Dantan

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Dantan
Village
Dantan is located in West Bengal
Dantan
Dantan
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 21°54′38.2″N 87°16′12.0″E / 21.910611°N 87.270000°E / 21.910611; 87.270000Coordinates: 21°54′38.2″N 87°16′12.0″E / 21.910611°N 87.270000°E / 21.910611; 87.270000
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Languages*
 • OfficialBengali, Santali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721426 (Dantan)
Telephone/STD code03229
Lok Sabha constituencyMedinipur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyDantan
Websitepaschimmedinipur.gov.in

Dantan is a village in the Dantan I CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography[]

[Interactive fullscreen map]
Cities and towns in the southern portion of Kharagpur subdivision (including Dantan I & II, Mohanpur, Keshiary, Narayangarh and Sabang CD blocks) of Paschim Medinipur district
CT: census 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[]

Dantan is located at

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21°54′38.2″N 87°16′12.0″E / 21.910611°N 87.270000°E / 21.910611; 87.270000.

Area overview[]

Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[2]

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.

Civic administration[]

CD block HQ[]

The headquarters of Dantan I CD block are located at Dantan.[3]

Police station[]

Dantan police station has jurisdiction over Dantan I CD block.[4][5]

Transport[]

The Kolkata-Chennai South Eastern Railway passes through Dantan I CD Block and there is a station at Dantan named Dantan railway station.[6]

The Kolkata-Chennai Golden Quadrilateral National Highway 16 or Kolkata-Bengaluru Asian Highway 45 passes through Dantan.[7] Dantan is well connected with Nayagram via Mogalmari Bhasraghat Road.

Education[]

Bhatter College at Dantan was established in 1963 and is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and science and also has facilities for some post-graduate courses. The college is named after Mathuranath Bhatter, a local businessman and social worker who had contributed handsomely to set up the college.[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ "District Census Handbook: Paschim Medinipur" (PDF). Map of Paschim Medinipur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Paschim Medinipur". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  5. ^ "District at a Glance". Paschim Medinipur District Police. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  6. ^ "58002 Puri-Santragachi Passenger". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Bhatter College, Dantan" (PDF). Bhatter College. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Bhatter College". College Admission. Retrieved 28 October 2016.


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