Kotalpur, Hooghly

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Kotalpur
Village
Kotalpur is located in West Bengal
Kotalpur
Kotalpur
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°42′06″N 88°05′14″E / 22.7017°N 88.0872°E / 22.7017; 88.0872Coordinates: 22°42′06″N 88°05′14″E / 22.7017°N 88.0872°E / 22.7017; 88.0872
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Population
 (2011)
 • Total6,948
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
712404
Telephone/STD code03212
Lok Sabha constituencySreerampur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyJangipara
Websitehooghly.gov.in

Kotalpur is a village and a gram panchayat in the Jangipara CD block in the Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography[]

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Cities and towns in Chanditala I, Chanditala II and Jangipara CD Blocks in Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location[]

Kotalpur is located at

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22°42′06″N 88°05′14″E / 22.7017°N 88.0872°E / 22.7017; 88.0872

Urbanisation[]

Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above).[1][2] All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kotalpur had a total population of 6,948 of which 3,484 (50%) were males and 3,464 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 915. The total number of literate persons in Kotalpur was 4,718 (78.20% of the population over 6 years).[3]

Culture[]

David J. McCutchion mentions the Rajrajeswara temple as an at chala having terracotta panoramic battle scenes above the archway and smaller figures around the façade.[4]

The Rajrajeswara temple (at Sr No S-WB-62) at Kotalpur is included in the List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal by the Archaeological Survey of India.[5]

Kotalpur picture gallery[]

  • Rajrajeswara temple, photographed in 2011.

  • Rajrajeswara temple, photgraphed in 2015

References[]

  1. ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. ^ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 35. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
  5. ^ "Protected Monuments in West Bengal". Archaeological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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