Bankati, Paschim Bardhaman
Bankati | |
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Village | |
Location inWest Bengal,India | |
Coordinates:23°36′00″N87°29′19″E/ 23.6001°N 87.4886°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,255 |
Languages* | |
• Official | Bengali,English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
PIN | 713212 |
Telephone code | 91 341 |
Lok Sabhaconstituency | Bardhaman-Durgapur |
Vidhan Sabhaconstituency | Durgapur Purba |
Website | pascimbardhaman |
Bankatiis a village inKanksaCD blockin theDurgapur subdivisionof thePaschim Bardhaman districtin the IndianstateofWest Bengal.
Geography
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Projects
Limited
Steels
Plant
Steel
Plant
Barrage
Islam Airport
Area Office
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural centre, A: airport, B: barrage, H: historical site
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Urbanisation
[edit]According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation atDurgapurand 38 (+1 partly)census towns(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[1]
Location
[edit]Bankati is located at23°36′00″N87°29′19″E/ 23.6001°N 87.4886°E.
Demographics
[edit]According to the2011 Census of India,Bankati had a toal population of 1,255 of which 650 (52%) were males and 605 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 125. The total number of literate persons in Bankati was 880 (71.50% of the population over 6 years).[2]
*For language details seeKanksa (community development block)#Language and religion
Education
[edit]Eklabya Model School (residential) is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 2002. It has facilities forteaching from class VI to class XII. The school has a library with 81 books and a playground.[3]
Ajodhya High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational school established in 1957. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[4]
Culture
[edit]There is a 15 feet high bell metal (pital) chariot at Bankati, built in the 19th century. Designed in the style of apancharatnatemple it has carvings on its body. Bankati has twoShivatemples - Gopeswar Shiva Temple built in 1155 and Pancha Ratna Shiva temple built in 1782.[5]
David J. McCutchion mentions a Shiva Temple at Bankati built in 1832. It is described as a standard type pancharatna temple with bridged rekha turrets and single entrance and terracotta decoration.[6]
Gallery
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Gopaleswar (possibly Gopeswar) Shiva Temple at Bankati
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Terracota panels in Gopaleswar Shiva Temple at Bankati
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Atchala temples at Kalitala, Bankati
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Shiva Temple at Hattala, Bankati
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Terracota panels in the Shiva Temple at Hattala, Bankati
References
[edit]- ^"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan".Table 2.2, 2.4(a).Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived fromthe originalon 21 January 2019.Retrieved15 September2018.
- ^"2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables".West Bengal – District-wise.Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.Retrieved15 June2020.
- ^"Eklabya Model School (Residential)".Schools.org.Retrieved14 June2020.
- ^"Ajodhya High School".Schools.org.in.Retrieved14 June2020.
- ^Chattopadhyay, Akkori,Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti(History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.),(in Bengali),Vol II, pages 539-540, Radical Impression.ISBN81-85459-36-3
- ^McCutchion, David J.,Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal,first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 48, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata,ISBN978-93-81574-65-2