Baital, Bankura
Baital | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 22°57′48″N 87°29′52″E / 22.9634°N 87.4977°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Bankura |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,031 |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 722140 |
Telephone/STD code | 03243 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
Website | bankura |
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.
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]
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Shayama Chandi temple
References
- ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ 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