Agharpur

Agharpur
Village
Agharpur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Agharpur Agharpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°25′17″N86°12′28″E / 23.4213°N 86.2078°E / 23.4213; 86.2078 Coordinates: 23°25′17″N86°12′28″E / 23.4213°N 86.2078°E / 23.4213; 86.2078
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,287
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	723103
Telephone/STD code	03254
Lok Sabha constituency	Purulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Joypur
Website	purulia.gov.in

Agharpur is a village in the Joypur CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Places in Jhalda subdivision in Purulia district
M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, C: craft centre, T: tourist cetre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Agharpur is located at 23°25′17″N86°12′28″E / 23.4213°N 86.2078°E / 23.4213; 86.2078 .

Area overview

Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. Jhalda subdivision, shown in the map alongside, is located in the western part of the district, bordering Jharkhand. The Subarnarekha flows along a short stretch of its western border. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 91.02% of the population living in the rural areas and 8.98% living in the urban areas. There are 3 census towns in the subdivision. The map alongside shows some of the tourist attractions in the Ajodhya Hills. The area is home to Purulia Chhau dance with spectacular masks made at Charida. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

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, Agharpur had a total population of 1,287, of which 674 (52%) were males and 613 (48%) were females. There were 175 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Agharpur was 845 (75.99% of the population over 6 years). ^[7]

Education

Ramkrishna Mahato Government Engineering College (earlier known as Purulia Government Engineering College) was established at Agharpur in 2016. It offers degree courses in various engineering disciplines. ^[8]

Transport

There is a station at Chas Road on the Purulia-Kotshila branch line of the South Eastern Railway. It is 20 km from Purulia. ^[9]

References

1. Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
3. "Purulia". Department of Tourism. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
4. "Chhau dance of Purulia". Itsavpedia. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
5. "District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
6. "Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum". Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
7. "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
8. "Ramkrishna Mahato Government Engineering College". RKMGEC. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
9. "58621Adra-Barkakana Passenger". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2020.