Balsi Purbapara is a village in the
Patrasayer
Patrasayer (also spelled Patrasayar, Patrasair) is a village in the Patrasayer CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Patrasayer is located at .
Area overview
The ...
CD block in the
Bishnupur subdivision
Bishnupur subdivision is a subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Subdivisions
Bankura district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
Bishnupur subdivision has a density of population of 5 ...
of the
Bankura district
Bankura district (Pron: bãkuɽa) is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman distri ...
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
Balsi Purbapara is located at .
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 ...
, Balsi Purbapara had a total population of 1,516, of which 1767 (51%) were males and 749 (49%) were females. There were 155 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Balsi Purbapara was 1,002 (73.62% of the population over 6 years).
Education
Balsi High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1945. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 5 computers, a library with 2,000 books and a playground.
Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya was established in 2005 at
Patrasayer
Patrasayer (also spelled Patrasayar, Patrasair) is a village in the Patrasayer CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Patrasayer is located at .
Area overview
The ...
Culture
David J. McCutchion mentions the Vishnu temple as a good example of 19th century terracotta decorated standard ‘Birbhum-Bardhaman’ type Bengal ''
deul
The architecture of Bengal, which comprises the modern country of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley, has a long and rich history, blending indigenous elements from the Indian subcontinent, with influ ...
''. He also mentions a Lakshmi Narayana temple with a low towered ''at-chala'' built of laterite with stucco work in 1652, another low towered ''at-chala'', a pancharatna dolamancha and an ''ek-ratna rasmancha''.
Balsi Purbapara picture gallery
File:At-Chala-Shiva-Temple-and -Deul-Vishnu-Temple-Balsi.jpg, ''At-chala'' Shiva temple and Vishnu deul
File:Terracotta-Durga-Deul-Temple-Balsi.jpg, Terracotta panel in the Vishnu deul
File:Terracotta=Panels-At-Chala-Shiva-Temple-Balsi 05.jpg, Terracotta panel in the Shiva temple
File:Terracotta=Panels-At-Chala-Shiva-Temple-Balsi 04.jpg, Terracotta work in the Shiva temple
Healthcare
There is a
primary health centre at Balsi, with 10 beds.
References
External links
{{Temple towns in West Bengal
Villages in Bankura district