Kotshila

Kotshila
Village
Kotshila Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Kotshila Kotshila (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°24′22.0″N86°04′12.0″E / 23.406111°N 86.070000°E / 23.406111; 86.070000
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,452
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	723213 (Jiudaru)
Telephone code	03254
Lok Sabha constituency	Purulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Joypur
Website	purulia.gov.in

Kotshila is a village, with a police station and a railway junction station, in the Jhalda II 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

Kotshila is located at 23°24′22.0″N86°04′12.0″E / 23.406111°N 86.070000°E / 23.406111; 86.070000 .

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, Kotshila had a total population of 1,452 of which 753 (52%) were males and 699 (48%) were females. There were 253 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Kotshila was 613 (51.38% of the population over 6 years). ^[7]

Police station

Kotshila police station has jurisdiction over a part of the Jhalda II CD block. The area covered is 284 km² and the population covered is 148,042. It has a 25.48 km interstate border with Jaridih PS in Bokaro district of Jharkhand. ^{[8] [9]}

Transport

State Highway 4A running from Tulin to Chas More (both in the Purulia district) passes through Kotshila. ^[10]

The NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line of the South Eastern Railway passes through this CD block and there are stations at Kotshila and Jhalda. The Purulia-Kotshila branch line connects to the NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line at Kotshila. ^[11]

Education

Kotshila Mahavidyalaya at Jiudaru is affiliated to Sidho Kanho Birsha University. ^[12]

Healthcare

Muralhar Kotshila Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Jhalda II CD block. ^[13]

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. 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. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
8. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
9. "Kotshila PS". Purulia District Police. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
10. "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
11. "58621Adra-Barkakana Passenger". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
12. "Kotshila Mahavidyalaya" (PDF). skbu. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
13. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 18 January 2020.