Kultikri is a village, in
Sankrail
Sankrail is a census town in Sankrail CD Block of Howrah Sadar subdivision in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Geography
Sankrail is located at . It has an average elevation of 2& ...
CD Block in
Jhargram subdivision
Jhargram Sadar Subdivision is an administrative Subdivision (till now only Subdivision) of the Jhargram district in the state of West Bengal, India. It became part of the Jhargram district from 4 April 2017 after splitting from the Paschim Medini ...
of
Jhargram district
Jhargram is a district in the state of West Bengal, India.The district lies between the Kangsabati River in the north and the Subarnarekha in the south. Jhargram has one of the lowest population densities among the districts of West Bengal, ...
in the state of
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
,
India
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.
Geography
Location
Kultikri is located at .
Area overview
Jhargram subdivision, the only one in Jhargram district, shown in the map alongside, is composed of hills, mounds and rolling lands. It is rather succinctly described in the ''District Human Development Report'', 2011 (at that time it was part of Paschim Medinipur district), “The western boundary is more broken and picturesque, for the lower ranges of the Chhotanagpur Hills line the horizon, the jungle assumes the character of forest, and large trees begin to predominate. The soil, however, is lateritic, a considerable area is unproductive, almost uninhabited, especially in the extreme north-west where there are several hills over 1000 feet in height. The remainder of the country is an almost level plain broken only by the sand hills.” 3.48% of the population lives in urban areas and 96.52% lives in the rural areas. 20.11% of the total population belonged to
scheduled castes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
and 29.37% belonged to
scheduled tribes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
.
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 ...
, Kultikri had a total population of 1797 of which 907 (50%) were males and 890 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 89. The total number of literate persons in Kultikri was 622 (78.04% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
Kultikri is on the Rogra-Hatigeria Road which meet
State Highway 5 at Hatigeria. The Guptamoni-Kultikri Road and the Kultikri-Poradiha Road, both meet
National Highway 49
The following highways are numbered 49:
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* Queensland State Route 49
**Wide Bay Highway
**Bunya Highway
**Moonie Highway
**Balonne Highway
* Central Coast Highway
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* Alberta Highway 49
* British Columbia Highway 49
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, converge on the village. More over, another two
PMGSY
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) () is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages. Of 178,000 (1.7 lakh) habitations with a population of above 500 in the plains and above 250 i ...
roads which connect two corner sides.
Education
Sankrail Anil Biswas Smriti Mahavidyalaya
Sankrail Anil Biswas Smriti Mahavidyalaya, also known as Kultikri College, established in 2007, is a college in Kultikri, in the Jhargram district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University
Vidy ...
was established in 2007 and is affiliated to
Vidyasagar University
Vidyasagar University was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature which was notified in the ''Calcutta Gazette'' on 24 June 1981. It is an affiliating university in Paschim Medinipur district of southern West Bengal, India. It o ...
. It offers arts courses with honours in English, Bengali, Sanskrit, Santali, history and political science.
Kultikri Teachers' Training Institute of Higher Studies is also a D.El.Ed. Cum B.Ed. training Institute affiliated to
There are several high schools here for school level education, among of them notable are Kultikri Girls' High School, Kultikri S.C. High School(established 1945), one of the oldest and renowned school of this area as well as the district.
References
Villages in Jhargram district
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