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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jhalda
| other_name = Jhalida
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Shilphore_Hillock,_Jhalda.jpeg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Shilphore Hillock, Jhalda
| nickname =
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.37|N|85.97|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Purulia District|Purulia]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = Jhalda Municipality
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 3.85
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 293
| population_total = 19544
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name=census2011/>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 723202
| area_code = +91 3254
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = WB 56
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.jhaldamunicipality.com/}}
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], Santali, Kurmali, [[English language|English]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Baghmundi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baghmundi]], [[Joypur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Joypur]]
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|mark-coord5={{coord|23|25|16|N|86|12|28|E}} | label-pos5=bottom|label5=[[Agharpur]]| numbered5=R| mark-title5= [[Agharpur]] (R) |shape-color5=#C42222
|mark-coord6={{coord|23|30|19|N|86|4|34|E}} | label-pos6=right|label6=[[Ananda Nagar, Purulia|Ananda Nagar]]| numbered6=R| mark-title6= [[Ananda Nagar, Purulia]] (R) |shape-color6=#C42222
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|mark-coord8={{coord|23|18|37|N|85|53|46|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8=[[Jargo, Purulia|Jargo]]| numbered8=R| mark-title8= [[Jargo, Purulia]] (R) |shape-color8=#C42222
|mark-coord9={{coord|23|24|47|N|86|4|46|E}} | label-pos9=right|label9=[[Jiudaru]]| numbered9=R| mark-title9= [[Jiudaru]] (R) |shape-color9=#C42222
|mark-coord10={{coord|23|24|22|N|86|4|12|E}} | label-pos10=bottom|label10=[[Kotshila]]| numbered10=R| mark-title10= [[Kotshila]] (R) |shape-color10=#C42222
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|mark-coord12={{coord|23|11|2|N|86|3|50|E}} | label-pos12=bottom|label12=Patardi| numbered12=R| mark-title12= Patardi (R)|shape-color12=#C42222|ldy12=2
|mark-coord13={{coord|23|22|45|N|85|53|26|E}} | label-pos13=right|label13=[[Tulin, Purulia|Tulin]]| numbered13=R| mark-title13= [[Tulin, Purulia|Tulin]] (R) |shape-color13=#C42222
|mark-coord14={{coord|23|11|44|N|85|53|37|E}} | label-pos14=bottom|label14= [[Suisa]]| numbered14=H| mark-title14= [[Suisa]] (H) |shape-color14=#AA6666
|mark-coord15={{coord|23|12|30|N|86|1|53|E}} | label-pos15=left|label15=[[Charida]]| numbered15=X| mark-title15= [[Charida]] (X)| shape-color15=#AA6666
|mark-coord16={{coord|23|12|34|N|86|7|49|E}} | label-pos16=right|ldy16=-5 |label16= Ajodhya Hill top | numbered16=T|shape-color16=green| mark-title16= Ajodhya Hills (T)
|mark-coord17={{coord|23|11|44|N|86|5|29|E}} | shape17=l-square| label-pos17=bottom |label17= [[Purulia Pumped Storage Power Station|Purulia]]| numbered17=T|shape-color17=green| mark-title17= [[Purulia Pumped Storage Power Station]]|ldy17=0|ldx17=6
|mark-coord18={{coord|23|12|25|N|86|5|5|E}} | label-pos18=top |label18= Bamni Falls | numbered18=T|shape-color18=green| mark-title18= Ajodhya Hills (T)
|mark-coord19={{coord|23|19|3|N|86|3|17|E}} | shape19=l-square|label-pos19=right |label19= [[Murguma Dam]] | numbered19=T|shape-color19=green| mark-title19= [[Murguma Dam]]
|mark-coord20={{coord|23.32|85.885}}| label20= Subarnarekha River| label-color20 = #77A1CB| label-angle20=-55| label-pos20=top| label-size20=9| mark-size20=0| mark-title20 =none
|mark-coord21={{coord|23.2708989|85.9921269}}|shape21=l-triangle|label21= Chamtuburu| label-color21 = #C42222| label-pos21=left| mark-title21 =Chamtuburu Pahar hill|numbered21=△|mark-description21={{cvt|720|m}}|ldy21=2
|mark-coord22={{coord|23.2894|N|86.0506|E}}| label22= Ajodhya^Hills| label-color22 = #C42222 | label-angle22=0| label-pos22=bottom| label-size22=14| mark-size22=0| mark-title22 =none
|mark-coord23={{coord|23|08|37.3|N|86|07|42.8|E}}|shape23=l-triangle|label23= [[Gorgaburu]]| label-color23 = #C42222| label-pos23=left| mark-title23 =Gorgaburu hill|numbered23=△|mark-description23={{cvt|677|m}}|ldy23=2
|mark-coord24={{coord|23|14|37.7|N|86|08|18.0|E}}|shape24=l-triangle|label24= Chandni Hill|label-color24 = #C42222| label-pos24=right| mark-title24 =Chandni Pahar hill|numbered24=△|mark-description24={{cvt|620|m}}|ldy24=2
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'''Jhalda''' is a town and a municipality in [[Purulia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is the headquarters of the [[Jhalda subdivision]].

