Gobindanagar
Gobindanagar | |
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Village | |
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| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,085 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721146 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03225 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Daspur |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Gobindanagar is a village in the Daspur I CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
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Location
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Area overview
[edit | edit source]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.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]According to the 2011 Census of India, Gobindanagar had a total population of 2,085, of which 1,049 (50%) were males and 1,036 (50%) were females. There were 202 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Radhakantapur was 1,777 (94.37% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Culture
[edit | edit source]David J. McCutchion classifies the Radha Govinda temple as a pancha-ratna having smooth rekha turrets, measuring around 22’ 4", with rich terracotta decoration. Built in 1682, it has been much renovated, including new towers.[6]
The Radha Govinda temple is a state protected monument.[7]
Gobindanagar picture gallery
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Pancha-ratna Radha Govinda temple
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References
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- ^ List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
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