Patiram

Patiram Patirampur, Jahangirpur
Semi-town.
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	733133
Telephone code	03522
Vehicle registration	WB
Nearest city	Balurghat
Lok Sabha constituency	Balurghat
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Tapan
Climate	Moderate,Comfortable (Köppen)

Patiram is a small Semi-town in Dakshin Dinajpur district. Patiram is situated beside of Atreyee River. There are two Higher Secondary School and college in this village. Patiram High School is near Taltala More; Patiram Vivekananda Girls' High School and Jamini Majumdar Memorial College. There is a vegetable market popularly called Patiram Bazar which is quite big and one nearby Taltala More.There is one taxi stand in this village at chowrangi more.Milan mandir(Bharat Sevashram Sangha)is in this village.There is an Government Veterinary Hospital at this village. There are 3 banks in this village. These are State bank of India, Bangiya gramin Vikash Bank and Co-operative Bank. Two ATM one of State bank of India and one Axis Bank ATM are available at this Village.Main festival of Patiram are Durga Puja,Eid,and Christmas Day. Nicha Bandar Durga Puja, Arabinda Palli Durga Puja and Kadam tali Durga Puja are Popular. kali Puja and Viswakarma Puja are also celebrated here.There are so many Pallis and Paras at this village. These are Nicha bandar, Dakshin Para(Master Para), kadam Tali, Saha para, kachhari Para, Arabinda Palii, Dak banglo Para, echamati, pirojpur, baram etc. It is 11 km away from Balurghat.Nearby Railway station is Mallikpur Railway Station at Baul village at 4 to 5 km distance.

Schools

• Patiram High School
• Patiram Vivekananda Uccha Balika Vidyalaya
• Patiram Primary School
• Patiram Nichabandar Primary School
• Patiram Kacharipara Primary School

College

• Patiram Jamini Mazumdar Memorial College

Library

• Monorama Palli Pathagar

Notable personalities

• Ashis Saha, Arijit Paul, Soumalya Ghosh,Partha Mukherjee and Debabrata Das.

Ashis Saha, scientist (Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd),He studied Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Technology and Master of Pharmaceutical Technology from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He worked as a scientist in Mylan Laboratories Ltd. He moved to Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd and worked as a Scientist.

Arijit Paul, scientist (DRDO),He studied Bachelor of Mechanical Engg. REC Durgapur. He worked as a scientist in DRDO.

Debabrata Das, Former scientist, Defence Research and Development Organisation (D.R.D.O) He studied Bachelor of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has many contribution in Designing of Microwave Power Module (M.P.M).

Festivals

Durga Puja,Kali Puja,Saraswati puja and Biswakarma Puja,Shiv Ratri are celebrated at Patiram. Patiram Bidyeshwari Kali Mandir is an old and famous temple. Par Patiram Shiv Mandir is famous and many people visit it at Shivaratri. Patiram Hindu Milan Mandir is known for its cultural activity.

Transportation

Patiram is well connected to district town Balurghat. It is a center point of Hili, Kumarganj, Balurghat and Gangarampur. It is connected to Siliguri and Kolkata by bus and train. Mahinagar airport is only 10 km away. It is on the bank of River Atrayee.

See Also

Baidul