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Patashpur
Patashpur is a Town in Patashpur II Community development block in India, CD block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. History According to Binoy Ghosh, the Bargis ruled in Patashpur for many years. At that time Patashpur was not in Medinipur district. In 1760, Medinipur district came under control of the East India Company, and the Bargis used Patashpur as a base for looting the Medinipur area. In 1803, Odisha, along with Patashpur, came under control of the British.Ghosh, Binoy, ''Paschim Banger Sanskriti'', , part II, 1976 edition, page 143, Prakash Bhaban, Kolkata. Geography Police station Patashpur police station has jurisdiction over Patashpur I and Patashpur II CD blocks. Patashpur police station covers an area of 354.09 km2 with a population of 302,153. The police station is located at Kasba Patashpur. Urbanisation 96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patashpur II
Patashpur II (also spelled as Potashpur) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.The headquarters in Pratapdighi. Geography Purba Medinipur district is part of the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain and Eastern coastal plains. Topographically, the district can be divided into two parts – (a) almost entirely flat plains on the west, east and north, (b) the coastal plains on the south. The vast expanse of land is formed of alluvium and is composed of younger and coastal alluvial. The elevation of the district is within 10 metres above mean sea level. The district has a long coastline of 65.5 km along its southern and south eastern boundary. Five coastal CD Blocks, namely, Khejuri II, Contai II (Deshapran), Contai I, Ramnagar I and II, are occasionally affected by cyclones and tornadoes. Tidal floods are quite regular in these five CD Blocks. Normally floods occur in 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egra Subdivision
Egra subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Egra subdivision has 3 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 708 mouzas, 682 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 3 census towns. The municipality is: Egra. The census towns are: Amarshi Kasba, Benudia and Hincha Gerya. The subdivision has its headquarters at Egra. 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. Area Egra subdivision has an area of 940.96 km2, population in 2011 of 958,939 and density of population of 1,019 per km2. 18.82% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision. Police stations Police stations in Egra subdivision have the following features and jurisdict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Patashpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 212 Patashpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Patashpur I community development block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Patashpur II community development block. Patashpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Midnapore (Lok Sabha constituency). Elected Members Results 2021 2016 2011 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 1977-2006 Kamakhya Nandan Das Mohapatra of CPI won the Patashpur assembly seat six times in a row, defeating Tapan Kanti Kar of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Mrinal Kanti Das of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Paresh Chandra Bhunia of Congress in 1996, Sunil Pal of Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purba Medinipur District
Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The headquarters in Tamluk. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the Partition of Medinipur into Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur which lies at the northern and western border of it. The state of Odisha is at the southwest border; the Bay of Bengal lies in the south; the Hooghly river and South 24 Parganas district to the east; Howrah district to the north-east; Paschim Medinipur district to the west. Purba Medinipur is formed of the sub-divisions of Tamluk, Contai and Haldia of erstwhile Medinipur district. Another sub-division, Egra has been created out of the erstwhile Contai sub-division during the partition of Medinipur. In 2011, the state government has proposed to rename the district as Tamralipta dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarshi Kasba
Amarshi Kasba is a census town in Patashpur I CD block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. History Binoy Ghosh notes that during the Muslim rule, the word 'Kasba', meaning human settlement, was attached to the names of many villages. Kasba-i-Amarshi was one of them. There is a popular folklore about the place. There was once a king named Amar Singh. He was very oppressive and did not even treat his subjects as human beings. He also was a Muslim-hater. At the entrance gate of his palace, a footwear of his was hung, the objective being that visitors to the palace would first show respect to the footwear and then enter the palace. Towards the end of the 17th century, Makdum Saheb of the Chishti Order was visiting Bengal. One day, he came to visit the king, and as usual was asked to show respect to the footwear hung at the gate. He refused and a fight ensued, in which not only the guards, but also the king was killed. The news of Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palpara, Purba Medinipur
Palpara is a village, in Patashpur I CD Block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Palpara is located at . Urbanisation 96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district. 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 As per 2011 Census of India Palpara had a total population of 7,007 of which 3,559 (51%) were males and 3,448 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 889. The total number of literates in Palpara was 5,135 (83.93% of the population over 6 years). Transport The Egra-Patashpur-Amarshi-Bhagabanpur-Bajkul Road passes through Palpara. Education Yogoda Satsanga Palpara Mahavidyalaya was est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golara Nij
Golara Nij is a village in Patashpur I CD block in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Golara Nij is located at . Urbanisation 96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district. 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 As per 2011 Census of India Golara Nij had a total population of 3,001 of which 1,542 (51%) were males and 1,459 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 278. The total number of literates in Golara Nij was 2,327 (85.46% of the population over 6 years). Transport Golara Nij is on Egra-Bajkul Road. Education The nearest degree college, Yogoda Satsanga Palpara Mahavidyalaya at Palp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratapdighi
Pratapdighi is a village in Patashpur II CD block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Pratapdighi is located at . CD block HQ The headquarters of Patashpur II CD block are located at Pratapdighi. Urbanisation 96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district. 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 As per 2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ... Pratapdighi had a total p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhagabanpur
Bhagabanpur is a village, in Bhagabanpur I CD block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Bhagabanpur is located at . Police station Bhagabanpur police station has jurisdiction over Bhagabanpur I CD block. Bhagabanpur police station covers an area of 179.95 km2 with a population of 2,288.68. The police station is located at Bhagabanpur. Urbanisation 96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district. 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 As per 2011 Census of India Bhagabanpur had a total population of 2,566 of which 1,294 (50%) were males and 1,272 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanthi (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Contai Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Contai in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district. Assembly segments As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 31 Kanthi is composed of the following segments: Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Bhagabanpur (assembly constituency no. 208), Khajuri (SC) (assembly constituency no. 209), Contai North (assembly constituency no. 210), Contai South (assembly constituency no. 211), Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 212), Egra (assembly constituency no. 213) and Mugberia (assembly constituency no. 214) Members of Parliament Election results General electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benudia
Benudia is a census town in Bhagabanpur I CD block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Benudia is located at . Urbanisation 96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district. 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 As per 2011 Census of India Benudia had a total population of 6,797 of which 3,509 (52%) were males and 3,288 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 940. The total number of literates in Benudia was 4,874 (83.22% of the population over 6 years). Infrastructure As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Benudia covered an area of 2.2824 km2. It had the facility of a railway sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangadharbar
Gangadharbar is a village in Egra II CD block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Gangadharbar is located at . Urbanisation 96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district. 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 As per 2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ... Gangadharbar had a total population of 1,392 of which 709 (51%) were males and 683 (49%) were females. Populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
