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Baital, Bankura

Coordinates: 22°57′48″N 87°29′52″E / 22.9634°N 87.4977°E / 22.9634; 87.4977
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Baital
Village
Baital is located in West Bengal
Baital
Baital
Location in West Bengal, India
Baital is located in India
Baital
Baital
Baital (India)
Coordinates: 22°57′48″N 87°29′52″E / 22.9634°N 87.4977°E / 22.9634; 87.4977
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictBankura
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
4,031
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
722140
Telephone/STD code03243
Lok Sabha constituencyBishnupur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBishnupur
Websitebankura.gov.in

Baital is a village in the Joypur CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of Dakshinbar village.

Geography

Baital is located at 22°57′48″N 87°29′52″E / 22.9634°N 87.4977°E / 22.9634; 87.4977.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Dakshinbar had a total population of 4,031, of which 2,070 (51%) were males and 1,961 (49%) were females. There were 408 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Dakshinbar was 2,754 (76.01% of the population over 6 years).[1]

Culture

David J. McCutchion speaks of 2 temples at Baital. One is the Shyama Chandi temple, with 35 ft 4 in square base, a laterite plain structure built in 1660. The other is the Jhagrai Chandi temple, with 11’ 2” square base, a laterite, largely plain structure, built in 1659.[2]

References

  1. ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 20,46, . The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2