Mandankuli

Village in West Bengal, India
Mandalkuli
Mandalkuli
Village
22°44′37″N 86°54′52″E / 22.7436°N 86.9144°E / 22.7436; 86.9144
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBankura
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4,011
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, Santali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
722134
Telephone/STD code03243
Lok Sabha constituencyBankura
Vidhan Sabha constituencyRaipur
Websitebankura.gov.in

Mandalkuli (also referred to as Mandalkuli) is a village and a gram panchayat in the Raipur CD block in the Khatra subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Mandankuli
T
Pareshnath
T
Pareshnath (T)
Harmasra
T
Harmasra (T)
Deulbhira
TV
Deulbhira (T)
Atbaichandi
T
Atbaichandi (T)
Ambikanagar
T
Ambikanagar, Bankura (T)
Panchmura
C
Panchmura (C)
Ledisol
CT
Ledisol (CT)
Simlapal
CT
Simlapal (CT)
Raipur
CT
Raipur, Bankura (CT)
Khatra
CT
Khatra (CT)
Matgoda
R
Matgoda (R)
Taldangra
R
Taldangra (R)
Sarenga
R
Sarenga, Bankura (R)
Rautara
R
Rautara (R)
Ranibandh
R
Ranibandh (R)
Phulkusma
R
Phulkusma (R)
Mukutmanipur
R
Mukutmanipur (R)
Kharigerya
R
Kharigerya (R)
Jhilimili
R
Jhilimili (R)
Indpur
R
Indpur (R)
Hirbandh
R
Hirbandh (R)
Haludkanali
R
Haludkanali (R)
Barikul
R
Barikul (R)
Baragari
R
Baragari (R)
  
Places in Khatra subdivision in Bankura district
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, C: craft centre, T: ancient/ temple centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Mandankuli is located at 22°44′37″N 86°54′52″E / 22.7436°N 86.9144°E / 22.7436; 86.9144.

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, Mandankuli had a total population of 4,011, of which 2,066 (52%) were males and 1,945 (48%) were females. There were 452 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Mandankuli was 2,353 (66.11% of the population over 6 years).[1]

Education

Mandalkuli Netaji Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1935. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 10 computers, a library with 50 books and a playground.[2] This is one of the fourteen schools in Bankura district in which the opening of an Olchiki medium section (for Santali language) from class V was sanctioned in 2012.[3]

Raipur Block Mahavidyalaya was established in 2010 at Kharigerya. It is affiliated with the Bankura University and offers honours courses in Bengali, Santali and history.[4]

Culture

According to Binoy Ghosh, Mandalkuli must have been a Jain centre similar to Ambikanagar or Dharapat, but the large collection of statues that one sees at Mandalkuli is not there elsewhere in Bankura district. It is there only in Purulia district. When Binoy Ghosh visited the place in 1968, he saw statues of Jain, Buddhist and Hindu deities. He says that it was possibly a Jain or Buddhist centre earlier and later taken over by resurgent Hinduism.[5]

References

  1. ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Mandalkuli Netaji Vidypith". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Education of Bankura". District administration. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Raipur Block Mahavidyalaya". ICBSE. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. ^ Ghosh, Binoy, Paschim Banger Sanskriti, (in Bengali), part I, 1976 edition, pages 386-388, Prakash Bhaban, Kolkata
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