Daldali

Daldali
Village
Daldali Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Daldali Daldali (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°18′16″N86°36′44″E / 23.3045°N 86.6121°E / 23.3045; 86.6121 Coordinates: 23°18′16″N86°36′44″E / 23.3045°N 86.6121°E / 23.3045; 86.6121
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,488
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	723151
Telephone/STD code	03253
Lok Sabha constituency	Purulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Manbazar
Website	purulia.gov.in

Daldali is a village and a gram panchayat in the Hura CD block in the Purulia Sadar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Places in Purulia Sadar subdivision in Purulia district
M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, F: facility
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Daldali is located at 23°18′16″N86°36′44″E / 23.3045°N 86.6121°E / 23.3045; 86.6121 .

Area overview

Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. Purulia Sadar subdivision covers the central portion of the district. 83.80% of the population of the subdivision lives in rural areas. The map alongside shows some urbanization around Purulia city. 18.58% of the population, the highest among the subdivisions of the district, lives in urban areas. There are 4 census towns in the subdivision. The Kangsabati (locally called Kansai) flows through the subdivision. The subdivision has old temples, some of them belonging to the 11th century or earlier. The focus is on education - the university, the sainik school, the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith at Bongabari, the upcoming medical college at Hatuara, et al. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

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, Daldali had a total population of 4,488, of which 2,345 (52%) were males and 2,143 (50%) were females. There were 789 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Daldali was 2,743 (74.16% of the population over 6 years). ^[9]

Education

Mahatma Gandhi College, Purulia was established in 1981, at Daldali, Lalpur. Affiliated with the Sidho Kanho Birsha University, it offers honours courses in Bengali, Santali, English, Sanskrit, education, geography, philosophy, history, political science, economics, general courses in arts and science, and honours and general courses in commerce. ^[10]

Transport

Daldali is off the Bankura-Purulia Road. ^[11]

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. "District Census Handbook, Puruliya, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Deulghat - Pages 99-100: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Importance of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
4. "District Census Handbook, Puruliya, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Charra - Page 103: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Importance of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
5. "Sidho-Kano-Birsha University". SKBU. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
6. "Sainik School Purulia". SSP. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
7. "West Bengal's RKM college bags highest NAAC grade". The Times of India, 16 December 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
8. "Purulia Government Medical College & Hospital". PGMCH. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
9. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
10. "Mahatma Gandhi College". MGC. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
11. Google maps