Bhalia is a village in the
Arambagh
Arambagh also known as Arambag is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Arambagh subdivision.
Geography
Location
Arambagh is located at . It has an average elevation of ...
CD block in the
Arambagh subdivision
Arambag subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
Arambag subdivision is a rural dominated area. All the blocks in the subdivision have cent percent population living in th ...
of
Hooghly district
Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River.
The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...
in the
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West Bengal
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Geography
Location
Bhalia is located at
Area overview
The Arambagh subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is divided into two physiographic parts – the Dwarakeswar River being the dividing line. The western part is upland and rocky – it is extension of the terrain of neighbouring Bankura district. The eastern part is flat alluvial plain area. The railways, the roads and flood-control measures have had an impact on the area. The area is overwhelmingly rural with 94.77% of the population living in rural areas and 5.23% of the population living 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
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 ...
, Bhalia had a total population of 2,452 of which 1,241 (51%) were males and 1,211 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 265. The total number of literate persons in Bhalia was 1,690 (77.27% of the population over 6 years).
Culture
David J. McCutchion mentions the Raghunatha temple of Sarkar family as an ''
at chala'' with
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, built in 1772 and measuring 24’ x 23’.
[McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 35. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ]
Bhalia picture gallery
File:Raghunath Temple of the Sarkar family built in 1772 AD, South facing Atchala temple, of Arambagh PS in Hooghly district 01.jpg, Raghunatha temple of Sarkar family, ''at chala'', built in 1772
File:Raghunath Temple of the Sarkar family built in 1772 AD, South facing Atchala temple, of Arambagh PS in Hooghly district 30.jpg, Terracotta relief in Raghunatha temple
File:Raghunath Temple of the Sarkar family built in 1772 AD, South facing Atchala temple, of Arambagh PS in Hooghly district 48.jpg, Terracotta relief in Raghunatha temple
References
External links
{{Temple towns in West Bengal
Villages in Hooghly district