Kajlagarh
Kajlagarh | |
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Village | |
  Kajlagarh Location in West Bengal, India  Kajlagarh Kajlagarh (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°02′03″N 87°47′55″E / 22.0343°N 87.7986°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721626 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kanthi |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bhagabanpur |
| Website | purbamedinipur |
Kajlagarh is a village and a gram panchayat in Bhagabanpur I CD block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
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M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
[edit]Kajlagarh is located at 22°02′03″N 87°47′55″E / 22.0343°N 87.7986°E.
Urbanisation
[edit]96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district.[1]
Civic administration
[edit]CD block HQ
[edit]The headquarters of Bhagabanpur I CD block are located at Kajlagarh.[2]
Transport
[edit]Kajlagarh is on Egra-Bajkul Road.[3]
The nearest railway station, Deshapran railway station, is on the Tamluk-Digha line, constructed in 2003–04.[4][5]
Education
[edit]Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya was established at Tethi Bari mouza, PO Kismat Bajkul, in 1964. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University.[6]
Culture
[edit]David J. McCutchion mentions the Gopala temple as an 18th-century West Bengal Navaratna, measuring 35' 3" square, having slight terracotta.[7]
Kajlagarh picture gallery
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Rajbari temple
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Gopala temple of Chowdhury family
Healthcare
[edit]There is a primary health centre at Kajlagarh (with 6 beds).[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "BDO Offices under Purba Medinipur district". West Bengal Public Library Network, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Google maps
- ^ "68689 Santragachi-Digha EMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Year of construction of important BG lines" (PDF). History. South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya". BMM. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 51. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
- ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
External links
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