Baratala is a village and a
gram panchayat
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...
, in
Khejuri II
Khejuri II is a Community Development Block that forms an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
Khijri
Khijri (or Khejuri) today is a small village about 125 kilom ...
CD Block in
Contai subdivision
Contai 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
Contai subdivisio ...
of
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 d ...
in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
Baratala is located at .
Urbanisation
93.55% of the population of Contai subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 6.45% of the population live in the urban areas and it is considerably behind Haldia subdivision in urbanization, where 20.81% of the population live in urban areas.
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 ...
Baratala had a total population of 3,680 of which 1,892 (51%) were males and 1,790 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 484. The total number of literates in Baratala was 2,648 (82.80% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
Baratala is on the Lalat-Janka Road.
Education
Khejuri College
Khejuri College, established in 1999, is a college in Baratala, a gram panchayat in Khejuri II, Purba Medinipur district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University
Vidyasagar University was estab ...
at Baratala was established in 1999. In addition to courses in arts, it offers a course in Aquaculture Management and Technology.
References
Villages in Purba Medinipur district
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