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Radhanagar, Paschim Medinipur
Village in West Bengal, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Radhanagar is a village in the Ghatal CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Rupnarayan River
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Uttar Bar
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Radhanagar
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Radhakantapur
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Palashpai
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Narajole
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Laoda
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Lachhipur
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Kotalpur
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Jayantipur
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Jalshara
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Iswarpur
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Gobindanagar
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Gangadaspur
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Dihi Baliharpur
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Chaipat
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Baikunthapur
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Alui
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Ajuria
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Birsingha
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Sonakhali
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Daspur
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Ramjibanpur
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Khirpai
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Kharar
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Ghatal
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Chandrakona
Cities and towns in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ 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
M: municipal city/ 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
Radhanagar is located at 22.685634°N 87.646091°E.
Area overview
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.[1][2]
Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[3] It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[4]
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.
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Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Radhanagar had a total population of 5,827, of which 2,989 (51%) were males and 2,838 (49%) were females. There were 658 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Radhanagar was 4,185 (80.96% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Education
Radhanagar Dinamayee Vidyamandirl is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1972. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. It has a library with 300 books.[6]
Culture
David J. McCutchion mentions the Raghunatha temple as a pancha-ratna with ridged rekha turrets and porch on triple archway. Built of laterite, plain, in 1718, it measures 23’ 6" square.[7]
Raghunath temple at Radhanagar is a state protected monument.[8]
Radhanagar picture gallery
Gopinath temple at Radhanagar
Gopinath temple
Gopinath temple
Singhabahini temple at Nabagram
Terracotta relief at Singhabahini temple
Terracotta relief at Singhabahini temple
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