Uttar Bar

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Uttar Bar
Village
Uttar Bar is located in West Bengal
Uttar Bar
Uttar Bar
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°33′41″N 87°49′12″E / 22.561333°N 87.820083°E / 22.561333; 87.820083Coordinates: 22°33′41″N 87°49′12″E / 22.561333°N 87.820083°E / 22.561333; 87.820083
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,675
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721146
Telephone/STD code03225
Lok Sabha constituencyGhatal
Vidhan Sabha constituencyDaspur
Websitepaschimmedinipur.gov.in

Uttar Bar (also spelled Uttar Barh) is a village in the Daspur II 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[]

Uttar Bar is located at

 WikiMiniAtlas
22°33′41″N 87°49′12″E / 22.561333°N 87.820083°E / 22.561333; 87.820083.

Google maps show the location of Khaputeswari temple a little away at Faridpur.

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, Uttar Bar had a total population of 5,675, of which 2,880 (51%) were males and 2,795 (49%) were females. There were 630 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Uttar Bar was 4,392 (87.06% of the population over 6 years).[5]

Education[]

Kheput High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1860. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 2,600 books, 16 computers and a playground.[6]

Uttar Bar picture gallery[]

  • At-chala Kheputeswari temple

  • Terracotta work

  • Decorated stone pillar in front of the temple

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 24 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Kheput High S. U. Pry". Schools.org. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

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