Haripal
Haripal | |
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Village | |
![]() Raj-Rajeswar Temple at Dwarhatta, Haripal | |
Coordinates:22°49′53″N88°7′7″E/ 22.83139°N 88.11861°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Hooghly |
Government | |
• Type | Panchayati raj (India) |
• Body | Gram panchayat |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,395 |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali,English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
Vehicle registration | WB |
Website | wb |
Haripalis a village inHaripal CD BlockinChandannagore subdivisionofHooghly districtin theIndianstateofWest Bengal.
Geography
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Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
[edit]Haripal is located at22°49′53″N88°7′7″E/ 22.83139°N 88.11861°E.[1]
Police station
[edit]Haripal police station has jurisdiction overHaripalCD Block.[2][3]
CD block HQ
[edit]The headquarters of Haripal CD block are located at Khamarchandi.[4]
Urbanisation
[edit]In Chandannagore subdivision 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7census towns.The single municipal corporation isChandernagore Municipal Corporation.The municipalities areTarakeswar Municipality,Bhadreswar MunicipalityandChampdany Municipality.[5]Of the three CD Blocks in Chandannagore subdivision, Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural, Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and Singur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural. The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
[edit]As per2011 Census of India,Haripal had a population of 3,395 of which 1,717 (51%) were males and 1,678 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 294. The number of literates in Haripal was 2,704 (87.20% of the population over 6 years).[6]
There are certain villages (2011 census figures in brackets) such as Chandinagar (1,601), Raghubati (1,047), Aminpur (1,454), Khamar Chandi (3,320) and Gopinagar (4,512), with independent identity in census records, adjacent to Haripal and have practically become part of Haripal.[6]
Economy
[edit]Around a total of 32lakhpeople from all around the city commute to Kolkata daily for work. In the Howrah-Goghat section via Tarakeswar, there are 48 trains that carry commuters from 21 railway stations.[7]
Education
[edit]Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, Haripal,a general degree college, was established by renowned freedom fighterDharanath Bhattacharyaat Haripal in 1966. It is affiliated with theUniversity of Burdwanand offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, political science, philosophy, geography, education, mathematics, physics, computer science, nutrition, zoology, botany and accountancy.
Haripal Guru Dayal Institution, a higher secondary school from class 5 to 12 that teaches all the streams. Science, Arts, and Commerce are located at Haripal and Tirthabasi Girls Higher Secondary School (for girls only), while Arts is located in Borobazar, Haripal. Basudevpur Vidyamandir located in Basudevpur Haripal.These institutes cater mostly to the students of Haripal.[8][9]
Culture
[edit]Dwarika Chandi temple at Dwarhatta was established in 1126. As it was damaged over the years, it was thoroughly renovated. Virtually all terracotta decorations have been vanished. Dwarhatta is in the Haripal PS area and stands on the Haripal-Jangipara Road.[10]
David J. McCutchiondescribes several temples at Dwarhatta and Haripal:[11]
- Rare examples ofpancharatnatemples with slender turrets at Dwarhatta and Haripal
- Radha-Govinda temple (1654) at Haripal is anatchalatemple with aporchattached
- Raj-Rajeswar temple (1728) at Dwarhatta having atchala with porch on triple archway has tight scroll work above the archways but figures along the base and round thefaçade
- LittleShivatemple at Haripal is a pancharatna rekha deul with a tall turret
- Pancharatna temples with ridged rekha turrets at Dwarhatta and Haripal have facades fully decorated with figures
- Snan-mandir of Radha-Govinda has mild decorations
Transport
[edit]Bus
[edit]Private Bus
[edit]- 9Haripal railway station–Udaynarayanpur
- 9AHaripal railway station–Bargachia
- 10Haripal railway station–Udaynarayanpur
- 18Haripal railway station–ChunchuraCourt
- 18AHaripal railway station– Dasghara
Bus Routes Without Numbers
[edit]Train
[edit]Haripal railway stationofTarakeswar–Seoraphulisection serves the locality.
References
[edit]- ^"Haripal station, Hooghly".Hooghly district.Wikimapia.Retrieved12 June2016.
- ^"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly".Tables 2.1, 2.2.Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived fromthe originalon 21 January 2019.Retrieved3 October2018.
- ^"Hooghly District Police".West Bengal Police. Archived fromthe originalon 5 July 2017.Retrieved20 June2017.
- ^"District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA"(PDF).Map of Hooghly district with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page).Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011.Retrieved20 June2017.
- ^"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly".Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4(a).Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived fromthe originalon 21 January 2019.Retrieved27 September2018.
- ^ab"C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)".2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks.Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.Retrieved10 June2016.
- ^Dey, Teesta."The Suburban Railway Network of Kolkata: A Geographical Apprisal"(PDF).eTraverse, the Indian journal of spatial science, 2012. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 18 November 2017.Retrieved8 October2018.
- ^"Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, Haripal".VMH. Archived fromthe originalon 1 July 2017.Retrieved30 June2017.
- ^"Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya".College Admission.Retrieved30 June2017.
- ^"In Search of Temples of Bengal"(in Bengali). Temples of Bengal.Retrieved23 March2019.
- ^McCutchion, David J.,Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal,first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 15, 33 & 73, 34-35, 44, 48, 75. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata,ISBN978-93-81574-65-2