Ananda Nagar, Purulia

Ananda Nagar
Village
Ananda Nagar Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Ananda Nagar Ananda Nagar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°30′20″N86°04′35″E / 23.5055°N 86.0763°E / 23.5055; 86.0763
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	723 215 (Baglata)
Lok Sabha constituency	Purulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Joypur
Website	purulia.gov.in
8km 5miles J H A R K H A N D Chandni Hill △ Gorgaburu △ Ajodhya Hills Chamtuburu △ Subarnarekha River Murguma Dam T Bamni Falls T Purulia T Ajodhya Hill top T Charida X Suisa H Tulin R Patardi R Masina R Kotshila R Jiudaru R Jargo R Baghmundi R Ananda Nagar R Agharpur R Jhalda M Jaypur C Begunkodor C Chekya C    Places in Jhalda subdivision in Purulia district. Key: M: municipality, C: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, X: craft centre, T: tourist centre, △: hills Owing to space constraints in the small map, the locations in the larger map on click through may vary slightly.

Ananda Nagar is a village and higher education centre in the Joypur CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

History

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (Shrii Shrii Anandamurti), founder of the Ananda Marga, coined the name Ananda Nagar and set up Ananda Nagar as headquarters of Ananda Marg Gurukul, with the objective of developing a university and a township. Asthi Pahad, a hill south-west of Ananda Nagar, contains ancient fossils. Maharshi Kapila was born at Pat Jhalda, 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Ananda Nagar, 3,500 years ago. Baglata, which now has a post office, means the abode of tigers in creepers and shrubs. ^[1]

Geography

Location

Ananda Nagar is located at 23°30′20″N86°04′35″E / 23.5055°N 86.0763°E / 23.5055; 86.0763 .

Ananda Nagar is not identified as a separate inhabited settlement in the 2011 census. ^[2]

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 three 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. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Transport

There is a station at Pundag on the NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line of the South Eastern Railway. ^[9]

Education

Anandanagar is the headquarter of Ananda Marga Board of Education called Ananda Marga Gurukula (AMGK) AMGK was envisioned as a multi-faculty global university by its founder Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji. All educational institutions started by Ananda Marga are affiliated to AMGK.

Ananda Marga College was established in 1966. Affiliated with the Sidho Kanho Birsha University, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, history, geography, and general courses in arts and science. It has separate hostel for boys and girls. ^[10] Over the years the college has provided higher education to students from poor families living in 60 villages around Ananda Nagar. ^[1]

Ananda Marga Gurukula Teacher's Training College received formal approval in 2014. ^[11]

Ananda Marga High School is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1964. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. ^[12]

Healthcare

The Ananda Marga mission runs a 36-bed hospital. ^[1]

References

1. "About Us". Ananda Nagar. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
2. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
3. Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
4. "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.
5. "Purulia". Department of Tourism. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
6. "Chhau dance of Purulia". Itsavpedia. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
7. "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.
8. "Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum". Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
9. "53061=> 63503 Bardhaman-Hatia Passenger". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
10. "Ananda Marga College". Careers 360. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
11. "Ananda Marga Gurukul Teacher's Training College". Ananda Marga Gurukul. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
12. "Ananda Marga High School". ICBSE. Retrieved 21 January 2020.