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Airani Chitalia
Airani Chitalia | |
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Village | |
  Airani Chitalia Location in West Bengal, India  Airani Chitalia Airani Chitalia (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°20′15″N 89°33′10″E / 26.3375°N 89.5529°ECoordinates: 26°20′15″N 89°33′10″E / 26.3375°N 89.5529°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,036 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 736156 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03582 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Cooch Behar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Natabari |
| Website | coochbehar |
Airani Chitalia is a village in the Tufanganj I CD block in the Tufanganj subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in West Bengal, India
Geography[edit | edit source]
| Places in the Tufanganj and Dinhata subdivisions (except Sitai CD block) in Cooch Behar district CT: census town, M: municipal 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[edit | edit source]
Airani Chitalia is located at 26°20′15″N 89°33′10″E / 26.3375°N 89.5529°E.
Area overview[edit | edit source]
The map alongside shows the eastern part of the district. In Tufanganj subdivision 6.97% of the population lives in the urban areas and 93.02% lives in the rural areas. In Dinhata subdivision 5.98% of the population lives in the urban areas and 94.02% lives in the urban areas.[1]The entire district forms the flat alluvial flood plains of mighty rivers.[2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics[edit | edit source]
As per the 2011 Census of India, Airani Chitalia had a total population of 5,036. There were 2,604 (52%) males and 2,432 (48%) females. There were 546 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Airan Chitalia was 3,669 (81.71% of the population over 6 years).[3]
Culture[edit | edit source]
Among the temples of Airani Chitalia, the temple of Chandithakurani is famous. The original temple was erected by a Nazir of the Cooch Behar State (possibly by Khagendra Narayan). In those days the village was called Chithalia Dalbari. The original temple seems to have been destroyed long ago and a new one came up in its place. The present temple is a tin-roofed structure.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ↑ "District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, pages 17-21 Physical feafures. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ↑ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ↑ Koch Bihar Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), Data compilation and writing by Dr. Shyamachand Mukhopadhayay, published by the Department of Archaeology, Government of West Bengal, Second edition 1974, Page 29.