Depal

Depal is a village and a gram panchayat in Ramnagar II Block in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Depal
Village
Depal Location in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 21.733123°N 87.547885°E / 21.733123; 87.547885
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Government
• Type	Taluk of Ramnagar II Block, West Bengal, India
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	721453
Area code	03220
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB-29, WB-30, WB-31, WB-32, WB-33
Literacy	87.84%
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanthi
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Ramnagar
Website	http://purbamedinipur.gov.in

Geography

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Dariapur

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Dihibahiri

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Petuaghat
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Junput

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Mandarmani

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Tajpur Port

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Shankarpur

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New Digha

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Kharipukuria

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Silaberia

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Depal

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Durmut

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Baratala

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Dholmari

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Bara Bankuya

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Janka

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Kamarda

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Khejuri

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Majna

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Bhupatinagar

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Marishda

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Ramnagar

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Khadalgobra

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Basantia

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Contai

   

Cities and towns in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, S: port, sea-beach
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Depal is located at 21.733123°N 87.547885°E / 21.733123; 87.547885.

Urbanisation

93.55% of the population of Contai subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 6.45% of the population live in the urban areas and it is considerably behind Haldia subdivision in urbanization, where 20.81% of the population live in urban areas.^[1]

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

As per 2011 Census of India, Depal had a total population of 3,359, of which 1,705 (51%) were males and 1,654 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 294. The total number of literates in Depal was 2,782 (90.77% of the population over 6 years).^[2]

Transport

Depal stands at the junction point of Depal-Majna-Kanthi Road and Egra-Ramnagar Road.^[3]

Education

Ramnagar College at Depal was established in 1972. In addition to courses in arts, science and commerce, it offers courses in hospitality and tourism, and fishery and farm management.^[4][5]

Ramnagar B.Ed College at Depal offers graduation courses in education.^[6]

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre at Hamirpur, PO Depal (with 2 beds).^[7]