Baital is a village in the
Joypur CD block in the
Bishnupur subdivision
Bishnupur subdivision is a subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Subdivisions
Bankura district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
Bishnupur subdivision has a density of population of 5 ...
of the
Bankura district
Bankura district (Pron: bãkuɽa) is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman distri ...
in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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. It is a part of Dakshinbar village.
Geography
Location
Baital is located at .
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
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 ...
, Dakshinbar had a total population of 4,031, of which 2,070 (51%) were males and 1,961 (49%) were females. There were 408 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Dakshinbar was 2,754 (76.01% of the population over 6 years).
Education
Baital G.P. Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1926. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 11 computers, a library with 1,100 books and a playground.
Baital Girls’ High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 2011. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X.
Chatra Ramai Pandit Mahavidyalaya
Chatra Ramai Pandit Mahavidyalaya is a general degree college in Chatra, PO Darapur, Kotulpur Block, Bankura district, India, established in 2000. The college offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated to Bankura ...
, was established at
Chatra
Chatra is the headquarters of Chatra district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
History
Chatra was the “headquarters” of Ramgarh district in the 18th-19th century. The renowned reformer, Raja Rammohan Roy, was ''sheristadar'' in Ramgarh di ...
, PO Darapur in 2000.
Culture
David J. McCutchion speaks of 2 temples at Baital. One is the Shyama Chandi temple, a ''
pancha ratna'' with rigged rekha turrets and
porch
A porch (from Old French ''porche'', from Latin ''porticus'' "colonnade", from ''porta'' "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and form ...
on triple archway, with 35 ft 4 in square base, a laterite plain structure built in 1660. The other is the Jhagrai Chandi temple, a smooth curvilinear ''rekha'', with 11’ 2” square base, a laterite, largely plain structure, built in 1659.
Baital picture gallery
File:Shyamchand temple at Boital in Bankura district 01.jpg, Shayama Chandi temple
File:Shyamchand temple at Boital in Bankura district 14.jpg, Inside the temple
File:Shyamchand temple at Boital in Bankura district 05.jpg, Shyama Chandi temple
Healthcare
Joypur Block Primary Health Centre, with 15 beds at
Joypur, is the major government medical facility in the Joypur CD block.
References
External links
{{Temple towns in West Bengal
Villages in Bankura district