THE INTRO:..........
Contai (also known as Kanthi) is headquarters of Contai subdivision in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.
GEOLOGICAL EXISTENCE:....
According to the geologists, the present geographical dimension of contai, has formally came into existence, with the great natural disaster of the third century AD (flood) which created Chilka lake out of the Chilka Bay.
SIGNIFICANCE OF NAME:.....
∆ MOSTLY KNOWN......
1.Kanthi, that is contai, means "Sand-bound reefs" or sand walls. The name Contai may thus be an English expression of the local jargon meaning "sand heaps".
2.In the 15th century, during the visit of Fa-Hien, Contai was uninhabited and had no name for the outside world. In Valentine’s travelogue, a harbour, Kendua by name, was mentioned. This harbour was on the bank of the river, a short distance from the Rasulpur estuary. Later the harbour was shifted to the present site of the Contai Town. However, it is said, the name of the abandoned port was retained for its new location, In foreigners tongue, Kendua is said to have changed first to Cauntee and finally to Contai, whereas in local tongue it has changed to Kanthi (কাঁথি).But linguists raise serious doubts about such change of pronunciation.
∆ MOST INTERESTING MYTH....
Some people, conversant with the local history, give another explanation. They say on the sand dunes lived Saints and Fakirs or witch doctors to whom afflicted people often came for cure and who asked them affectionately in somewhat Hindi, "Kanha thee?" meaning to say, ’where are you from? Gradually the cure-seeking people coming from distant places came to identify this unnamed place by those two words "Kanha thee",
POPULATION....
As per 2011 Census of India Contai had a total population of 92,226 of which 49,031 (53%) were males and 43,195 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 8,440. The total number of literates in Contai was 78,500 (93.69% of the population over 6 years).
FAME:......
Contai Subdivision is famous for its tourism , cashew crop, fishing and processing industries.
AGRICULTURAL:....
The land is highly fertile and therefore, agriculture is also the major driving force that sustains the middle-class economy of this region. However, sometimes agriculture is affected by frequent floods due to torrential Monsoon rain and Cycloneformed from depressions in the Bay of Bengal. Contai is also famous for Cashew Nut Industry and Salt Industry.
CONNECTING ISSUES:.....
Contai is well-connected by roads/highways with other nearby cities and towns like, Digha, Dantan, Jhargram, Kharagpur, Midnapore, Tamluk, Haldia, Howrah, and Kolkata. The town is also connected by a rail link to Howrah/Kolkata which is again extended to Digha. The rail line is believed to have given a rise to the local economy. For local transportation, bus, mini-bus,toto,auto and cycle rickshaws are available.
The opening of Central Bus-stand has eased the traffic congestion within the city to a great deal. The region holds great potential in tourism but lamentably enough, no other place except Digha has been developed properly.
EDUCATION:......
There are numbers of well-known schools and colleges in Contai. For higher education, besides the Prabhat Kumar College, Contai under the Vidyasagar University, there is an Ayurvedic College, a Polytechnic Engineering College, a Veterinary College, etc. The literacy rate of Contai subdivision is as high as 97%.
List of schools in Contai
Contai Kshetra Mohan Bidhyabhaban
Contai High School
Contai Model Institution
Contai Hindu Girls' School (H.S.)
Contai Chandramani Brahmo Girls' School
Contai Town Rakhal Chandra Vidyapith
Kishorenagar Sachindra Siksha Sadan
Contai Public School
Kalikapur High School
Contai Rahamania High Madrasha H/S
Contai Muslim Girls' School
Contai Sawkatia English Medium High Madrasha School
Supriya Institute of Engineering & Management (ITC)
Nayaput Sudhir Kumar High School
Mount Litera Zee School
New contai nursery
Contai nursery
Arati path bhavan
The highest technical & Engineering Polytechnic College is Contai Polytechnic
NOTA
Birendranath Sasmal, Freedom fighter
Raghunath Maity, Freedom fighter
Bolai Das Mahapatra, Freedom fighter
Esichar chandra Mal, Freedom fighter
Kapalkundala Temple
Digha
Hijli Mosque
Dariapur Light House
Daksin Paikbar
Rajbari
Junput
Sankarpur
Mandarmani
Tajpur
Rasalpur River
Sand Dunes at Contai
Neemkuthi of Contai
Bahiri
First Telegraph Office, Khejuri
Bankiput sea beach
Kadua sea beach
Daisai
soulia beach
home of freedom fighter,Birendranath sasmal.
That's enough to form a small idea about Contai, the peaceful city ☮️
