Dariapur, Purba Medinipur

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Dariapur
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Dariapur
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Dariapur
Dariapur (India)
Coordinates: 21°47′54″N87°51′32″E / 21.798367°N 87.858981°E / 21.798367; 87.858981 Coordinates: 21°47′54″N87°51′32″E / 21.798367°N 87.858981°E / 21.798367; 87.858981
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Population
 (2011)
 • Total161
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency Kanthi
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kanthi Uttar
Website purbamedinipur.gov.in

Dariapur is a village in the Deshapran CD block in the Contai subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Geography

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Cities and towns in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, S: port, sea-beach
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Diariapur is located at 21°47′54″N87°51′32″E / 21.798367°N 87.858981°E / 21.798367; 87.858981 .

Urbanisation

93.55% of the population of Contai subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 6.45% of the population live in the urban areas and it is considerably behind Haldia subdivision in urbanization, where 20.81% of the population live in urban areas. [1]

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, Dariapur had a total population of 1,375, of which 719 (52%) were males and 656 (48%) were females. There were 133 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Dariapur was 1,134 (91.30% of the population over 6 years). [2]

Lighthouse

There is a 30 metres (98 ft) tall lighthouse at Dariapur. The range of visibility is 19 sea miles. The construction of the present RCC lighthouse tower was completed in 1964 and the PV equipment, consisting of a 230 V 70 W metal halide lamp and low maintenance batteries, was installed in 1999. Earlier there was a 20 metres (66 ft) tall mild steel structure lighthouse tower 1 km east of the present site. It was erected in 1943 and dismantled in 1964. The PV equipment of the old tower was initially placed in the new tower and used till it was replaced by more effective equipment. [3]

Kapalkundala temple

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote his second novel Kapalkundala in 1866. [4] it is a story of a forest-dwelling girl named Kapalkundala, who fell in love with and married a young man from the city, but eventually found that she was unable to adjust herself with city life. Following the success of Chatterjee’s first novel Durgeshnandini , he wrote Kapalkundala. The story is set in Dariapur, where Chatterjee served as a Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector. [5]

Kapalkundala temple has been declared a heritage site by the West Bengal Heritage Commission. [6]

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Kapalkundala is a Bengali romance novel by Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Published in 1866, it is a story of a forest-dwelling girl named Kapalkundala, who fell in love with and married Nabakumar, a young gentleman from Saptagram, but eventually found that she is unable to adjust herself with the city life. Following the success of Chattopadhyay's first novel Durgeshnandini, he decided to write about a girl who is brought up in a remote forest by a Kapalika and never saw anyone but her foster-father. The story is set in Dariapur, Contai in modern-day Purba Medinipur district, Paschimbanga where Chattopadhyay served as a Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector.

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References

  1. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "District Census Handbook: Purba Medinipur" (PDF). Page 113: Dariapur Lighthouse. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Bandyopadhyay, Asit Kumar (2007) [1998]. Bangla Sahityer Itibritta[History of Bengali Literature] (in Bengali). Vol. VIII (3rd ed.). Kolkata: Modern Book Agency Pvt Ltd. pp. 502–520.
  5. ↑ Bagal, Jogeshchandra, ed. (2003) [1953]. "Upanyas-Prasange" [On Novels]. Bankim Rchanavali[Complete Works of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay] (in Bengali). Vol. I (20th ed.). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. pp. XXXII–XXXIII. ISBN   81-85626-13-8.
  6. ↑ "List of Declared Heritage Sites". Item No. 12. Beautiful Bengal. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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