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{{Infobox river
| name = Dwarakeswar River
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| name_other = Dhalkisor River
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| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[West Bengal]]
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| subdivision_name5 = [[Bankura]], [[Arambag]]

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| source1 = Tilboni Hill
| source1_location = [[Purulia district]], [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]], [[West Bengal]]
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'''Dwarakeswar River''' (also known as Dhalkisor) is a major river in the western part of the [[Indian state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Course==
The river originates near Madhabpur in [[Purulia district]] and enters [[Geography of Bankura district|Bankura district]] near Chhatna. It cuts across the district flowing past the district headquarters and enters the southeastern tip of [[Purba Bardhaman district]]. It then passes through [[Hooghly district]].<ref>Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang|bn}}, Vol I, pp 33-34, Radical Impression. {{ISBN|81-85459-36-3}}</ref>

The Silai joins it near [[Ghatal]] and the two together are known as [[Rupnarayan River]], which flows into the [[Hooghly River]] near [[Gadiara]] in [[Howrah district]].

Dwarakeswar River has much sedimentation from low water (any season). In rainy seasons it is filled up with water; then huge sedimentations block the channel. Even near Arambagh the channel basin has been reduced by garbage and anthropogenic (man made){{clarify|date=December 2015}} activities.

==Projects==
There is a proposal for the construction of a dam across the Dwarakeswar. The preliminary project report on Dwarakeswar Gandheswari Reservoir was received by the Central Water Commission in January 2004 for "in-principle" consent for preparation of a detailed Project Report was conveyed to the State Government in March 2004.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://164.100.24.208/lsq14/quest.asp?qref=1823
|title = Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1670 to be answered on 2004-7-19
|access-date = 2007-02-19
|last = Yadav
|first = Jai Prakash Narayan
|work = Irrigation Schemes
|publisher = Ministry of Water Resources
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060210211126/http://164.100.24.208/lsq14/quest.asp?qref=1823
|archive-date = 2006-02-10
}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Environment|Ecology}}
[[List of rivers of India]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}

{{Coord|23.139097|N|87.286377|E|source:yahoomap_region:IN|format=dms|display=title}}

[[Category:Rivers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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Kamal Guha at 15:22, 1 July 2023