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	{{Infobox settlement		{{Infobox settlement
	\| name = Lachhipur		\| name = Lachhipur
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	===Area overview===		===Area overview===
	[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the [[Bengal Renaissance]], was born at [[Birsingha]] on 26 September 1820.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vidyasagar,_Ishwar_Chandra \|title= Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra \|publisher=Banglapedia \|accessdate=24 July 2016 \|last=Murshid \|first=Ghulam}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php \|title=Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar \|publisher=www.whereincity.com \|accessdate=24 July 2016 }}</ref>		[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the [[Bengal Renaissance]], was born at [[Birsingha]] on 26 September 1820.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vidyasagar,_Ishwar_Chandra \|title= Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra \|publisher=Banglapedia \|accessdate=24 July 2016 \|last=Murshid \|first=Ghulam}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php \|title=Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar \|publisher=www.whereincity.com \|accessdate=24 July 2016 \|archive-date=25 December 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225011712/http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has [[Alluvium\|alluvial]] soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report\| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011\| work= page 27-28\| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal \|accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref> It has a density of population of 1,099 per km<sup>2</sup>, 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.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \| title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013\| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)\| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics \|accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref>		Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has [[Alluvium\|alluvial]] soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report\| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011\| work= page 27-28\| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal \|accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref> It has a density of population of 1,099 per km<sup>2</sup>, 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.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \| title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013\| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)\| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics \|accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref>

	<small>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.</small>		<small>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.</small>
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	==Culture==		==Culture==
	[[David McCutchion\|David J. McCutchion]] mention:<ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 53,77. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN\| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>		[[David McCutchion\|David J. McCutchion]] mention:<ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 53,77. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN\| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>
	*Sridhara temple as a ''[[Bengal temple architecture#Ratna temple\|nava-ratna]]'' with smooth rekha turrets, built in 1856, it measures 13’ ~~10”~~ square, with large terracotta figures.		*Sridhara temple as a ''[[Bengal temple architecture#Ratna temple\|nava-ratna]]'' with smooth rekha turrets, built in 1856, it measures 13’ 10" square, with large terracotta figures.
	*Rasmancha of the Bag family as a ''saptadasa-ratna'' with baroque vase pinnacles, built in 1879, it measures 4’ 6” square, with large terracotta figures.		*Rasmancha of the Bag family as a ''saptadasa-ratna'' with baroque vase pinnacles, built in 1879, it measures 4’ 6" square, with large terracotta figures.

	==Lachhipur picture gallery==		==Lachhipur picture gallery==
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	'''Lachhipur''' is a village in the [[Ghatal (community development block)\|Ghatal]] [[Community development blocks in India\|CD block]] in the [[Ghatal subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].		'''Lachhipur''' is a village in the [[Ghatal (community development block)\|Ghatal]] [[Community development blocks in India\|CD block]] in the [[Ghatal subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

	==Geography==		==Geography==
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	==Culture==		==Culture==
	[[David McCutchion\|David J. McCutchion]] mention: <ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 53,77. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN\| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>		[[David McCutchion\|David J. McCutchion]] mention:<ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 53,77. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN\| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>
	*Sridhara temple as a ''[[Bengal temple architecture#Ratna temple\|nava-ratna]]'' with smooth rekha turrets, built in 1856, it measures 13’ 10” square, with large terracotta figures.		*Sridhara temple as a ''[[Bengal temple architecture#Ratna temple\|nava-ratna]]'' with smooth rekha turrets, built in 1856, it measures 13’ 10” square, with large terracotta figures.
	*Rasmancha of the Bag family as a ''saptadasa-ratna'' with baroque vase pinnacles, built in 1879, it measures 4’ 6” square, with large terracotta figures.		*Rasmancha of the Bag family as a ''saptadasa-ratna'' with baroque vase pinnacles, built in 1879, it measures 4’ 6” square, with large terracotta figures.
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	File:Terracotta figurines on 9 Pinnacled Sridhar Jiu Temple of Lachhipur under Ghatal Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district 07.jpg\|Terracotta figurines		File:Terracotta figurines on 9 Pinnacled Sridhar Jiu Temple of Lachhipur under Ghatal Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district 07.jpg\|Terracotta figurines
	</gallery>		</gallery>
	~~<small>The pictures are a part of Wiki Explores Paschim Medinipur programme, an initiative by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group</small>~~

	==References==		==References==
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	'''Lachhipur''' is a village in the [[Ghatal (community development block)\|Ghatal]] [[Community development blocks in India\|CD block]] in the [[Ghatal subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].		'''Lachhipur''' is a village in the [[Ghatal (community development block)\|Ghatal]] [[Community development blocks in India\|CD block]] in the [[Ghatal subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

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'''Lachhipur''' is a village in the [[Ghatal (community development block)|Ghatal]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Ghatal subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Lachhipur is located at {{coord|22.634634|N|87.641791|E|display=inline}}.

===Area overview===
[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the [[Bengal Renaissance]], was born at [[Birsingha]] on 26 September 1820.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vidyasagar,_Ishwar_Chandra |title= Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra |publisher=Banglapedia |accessdate=24 July 2016 |last=Murshid |first=Ghulam}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php |title=Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |publisher=www.whereincity.com |accessdate=24 July 2016 }}</ref>

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has [[Alluvium|alluvial]] soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011| work= page 27-28| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref> It has a density of population of 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref>

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]], Lachhipur had a total population of 854, of which 450 (53%) were males and 404 (47%) were females.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_p190ca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census, India | accessdate = 25 August 2020}}</ref>

==Education==
Lachhipur Binapani High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1952. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 2,500 books, 2 computers and a playground.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/paschim-medinipur/19202506303/lachipur-b-h-school-u-pry.html | title = Lachhipur B.H. School U. Pry| publisher = Schools.org |accessdate = 25 August 2020}}</ref>

==Culture==
[[David McCutchion|David J. McCutchion]] mention: <ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 53,77. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>
*Sridhara temple as a ''[[Bengal temple architecture#Ratna temple|nava-ratna]]'' with smooth rekha turrets, built in 1856, it measures 13’ 10” square, with large terracotta figures.
*Rasmancha of the Bag family as a ''saptadasa-ratna'' with baroque vase pinnacles, built in 1879, it measures 4’ 6” square, with large terracotta figures.

==Lachhipur picture gallery==
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File:9 Pinnacled Sridhar Jiu Temple of Lachhipur under Ghatal Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district 09.jpg|''Nava-ratna'' Sridharjiu temple
File:9 Pinnacled Sridhar Jiu Temple of Lachhipur under Ghatal Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district 02.jpg|Sridhar jiu temple
File:9 Pinnacled Sridhar Jiu Temple of Lachhipur under Ghatal Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district 03.jpg|Terracotta figurines
File:Terracotta figurines on 9 Pinnacled Sridhar Jiu Temple of Lachhipur under Ghatal Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district 07.jpg|Terracotta figurines
</gallery>
The pictures are a part of Wiki Explores Paschim Medinipur programme, an initiative by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

==References==
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==External links==
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