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Baikunthapur | |
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Village | |
Baikunthapur is located in West Bengal  Baikunthapur Location in West Bengal, India  Baikunthapur Baikunthapur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°44′23″N 87°33′00″E / 22.7396°N 87.5500°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 613 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721201 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03225 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Arambagh |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Chandrakona |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Baikunthapur is a village in the Chandrakona II CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography[edit | edit source]
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Location[edit | edit source]
Baikunthapur is located at 22°44′23″N 87°33′00″E / 22.7396°N 87.5500°E.
Area overview[edit | edit source]
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]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.[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[edit | edit source]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Baikunthapur had a total population of 877, of which 446 (51%) were males and 431 (49%) were females. There were 71 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Baikunthapur was 719 (89.21% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Picture gallery[edit | edit source]
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Pancha-ratna Gopimohanjiu temple of Goswami family, possibly built in the 18th century.
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Arches with rich terracotta designs -
Terracotta panel
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Murshid, Ghulam. "Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra". Banglapedia. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar". www.whereincity.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
