Patiram is a village in

Balurghat Balurghat (pron:bʌlʊəˈgɑ:t) is a town and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the district headquarter of the Dakshin Dinajpur district. It is one of the major cities connected through National Highway 512. In this tow ...

CD Block of

Balurghat subdivision Balurghat subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions Dakshin Dinajpur district is divided into two administrative subdivisions: .*2011 Administrative units Bal ...

Dakshin Dinajpur Dakshin Dinajpur () or South Dinajpur is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur District. The Headquarter (sadar) of the district is at Balurghat. It ...

district in the state of

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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 ...

. Patiram is situated beside of Atreyee River. It is 11 km away from the district headquarters

Geography

Location

Patiram is located at . In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen version.

Education

Jamini Majumdar Memorial College Jamini Majumdar Memorial College is a college at Patiram in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India. The college is affiliated to University of Gour Banga University of Gour Banga is a public state university located in Malda, ...

was established at Patiram in 2008. Affiliated with the

University of Gour Banga University of Gour Banga is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Malda City, Malda, West Bengal, India. It is one of the newest state universities established in 2008 by the Government of West Benga ...

, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history and political science and a general course in arts. There are two Higher Secondary Schools and a college in this town. Patiram High School is near Taltala More; Patiram Vivekananda Girls' High School. Other schools are: * Patiram High School * Patiram Vivekananda Uccha Balika Vidyalaya * Bahicha L.K. High School(Par- Patiram) * Patiram Primary School * Patiram Nichabandar Primary School * Patiram Girls Primary School. * Patiram Sahapara Primary School * Patiram Kadamtali Primary School. * Patiram Barshapara Primary School * Patiram Laxmipur Primary School * Patiram Ananda Margi * Patiram Monteswary Academi * Patiram Hindu Milon Mondir There is a library named ''Monorama Palli Pathagar''

Economy

There is a vegetable market popularly called Patiram Bazar which is quite big and one nearby Taltala More. There is one taxi stand in this town at chowrangi more. Milan mandir(Bharat Sevashram Sangha) is in this town. There is a Government Veterinary Hospital at this village. There are 5 banks in this town. These are State bank of India, Bangiya gramin Vikash Bank, Bandhan Bank, Muthoot Finance and Co-operative Bank. Three ATM two of State bank of India and one Axis Bank ATM are available at this town.

Cultures

The main festivals of Patiram are Durga Puja, Eid and Christmas Day. Nicha Bandar Durga Puja, Arabinda Palli Durga Puja, Pronab Palli Durga Puja, Sahapara Durgapuja and Kadam tali Durga Puja are popular. Kali Puja and Viswakarma Puja are also celebrated here. There are so many Pallis and Paras at this village. These are Nicha bandar, Dakshin Para(Master Para), kadam Tali, Saha para, kachhari Para, Arabinda Palii, Pranab Palli, Dak banglo Para, echamati, pirojpur, baram, etc.

Festivals

Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Saraswati puja and Biswakarma Puja, Shiv Ratri and Eid are celebrated at Patiram. Patiram Bidyeshwari Kali Mandir is an old and famous temple. Every day, pilgrims worship goddess Bidyeshwari as goddess Kali. Par Patiram Shiv Mandir is famous and many people visit it at Shivaratri. Patiram Hindu Milan Mandir is known for its cultural activity.

Transportation

Patiram is well connected to district town Balurghat. It is a center point of Hili,

Kumarganj Kumarganj is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Dinajpur district was constituted in 1786. In 1947, the Radcliffe ...

and

Gangarampur Gangarampur is one of the cities and a municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Buniadpur is the headquarters of the Gangarampur subdivision. The city is located on the bank of river Punarbhaba. Gangarampur ...

. It is connected to

Siliguri Siliguri, ) is a major tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms twin cities, "Twin Cities" with the neighboring district capital of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian sta ...

and

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

by bus and train. Mahinagar airport is only 10 km away. Nearby Railway station is Mallikpur Railway Station at Baul village at 4 to 5 km distance.

References

Villages in Dakshin Dinajpur district {{DakshinDinajpur-geo-stub