Anara, Purulia

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Anara
Town
Anara is located in West Bengal
Anara
Anara
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°28′49″N 86°33′37″E / 23.4802174°N 86.5603302°E / 23.4802174; 86.5603302Coordinates: 23°28′49″N 86°33′37″E / 23.4802174°N 86.5603302°E / 23.4802174; 86.5603302
CountryIndia
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurulia
SubdistrictPara
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total5,517
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Pincode
723126
ISO 3166 codeIN-WB

Anara is a Town in the Para CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district, West Bengal, India, about 14 km from Adra Junction. Anara Railway Station is having 2 platforms for up trains and down trains. Anara has large number of Railway employees mostly Running staff residing in 3 pockets viz. Bungalow side, Old colony and new colony apart from the market area. There is a big railway school and adjacent to it a play ground.

Geography[]

[Interactive fullscreen map]
Places in Raghunathpur subdivision in Purulia district
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, T: tourist centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Area overview[]

Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.[2] Raghunathpur subdivision occupies the northern part of the district. 83.80% of the population of the subdivision lives in rural areas. However, there are pockets of urbanization and 16.20% of the population lives in urban areas. There are 14 census towns in the subdivision.[3] It is presented in the map given alongside. There is a coal mining area around Parbelia[4] and two thermal power plants are there – the 500 MW Santaldih Thermal Power Station[5] and the 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station. The subdivision has a rich heritage of old temples, some of them belonging to the 11th century or earlier. The Banda Deul is a monument of national importance.[6][7] The comparatively more recent in historical terms, Panchkot Raj has interesting and intriguing remains in the area.[8][9]

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[]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Anara had a total population of 5,517, of which 2,822 (51%) were males and 2695 (49%) were females. There were 679 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Anara was 2,964 (61.26& of the population over 6 years).[10]

Transport[]

Anara is off State Highway 5 running from Rupnarayanpur (in Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur district).[11]

There is a station at Anara on the Adra-Purulia sector of the Asansol-Tatanagar-Kharagpur line of the South Eastern Railway.[12] South Bihar Express and Swarnarekha express are two major trains that stops here .

Education[]

Raghunathpur College was established in 1961 at Raghunathpur.[13][14]

Anara South Eastern Railway Colony High School is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1957. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[15]

Anara Girls High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1962. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[16]

Culture[]

Banda Deul, located nearby, an 11th-century temple, is a monument of national importance.[17][18]

There are 3 dilapidated deulas at Para belonging to the 10th-11th century.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ "Census of India: Search Details". Census of India. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  2. ^ Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
  3. ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers" (PDF). Sodepur Area. Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Santaldih Thermal Power Station - WBPDCL". WBPDCL. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Old temple at Banda (locally known as deul)". ASI, Kolkata Circle. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  7. ^ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India". Item no. 134. ASI. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Capital in shambles: Garh Panchakot, Purulia". Heritage in Peril. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Historical ruins". Trek Earth. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  10. ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  11. ^ "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  12. ^ "63594 Asansol-Purulia MEMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Raghunathpur College". RC. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Raghunathpur College". Careers 360. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Anara S.E.Rly Colony (H.S.) High School". ICBSE. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Anara Girls' High School". ICBSE. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  17. ^ Sengupta, Somen. "Next weekend you can be at… Banda". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  18. ^ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India". Item no. 134. ASI. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  19. ^ Dutta, Rangan. "Temples of Para, Purulia". Wordpress. Retrieved 10 January 2020.


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