Arra is a

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Kanksa Kanksa is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The name Kankasha comes from the name of Sadgope king Kanka Sen Ra ...

CD block in the

Durgapur subdivision Durgapur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The rocky undulating topography with laterite soil found in the western part of the district extends to the wes ...

of the

Paschim Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd distric ...

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Geography

Location

Arra is located at . Arra, Bamunara, Gopalpur and

Amlajora Amlajora is a village and partly a locality in Durgapur Municipal Corporation in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Amlajora is located at ...

form a cluster of census towns in the western portion of Kanksa CD block.

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The sole municipal corporation in Durgapur subdivision is located at

Durgapur Durgapur (), is an industrial hub and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is stands on the northern bank of the Damodar river and located in Paschim Bardhaman district. Durgapur is a major centre for producin ...

and the subdivision has 38 (+1 partly)

s (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Arra had a total population of 7,808 of which 3,953 (51%) were males and 3,855 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 791. The total number of literates in Arra was 5,982 (85.25% of the population over 6 years). In the 2011 census, Durgapur Urban Agglomeration had a population of 581,409 out of which 301,700 were males and 279,709 were females. The 0–6 years population was 51,930. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 87.70. Durgapur Urban Agglomeration included Durgapur (M. Corp), Bamunara and Arra.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman'', Arra covered an area of 3.7312 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drain, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, hand pump. It had 1,210 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 9 dispensary/ health centres, 3 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 1 primary school, other school facilities were at Gopalpur 3 km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan).

Culture

Rarheswar Shiva temple has a unique architectural style. It is one of the ancient Shiv Mandirs in Durgapur and is also a place of historical significance. The temple is almost thousand years old. The old Shiva temple is of the "nagara style" category. There also is a suggestion that there possibly was an ancient city at this place.Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 7 David J. McCutchion mentions that in the reconstructed Rahreswara Shiva temple at Ara.The temple is built in Nagara Style with sandstones and laterites. The temple was originally plastered with lime and has a characteristic sikhara.

References

External links

{{Paschim Bardhaman District Cities and towns in Paschim Bardhaman district