Dantan | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Location in West Bengal, India   Dantan Dantan (India) | |
| Coordinates: 21Ā°54ā²38.2ā³N 87Ā°16ā²12.0ā³Eļ»æ / ļ»æ21.910611Ā°N 87.270000Ā°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Languages* | |
| ā¢ Official | Bengali, Santali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721426 (Dantan) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03229 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Dantan |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Dantan is a village in the Dantan I CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography[edit | edit source]
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Location[edit | edit source]
Dantan is located at 21Ā°54ā²38.2ā³N 87Ā°16ā²12.0ā³Eļ»æ / ļ»æ21.910611Ā°N 87.270000Ā°E.
Area overview[edit | edit source]
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west ā Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a population density of 787 persons per km2, nearly half of the districtās population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and the rest in the rural areas.[2]
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.
Civic administration[edit | edit source]
CD block HQ[edit | edit source]
The headquarters of Dantan I CD block are located at Dantan.[3]
Police station[edit | edit source]
Dantan police station has jurisdiction over Dantan I CD block.[4][5]
Transport[edit | edit source]
The Kolkata-Chennai South Eastern Railway passes through Dantan I CD Block and there is a station at Dantan named Dantan railway station.[6]
The Kolkata-Chennai Golden Quadrilateral National Highway 16 or Kolkata-Bengaluru Asian Highway 45 passes through Dantan.[7] Dantan is well connected with Nayagram via Mogalmari Bhasraghat Road.
Education[edit | edit source]
Bhatter College at Dantan was established in 1963 and is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and science and also has facilities for some post-graduate courses. The college is named after Mathuranath Bhatter, a local businessman and social worker who had contributed handsomely to set up the college.[8][9]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ā "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ā "District Census Handbook: Paschim Medinipur" (PDF). Map of Paschim Medinipur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ā "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Paschim Medinipur". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ā "District at a Glance". Paschim Medinipur District Police. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ā "58002 Puri-Santragachi Passenger". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ā "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ā "Bhatter College, Dantan" (PDF). Bhatter College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ā "Bhatter College". College Admission. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
