Baidyanathpur, Paschim Bardhaman
- For village in Chandpur District, Bangladesh, see Baidyanathpur
Baidyanathpur | |
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Census Town | |
Location in West Bengal, India | |
Coordinates: 23°43′13″N 87°16′43″E / 23.720252°N 87.278569°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 15,704 |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Telephone code | 91 341 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pandaveswar |
Website | bardhaman |
Baidyanathpur is a census town in Pandaveswar CD Block in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
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Location
Baidyanathpur is located at 23°43′13″N 87°16′43″E / 23.720252°N 87.278569°E.
The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating laterite region. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal in the 18th century led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.[1]
Mahal, Baidynathpur, Dalurband, Ramnagar, Bilpahari and Kendra Khottamdi form a cluster of census towns in the northern portion of Pandabeswar CD Block.[2]
Urbanisation
As per the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[3]
Demographics
As per the 2011 Census of India, Baidyanathpur had a total population of 15,704 of which 8,132 (52%) were males and 7,572 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,838. The total number of 1literates in Baidyanathpur was 9,475 (68.33% of the population over 6 years).[4]
Pandabeswar is shown as part of Baidyanathpur in the map of Pandabeswar CD Block [1] on page 243 of the District Census Handbook, Bardhaman, 2011.
Economy
As per ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Pandaveswar Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Dalurband Colliery, Khottadih OCP, Khottadih UG, Madhaipur Colliery, Manderbony Colliery, Pandaveswar Colliery and South Samla Colliery.[5]
References
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), Template:Bn icon, Vol I, pp 14-15, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3
- ^ "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Map of Pandabeswar CD Block, page 243. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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(help) - ^ "Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers" (PDF). Pandaveswar Area. Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 7 September 2018.