Iswarpur
Iswarpur | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Iswarpur Location in West Bengal, India | |
| Coordinates: 22°39′17″N 87°38′45″E / 22.654634°N 87.645791°ECoordinates: 22°39′17″N 87°38′45″E / 22.654634°N 87.645791°E | |
| Country |  India 22.654634,87.645791 |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 880 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721232 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03225 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Iswarpur is a village in the Ghatal CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography[]
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[]
Iswarpur is located at 22°39′17″N 87°39′21″E / 22.654634°N 87.655791°E.
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, Iswarpur had a total population of 880, of which 456 (52%) were males and 424 (48%) were females.[5]
Iswarpur picture gallery[]
Sridharjiu temple. It is a pancha-ratna on a flat roofed structure
Terracotta panels
References[]
- ^ Murshid, Ghulam. "Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra". Banglapedia. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar". www.whereincity.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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