River

S

West
Bengal

R

Bihar

Q

Bangladesh

P

India

T

Raiganj
Wildlife Sanctuary

R

Radhikapur
checkpoint

CT

Itahar

CT

Kasba

CT

Nachhratpur
Katabari

R

Hemtabad

R

Karandighi

R

Chakulia

R

Goalpokhar

CT

Hanskunda

CT

Chopra

M

Dalkhola

M

Kaliaganj

M

Islampur

M

Raiganj

   

Cities and towns in the Uttar Dinajpur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, T: tourist centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

The Radhikapur-Birol rail link was put back in operation in April 2017.^[1][2][3]

It was a defunct rail transit point on the India-Bangladesh border for a long time. The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Biral in Dinajpur District.^[4][5] The transit facility in the Radhikapur-Birol sector had remained suspended since 1 April 2005. The railway track on the Indian side had been converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge while that on the Bangladesh side it continued to remain metre gauge.^[6]

As per the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by Bangladesh and India on 15 August 1978 it was agreed to facilitate overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal. An addendum was made on 6 September 2011, to add new rail routes for facilitating overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and Nepal.^[7]

Bangladesh started export of fertilizer to Nepal utilizing the Rahanpur-Singhabad transit point in November 2011.^[8]

v t e Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line
Legend
km Barsoi–New Farakka section 0 Barsoi Katihar–Siliguri line 4 Dhachna 11 Kachna Bihar West Bengal border 15 Jhitkia Katihar–Siliguri line 43 Dalkhola Katihar–Siliguri line 36 Domohona 31 Karandighi 23 Tunidighi 19 Altapur 14 Bilashpur Hat Nagri River Kulik River Raiganj–Dalkhola line (planned) 21 0 Raiganj to Itahar (planned) 28 Bamangram 32 Bangalbaree 41 Kaliyaganj to Buniadpur (planned) 47 Dalimgaon 53 Radhikapur India Bangladesh border 63 Biral Parbatipur–Panchagarh line 69 Kanchan Parbatipur–Panchagarh line km
Source: India Rail Info[9]

In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen version.

Land customs station

Radhikapur has a land customs station for movement of goods by road or rail on the India-Bangladesh border.^[10]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Radhikapur had a total population of 1,057, of which 530 (50%) were males and 527 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 134. The total number of literates in Radhikapur was 675 (73.13% of the population over 6 years).^[11]

Transport

Radhikapur railway station is on the Barsoi-Radhikapur branch line.^[12]