Laoda is a village in the
Daspur I
Daspur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
In Daspur I CD block, the area is a flat deltaic country intersecte ...
CD block
In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...
in the
Ghatal subdivision
Ghatal subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Subdivisions
Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions, after separation of Jhargram ...
of the
Paschim Medinipur district 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
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
Geography
Location
Laoda is located at .
Area overview
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the
Bengal Renaissance
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
, was born at
Birsingha
Birsingha is a large village located in Ghatal Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. ''Birsingha'' village is famous for the birthplace of the great Bengali social reformer and the author of ''Varna Parichay'' Pandit Ishwar Chandra ...
on 26 September 1820.
Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has
alluvial
Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluv ...
soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. It has a density of population of 1,099 per km
2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural 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 ...
, Laoda had a total population of 1,328, of which 650 (49%) were males and 678 (50%) were females. There were 166 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Laoda was 872 (75.04% of the population over 6 years).
Culture
David J. McCutchion mentions the Banka Rai temple as a ''
nava-ratna'' with smooth rekha turrets, measuring 18’ 4” square, built in 1801, having rich terracotta facade.
[McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 53. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ]
Laoda picture gallery
File:Banka Rai Nava Ratna Temple in Laoda under Daspur Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal 29.jpg, Banka Rai nava-ratna temple
File:Banka Rai Nava Ratna Temple in Laoda under Daspur Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal 03.jpg, Terracotta panel in Banka Rai temple
References
External links
{{Temple towns in West Bengal
Villages in Paschim Medinipur district