❖ Field work in last ten years:

Geography being a field based subject field work is part of our study, so far several villages and selected urban areas are been considered as the places of field work.

In 2010-11 academic year we chose Ratanpur in Lalbagh and Sripatkumarpara within M-J Block for field study by 3rd year Hons and 2nd year general students respectively. Both the study wanted to trace the actual situation of a rural-urban continuum.

In 2011-12 the selected study area was Khamardiar mouza in Akheriganj, Bhagwangola-ii Block with an intension to study on riverbank erosion and its impact on local people. In this academic session the 2nd year General Field survey was again at Sripatkumarpara to make a review of previous study. In 2012-13 we choose a village Sajapur in Kaliganj Block from our neighbor District Nadia with the objective to reveal the impact of the Paglachandi Daha ( the wetland) on socio-economic life of the area. In the same session the 2nd year general students were engaged to study the localities surrounding the Motijhil and the study was with the intension to identify the impact of tourism on the locality.

The students 3rd year Honours of academic session 2013-14 visited the Killanizamat mouza within the Murshidabad Municipality with the aim to reveal the impact of the Hazarduari palace and its surroundings from tourism and landuse perspective. Students of 2nd year General within this session visited Sanyasidanga with an objective to study the land-use land-cover of an agro based economy.

The field work by 3rd year Honours students in 2014-15 was at Nirmalchar in Bhagwangola-ii block. Here the study focused on the man-environment relationship in an island with a location of Indo-Bangladesh border. In the very academic session the students of 2nd year general completed their field work at Humayunmanzil in M-J Block.

For 2015-16 academic session we again visited a village named Kadihati in Kaliganj Block in our neighbor district Nadia. Here we were with the objective to study the life of people living over a natural levee. Students of 2nd year general in this year too visited the Humayunmanzil as a review of previous year study on a village nearby to our college.

We choose a village named Pukuria in Bhagwangola-ii block in academic session 2016-17 with the objective to study on the people in an Arsenic affected region. In 2017-18 our selection was Birampur in M-J Block. Here our objective was to study the role of Gobranala (the palaeo channel) on locality.

Talgachi village in M-J block was our selection for 2018-19. Here the objective was to study on a group of people who have migrated from the neighbor state and to reveal the cultural impact of them on locality.

After 2013-14 again for 2019-20 academic session we selected Killanizamat mouza within Murshidabad municipality to reveal the impact of tourism on locality from several perspectives.

❖ Educational tours organized by the Department:

Beyond the syllabus educational tours are also organized regularly from the end of the department. In academic session 2008-09 Sundarban was our destination to observe the rich biodiversity. Gangtok and South Sikkim was selected for our students of academic session 2009-10 to observe the geomorphic features of the Eastern Himalayas. The 3rd year Honours students of academic session 2010-11 visited Vishakhapatnam and its surroundings to achieve a glance of the Eastern Ghats and East coast of India. We visited Duars in Jalpaiguri District (presently Alipurduar) along with the 3rd year Honours students of the academic session 2014-15; here our objective was to be aware about the topography of Terai-Duars region along with its rich biodiversity. After 2010-11 again in 2017-18 we choose south Sikkim to make the students familiar about Eastern Himalaya and its people. The students of 3rd year Honours in 2018-19 got the opportunity to visit Vishakhapatnam and Araku valley area, observation of specific geomorphic structures and study on ethnicity were our objectives in this tour. In 2019-20 academic session the department selected Simla and its surroundings in Himachal Pradesh to be familiar with topography, climate and tourism of that region.