Jayantipur
Jayantipur | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Jayantipur Location in West Bengal, India  Jayantipur Jayantipur (India) | |
| Coordinates:22°43′51″N87°32′24″E/ 22.7307°N 87.5401°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 613 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
| PIN | 721201 |
| Telephone/STDcode | 03225 |
| Lok Sabhaconstituency | Arambagh |
| Vidhan Sabhaconstituency | Chandrakona |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Jayantipuris a village in theChandrakona IICD blockin theGhatal subdivisionof thePaschim Medinipur districtin the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Geography
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5miles
M: municipal city/ 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]Jayantipur is located at22°43′51″N87°32′24″E/ 22.7307°N 87.5401°E.
Area overview
[edit]Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar,scholar, social reformer and a key figure of theBengal Renaissance,was born atBirsinghaon 26 September 1820.[1][2]
Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, hasalluvialsoils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[3]It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2,but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[4]
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,Jayantipur had a total population of 613, of which 324 (53%) were males and 289 (47%) were females. There were 59 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Jayantipur was 497 (89.71% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Culture
[edit]David J. McCutchionmentions thepancha-ratnatemple as having octagonal corner towers with square centre tower.[6]
Jayantipur picture gallery
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Pancha-ratnaShyamachandrajiu temple -
Terracotta decorations in Shyamachandrajiu temple -
Terracotta decorations in Shyamachandrajiu temple -
Terracotta decorations in Shyamachandrajiu temple -
Char-chalaRadha Rasiknagarjiu temple
References
[edit]- ^Murshid, Ghulam."Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra".Banglapedia.Retrieved24 July2016.
- ^"Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar".whereincity. Archived fromthe originalon 25 December 2018.Retrieved24 July2016.
- ^"District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011".page 27-28.Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal.Retrieved10 September2020.
- ^"District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013".Table 2.2, 2.4 (a).Department of Planning and Statistics.Retrieved10 September2020.
- ^"CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)".West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks.Registrar General and Census, India.Retrieved25 August2020.
- ^McCutchion, David J.,Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal,first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 44-45. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata,ISBN978-93-81574-65-2
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