Kenda, Purulia
Kenda | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kenda Location in West Bengal, India  Kenda Kenda (India) | |
| Coordinates:23°11′36.6″N86°31′01.9″E/ 23.193500°N 86.517194°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,803 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
| Telephone/STDcode | 03252 |
| Lok Sabhaconstituency | Purulia |
| Vidhan Sabhaconstituency | Manbazar |
| Website | purulia |
Kendais a village, with a police station, in theManbazar ICD blockin theManbazar subdivisionof thePurulia districtin the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Geography
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Reservoir
|link=Puncha, Purulia ]]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]Kenda is located at23°11′36.6″N86°31′01.9″E/ 23.193500°N 86.517194°E.
Area overview
[edit]Purulia district forms the lowest step of theChota Nagpur Plateau.The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.Manbazar subdivision,shown in the map alongside, is located in the eastern part of the district. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 96.32% of the population living in the rural areas and 3.68% living in the urban areas. There are 3 census towns in the subdivision. The map shows the Kangsabati Project Reservoir. TheMukutmanipur Damis in Bankura district but the upper portion of the reservoir is in Manbazar subdivision. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district. The subdivision has a very high proportion ofScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.Bandwan CD block has 51.86% ST population, Manbazar II CD block has 48.97% ST population. Manbazar I CD block has 22.03% ST and 22.44% SC. Puncha CD block has 24.74% ST and 14.54 SC.[1][2][3][4]Writing in 1911, H. Coupland, ICS, speaks of the aboriginal races largely predominating in the old Manbhum district. He particularly mentions the Kurmis, Santhals, Bhumij and Bauri.[5]
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
[edit]According to the2011 Census of India,Kenda had a total population of 3,803 of which 1,922 (51%) were males and 1,881 (49%) were females. There were 477 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literates persons in Kenda was 2,312 (69.51% of the population over 6 years).[6]
Civic administration
[edit]Police station
[edit]Kenda police station has jurisdiction over parts of theManbazar I,PunchaandPurulia ICD blocks. The area covered is 352.81 km2and the population covered is 85,890.[7][8]
Transport
[edit]SH 5running from Rupnarayanpur (in Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur district) passes through Kenda.[9]
References
[edit]- ^Houlton, Sir John,Bihar, the Heart of India,1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
- ^"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia".Tables 2.1, 2.2.Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal.Retrieved12 January2020.
- ^"CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)".2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks.Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.Retrieved16 January2020.
- ^"Travel and Tourism: Purulia".The Official Website of Purulia District.
- ^"Bengal District Gazetteers – Manbhum by H. Coupland".Page 76: Manbhum, Castes and Tribes.University of California, San Diego.Retrieved10 February2020.
- ^"2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables".West Bengal – District-wise.Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.Retrieved8 October2016.
- ^"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia".Tables 2.1, 2.2.Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived fromthe originalon 29 July 2017.Retrieved8 October2016.
- ^"Kenda PS".Purulia District Police.Retrieved8 October2016.
- ^"List of State Highways in West Bengal".West Bengal Traffic Police.Retrieved6 October2016.
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