Radhanagar, Paschim Medinipur
Radhanagar | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Radhanagar Location in West Bengal, India  Radhanagar Radhanagar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°41′08″N 87°38′46″E / 22.685634°N 87.646091°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,827 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721212 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03225 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Radhanagar is a village in the Ghatal CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
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5miles
M: municipal city/ town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
[edit]Radhanagar is located at 22°41′08″N 87°38′46″E / 22.685634°N 87.646091°E.
Area overview
[edit]Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.[1][2]
Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[3] It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[4]
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
[edit]According to the 2011 Census of India, Radhanagar had a total population of 5,827, of which 2,989 (51%) were males and 2,838 (49%) were females. There were 658 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Radhanagar was 4,185 (80.96% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Education
[edit]Radhanagar Dinamayee Vidyamandirl is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1972. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. It has a library with 300 books.[6]
Culture
[edit]David J. McCutchion mentions the Raghunatha temple as a pancha-ratna with ridged rekha turrets and porch on triple archway. Built of laterite, plain, in 1718, it measures 23’ 6" square.[7]
Raghunath temple at Radhanagar is a state protected monument.[8]
Radhanagar picture gallery
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Gopinath temple at Radhanagar -
Gopinath temple -
Gopinath temple -
Singhabahini temple at Nabagram -
Terracotta relief at Singhabahini temple -
Terracotta relief at Singhabahini temple
References
[edit]- ^ Murshid, Ghulam. "Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra". Banglapedia. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar". www.whereincity.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Radhanagar D. Vidyamandir U. Pr". Schools.org. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 47. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
- ^ List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine.
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