Dihi Baliharpur

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Dihi Baliharpur
Village
Dihi Baliharpur is located in West Bengal
Dihi Baliharpur
Dihi Baliharpur
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°36′26″N 87°44′08″E / 22.6073°N 87.7356°E / 22.6073; 87.7356Coordinates: 22°36′26″N 87°44′08″E / 22.6073°N 87.7356°E / 22.6073; 87.7356
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Population
 (2011)
 • Total867
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721211
Telephone/STD code03225
Lok Sabha constituencyGhatal
Vidhan Sabha constituencyDaspur
Websitepaschimmedinipur.gov.in

Dihi Baliharpur is a village in the Daspur I CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography[]

[Interactive fullscreen map]
Cities and towns in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district
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[]

Dihi Baliharpur is located at 22°36′26″N 87°44′08″E / 22.6073°N 87.7356°E / 22.6073; 87.7356.

Area overview[]

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.[1][2]

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. 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[]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Dihi Baliharpur had a total population of 867, of which 456 (53%) were males and 411 (47%) were females. There were 93 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Dihi Baliharpur was 698 (90.18% of the population over 6 years).[5]

Culture[]

David J. McCutchion mentions the Dihi Baliharpur temple as richly decorated pancha-ratna with smooth rekha turrets and porch on three arches.[6]

He also mentions two other temples:[6]

  • The Brajaraja-Kisora temple as an ek-ratna with smooth rekha tower of the smaller Daspur type generally with the tower displaced to the back, measuring 27' x 22' 6", with rich terracotta facade.
  • The Genriburi temple, in the same category as Brajaraja-Kisora temple, measuring 28' 4" x 21' 3", plain, built in 1757.

Dihi Baliharpur picture gallery[]

  • Radha Gobinda temple of Pathak Goswami family

  • Terracotta panel

  • Terracotta panel

References[]

  1. ^ Murshid, Ghulam. "Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra". Banglapedia. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar". www.whereincity.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ^ "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. ^ "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 49, 43. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2

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