Hijli

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Hijli
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Hijli
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Hijli
Hijli (India)
Coordinates: 22°19′11″N87°18′36″E / 22.319714°N 87.309964°E / 22.319714; 87.309964
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Languages*
  Official Bengali, Santali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721306
Telephone/STD code03221
Lok Sabha constituency Medinipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kharagpur
Website paschimmedinipur.gov.in

Hijli is a neighborhood of Kharagpur in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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History

Hijli has a history much larger than its present presence. Today it is just another neighborhood of Khargapur city with a satellite railway station. This area was part of Hijli Kingdom (1687–1886), which is a small kingdom stretched from Khejuri in the east to the Bahiri in the west. In 1728 today's Hijli became the capital of this kingdom. In 1930 during British Raj Hijli was chosen to build a jail for participating in armed struggles against the British. The same area of Hijli Detention Camp was replaced by India's very first Indian Institutes of Technology Campus in 1951.[ citation needed ]

Geography

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Kangsabati River
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Satyapur
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Raj Ballabh
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Loyada
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Jalchak
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Dhaneshwarpur
Madhyabar
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Chak Bajit
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IIT, Kharagpur
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Kharagpur
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Hijli
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Satkul
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Salua
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Pingla
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Maligram
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Madpur
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Gangaram Chak
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Debra
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Changual
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Kharagpur
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Kalaikunda
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Cities and towns in the northern part of Kharagpur subdivision (including Khararagpur I & II, Debra and Pingla CD blocks) of Paschim Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, F: facilities
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Hijli is located at 22°19′11″N87°19′52″E / 22.319714°N 87.3309964°E / 22.319714; 87.3309964 .

Area overview

Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. [1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district's population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas. [2]

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.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur was the first Indian Institute of Technology in the country in 1950. [3] It was located in what was earlier Hijli Detention Camp that had been used as a detention camp during the period of British colonial rule in India to imprison Indian independence activists. [4]

Hijli College was established in 1995. Affiliated with the Vidyasagar University it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, education, philosophy, sociology, BCA, chemistry, computer science, geography, mathematics, physics and general courses in arts and science. [5]

.* For language details see Kharagpur I#Language and religion

Healthcare

B.C.Roy Technology Hospital at IIT, Kharagpur, functions with 35 beds. [6]

Hijli Rural Hospital, with 60 beds at Hijli, is the major government medical facility in the Kharagpur I CD block. [7]

See also

References

  1. "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. IIT Kharagpur (2002). Profile of a Trailblazer. India: IIT Kharagpur. pp. (i).
  4. "Pan IIT Speech at University of Warwich" (PDF). University of Warwick. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. "Hijli College". Hijli College. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics - Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  7. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2020.