==Geography==

===Location===
[[File:Jhalda town in Purulia district 04.jpg|left|thumb|Jhalda bazar]]
Jhalda is located at {{Coord|23.37|N|85.97|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Jhalida.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jhalda]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|293|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Puruliya'', Jhalda municipality covered an area of {{cvt| 3.85|km2}}.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1914_PART_A_DCHB_PURULIYA.pdf | title = District Census Handbook Puruliya, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Page 1073 Statement I: Status and Growth History | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 30 January 2020}}</ref>

===Area overview===
[[File:Bansa Hills in Jhalda town, Purulia 03.jpg|left|thumb|Bansa Hills at Jhalda]]
Purulia district forms the lowest step of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]]. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. [[Jhalda subdivision]], shown in the map alongside, is located in the western part of the district, bordering [[Jharkhand]]. The [[Subarnarekha River|Subarnarekha]] flows along a short stretch of its western border. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 91.02% of the population living in the rural areas and 8.98% living in the urban areas. There are three census towns in the subdivision. The map alongside shows some of the tourist attractions in the [[Ajodhya Hills]]. The area is home to Purulia [[Chhau dance]] with spectacular masks made at [[Charida]]. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district.<ref>{{cite book|first=John Wardle|last=Houlton|author-link=John Wardle Houlton|title=Bihar, the Heart of India|year=1949|page=170|publisher=Orient Longmans Ltd|publication-place=Bombay}}</ref><ref name=census2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/purulia| title = Purulia| work = Department of Tourism| publisher = Government of West Bengal| access-date = 1 February 2020| archive-date = 13 June 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210613193601/https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/purulia| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.utsavpedia.com/cultural-connections/indian-performing-arts/chhau-dance-of-purulia/| title = Chhau dance of Purulia| publisher = Itsavpedia |access-date = 1 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1914_PART_A_DCHB_PURULIYA.pdf| title = District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011| work= Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District |publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 28 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/deuli-harup-and-suisa-crumbling-temples-scattered-statues-and-single-room-museum-purulia-district/#more-32881| title = Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum| publisher = Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress |access-date = 21 January 2020}}</ref>

==Police station==
Jhalda police station has jurisdiction over a part of Jhalda municipal town, [[Jhalda I]] CD block and part of [[Jhalda II]] CD block. The area covered is {{cvt|290|km2}} and a population served of 157,064 people. It has {{cvt|48.7|km}} of inter-state border with Silli PS in Ranchi district and Kashmar and Jaridih police stations in Bokaro district of Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 5 October 2016 |url-status = usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170729135056/http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php |archive-date = 29 July 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://puruliapolice.org/ps/jhalda-ps/ |title = Jhalda PS | publisher= Purulia District Police | access-date = 5 October 2016}}</ref>

==Demographic Data==
The Jhalda Municipality has a population of 19,544 of which 10,050 are males while 9,494 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.<ref name=census2011/>

The population of children aged 0-6 is 2474 which is 12.66% of total population of Jhalda (M). In Jhalda Municipality, the female sex ratio is 945 against state average of 950. Moreover the child sex ratio in Jhalda is around 982 compared to West Bengal state average of 956. literacy rate of Jhalda city is 76.78% higher than the state average of 76.26%. In Jhalda, male literacy is around 85.49% while the female literacy rate is 67.50%.<ref name=census2011/>

Jhalda Municipality has total administration over 3,676 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

==Industrial History of Jhalda==
Jhalda occupied an important place in the industrial history of the world. [[Shellac]] in various shapes and models was exported to England, Germany and the USA. But the closure of the shellac factories dealt a heavy blow to the economy of the municipal centre; other trades like bidis and cutlery have also dwindled over time.

==Tourism==
It is a small town surrounded by small hillocks. The main hills of the area are Shikra, Bansa, Kopla, Silphoir, Dungri etc. The places of interest of the area are Norahara, [[Murguma Dam]], Dimu Dam, Kanrior, etc. Jhalda is adjacent to the state of [[Jharkhand]] being {{cvt|9|km}} from Muri. [[Jhalda Station]] is the main railway station in the region. The village of Kotogara is on the other side of the mountains at Jhalda. Kotogara village is in Jharkhand. One of the main areas visited locally is the Ajodhya Hills about {{cvt|35|km}} from Jhalda which situated in Baghmundi.

==Transport==
[[Jhalda railway station]] is situated on the [[Asansol-Gaya section|Gomoh-Muri line]]. This town is also well connected with district headquarters Purulia and [[Ranchi]] by bus services. Toto and rickshaw is also available here for more comfort to travel.

==Healthcare==
Jhalda Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Jhalda I CD block.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=23.360+85.980+(Jhalda)&spn=4,0.5&t=k&hl=en Jhalda on Google Maps ]
* [http://wikimapia.org/775041/ Jhalda on Wikimapia Maps ]

{{Purulia District}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
{{Purulia topics}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Purulia district]]
[[Category:Cities in West Bengal]]

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