Dantan
Dantan | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Dantan Location in West Bengal, India  Dantan Dantan (India) | |
| Coordinates: 21°54′38.2″N 87°16′12.0″E / 21.910611°N 87.270000°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Languages* | |
| • Official | Bengali, Santali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721426 (Dantan) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03229 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Dantan |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Dantan is a village in the Dantan I CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
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CT: census 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]Dantan is located at 21°54′38.2″N 87°16′12.0″E / 21.910611°N 87.270000°E.
Area overview
[edit]Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a population density of 787 persons per km2, nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and the rest in the rural areas.[2]
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.
Civic administration
[edit]CD block HQ
[edit]The headquarters of Dantan I CD block are located at Dantan.[3]
Police station
[edit]Dantan police station has jurisdiction over Dantan I CD block.[4][5]
Transport
[edit]The Kolkata-Chennai South Eastern Railway passes through Dantan I CD Block and there is a station at Dantan named Dantan railway station.[6]
The Kolkata-Chennai Golden Quadrilateral National Highway 16 or Kolkata-Bengaluru Asian Highway 45 passes through Dantan.[7] Dantan is well connected with Nayagram via Mogalmari Bhasraghat Road.
Education
[edit]Bhatter College at Dantan was established in 1963 and is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and science and also has facilities for some post-graduate courses. The college is named after Mathuranath Bhatter, a local businessman and social worker who had contributed handsomely to set up the college.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "District Census Handbook: Paschim Medinipur" (PDF). Map of Paschim Medinipur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Paschim Medinipur". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "District at a Glance". Paschim Medinipur District Police. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "58002 Puri-Santragachi Passenger". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Bhatter College, Dantan" (PDF). Bhatter College. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Bhatter College". College Admission. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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