Kotalpur

Not to be confused with Kotalpur, Hooghly.

Kotalpur
Village
Kotalpur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Kotalpur Kotalpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22.6284°N 87.7464°E / 22.6284; 87.7464
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,342
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	721146
Telephone/STD code	03225
Lok Sabha constituency	Ghatal
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Daspur
Website	paschimmedinipur.gov.in

Kotalpur is a village in the Daspur I CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

8km
5miles

Rupnarayan River

Uttar Bar

H

Radhanagar

H

Radhakantapur

H

Palashpai

H

Narajole

H

Laoda

H

Lachhipur

H

Kotalpur

H

Jayantipur

H

Jalshara

H

Iswarpur

H

Gobindanagar

H

Gangadaspur

H

Dihi Baliharpur

H

Chaipat

H

Baikunthapur

H

Alui

H

Ajuria

H

Birsingha

R

Sonakhali

R

Daspur

R

Ramjibanpur

M

Khirpai

M

Kharar

M

Ghatal

M

Chandrakona

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Cities and towns in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Kotalpur is located at 22.6284°N 87.7464°E / 22.6284; 87.7464.

Area overview

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.^[1][2]

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.^[3] Its population density is 1,099 per km², but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.^[4]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kotalpur had a total population of 1,342, of which 664 (49%) were males and 678 (51%) were females. There were 170 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kotalpur was 1,084 (92.49% of the population over 6 years).^[5]

Kotalpur picture gallery

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  Sridhar Jiu temple, established in 1813 and owned by the Bhuyian family

References

1. Murshid, Ghulam. "Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra". Banglapedia. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
2. "Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar". www.whereincity.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
3. "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
4. "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
5. "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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