Kotshila
Kotshila | |
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Village | |
Coordinates:23°24′22.0″N86°04′12.0″E/ 23.406111°N 86.070000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Purulia |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,452 |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali,English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
PIN | 723213 (Jiudaru) |
Telephone code | 03254 |
Lok Sabhaconstituency | Purulia |
Vidhan Sabhaconstituency | Joypur |
Website | purulia |
Kotshilais a village, with a police station and a railway junction station, in theJhalda IICD blockin theJhalda subdivisionof thePurulia districtin the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Geography
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M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, C: craft centre, T: tourist cetre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
[edit]Kotshila is located at23°24′22.0″N86°04′12.0″E/ 23.406111°N 86.070000°E.
Area overview
[edit]Purulia district forms the lowest step of theChota Nagpur Plateau.The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.Jhalda subdivision,shown in the map alongside, is located in the western part of the district, borderingJharkhand.TheSubarnarekhaflows along a short stretch of its western border. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 91.02% of the population living in rural areas and 8.98% living in urban areas. There are 3 census towns in the subdivision. The map alongside shows some of the tourist attractions in theAjodhya Hills.The area is home to the PuruliaChhau dancewith spectacular masks made atCharida.The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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,Kotshila had a total population of 1,452 of which 753 (52%) were males and 699 (48%) were females. There were 253 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Kotshila was 613 (51.38% of the population over 6 years).[7]
Police station
[edit]Kotshila police station has jurisdiction over a part of theJhalda IICD block. The area covered is 284 km2and the population covered is 148,042. It has a 25.48 km interstate border with Jaridih PS in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand.[8][9]
Transport
[edit]State Highway 4Arunning from Tulin to Chas More (both in the Purulia district) passes through Kotshila.[10]
TheNSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia lineof the South Eastern Railway passes through this CD block and there are stations at Kotshila and Jhalda. ThePurulia-Kotshila branch lineconnects to the NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line at Kotshila.[11]
Education
[edit]Kotshila MahavidyalayaatJiudaruis affiliated withSidho Kanho Birsha University.[12]
Healthcare
[edit]Muralhar Kotshila Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Jhalda II CD block.[13]
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.
- ^"Purulia".Department of Tourism.Government of West Bengal.Retrieved1 February2020.
- ^"Chhau dance of Purulia".Itsavpedia.Retrieved1 February2020.
- ^"District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011"(PDF).Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District.Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.Retrieved28 January2020.
- ^"Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum".Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress.Retrieved21 January2020.
- ^"2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables".West Bengal – District-wise.Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.Retrieved6 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.Retrieved5 October2016.
- ^"Kotshila PS".Purulia District Police.Retrieved5 October2016.
- ^"List of State Highways in West Bengal".West Bengal Traffic Police.Retrieved6 October2016.
- ^"58621Adra-Barkakana Passenger".Time Table.indiarailinfo.Retrieved5 October2016.
- ^"Kotshila Mahavidyalaya"(PDF).skbu.Retrieved5 October2016.
- ^"Health & Family Welfare Department"(PDF).Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals.Government of West Bengal.Retrieved18 January2020.