Balsi Purbapara is a village in the Patrasayer CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Balsi Purbapara | |
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Village | |
  Balsi Purbapara Location in West Bengal, India  Balsi Purbapara Balsi Purbapara (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°09′35″N 87°33′06″E / 23.1597°N 87.5517°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,516 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 722206 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03244 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Indas |
| Website | bankura |
Geography
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Purbapara
M: Municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, T: ancient/ temple centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
editBalsi Purbapara is located at 23°09′35″N 87°33′06″E / 23.1597°N 87.5517°E.
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
editAccording to the 2011 Census of India, Balsi Purbapara had a total population of 1,516, of which 1767 (51%) were males and 749 (49%) were females. There were 155 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Balsi Purbapara was 1,002 (73.62% of the population over 6 years).[1]
Education
editBalsi High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1945. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 5 computers, a library with 2,000 books and a playground.[2]
Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya was established in 2005 at Patrasayer[3][4]
Culture
editDavid J. McCutchion mentions the Vishnu temple as a good example of 19th century terracotta decorated standard ‘Birbhum-Bardhaman’ type Bengal deul. He also mentions a Lakshmi Narayana temple with a low towered at-chala built of laterite with stucco work in 1652, another low towered at-chala, a pancharatna dolamancha and an ek-ratna rasmancha.[5]
Balsi Purbapara picture gallery
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At-chala Shiva temple and Vishnu deul
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Terracotta panel in the Vishnu deul
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Terracotta panel in the Shiva temple
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Terracotta work in the Shiva temple
Healthcare
editThere is a primary health centre at Balsi, with 10 beds.[6]
References
edit- ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Balsi HS". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya". Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Patrasayer Mahaviyalaya". College Admission. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 24, 39, 75, 77. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
- ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.