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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kajlagarh
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| settlement_type = Village
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| coordinates = {{coord|22.0343|N|87.7986|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 721626
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagabanpur]]
| website = {{URL|purbamedinipur.gov.in/}}
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'''Kajlagarh''' is a village and a [[gram panchayat]] in [[Bhagabanpur I]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in [[Egra subdivision]] of [[Purba Medinipur district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
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|mark-coord8={{coord|21|52|32|N|87|35|4|E}} | label-pos8=left|label8= Madhabpur| numbered8=R| mark-title8= [[Madhabpur, Purba Medinipur]] (R)|shape-color8=#C40000
|mark-coord9={{coord|22|2|40|N|87|48|0|E}} | label-pos9=left|label9= Tethi Bari| numbered9=R| mark-title9= [[Tethi Bari]] (R)|shape-color9=#C40000
|mark-coord10={{coord|22|0|50|N|87|48|41|E}} | label-pos10=left|label10= Kismat Bajkul| numbered10=R| mark-title10= [[Kismat Bajkul]] (R)|shape-color10=#C40000
|mark-coord11={{coord|22|4|59|N|87|39|55|E}} | label-pos11=right|label11= Palpara| numbered11=R| mark-title11= [[Palpara, Purba Medinipur]] (R)|shape-color11=#C40000
|mark-coord12={{coord|22|4|41|N|87|38|46|E}} | label-pos12=left|label12= Golara Nij| numbered12=R| mark-title12= [[Golara Nij]] (R)|shape-color12=#C40000
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|mark-coord14={{coord|21|48|30|N|87|29|53|E}} | label-pos14=right|label14= Ramchandrapur| numbered14=R| mark-title14= [[Ramchandrapur, Purba Medinipur]] (R)|shape-color14=#C40000
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|mark-coord17={{coord|22|6|39|N|87|43|24|E}} | label-pos17=left|label17= Paikbheri| numbered17=H| mark-title17= [[Paikbheri]] (H)| shape-color17=#AA6666
|mark-coord18={{coord|21|49|59|N|87|27|9|E}} | label-pos18=right|label18= Panchrol| numbered18=H| mark-title18= [[Panchrol]] (H)| shape-color18=#AA6666
|mark-coord19={{coord|21|51|12|N|87|28|3|E}} | label-pos19=right|label19= Alangiri| numbered19=H| mark-title19= [[Alangiri]] (H)| shape-color19=#AA6666}}

===Location===
Kajlagarh is located at {{coord|22.0343|N|87.7986|E|display=inline}}.

===Urbanisation===
96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur | work = Table 2.2 | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 17 April 2019 }}</ref>

==Civic administration==
===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of Bhagabanpur I CD block are located at Kajlagarh.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2153 |title = BDO Offices under Purba Medinipur district |publisher= West Bengal Public Library Network, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 23 April 2019 }}</ref>

==Transport==
Kajlagarh is on Egra-Bajkul Road.<ref>Google maps</ref>

The nearest railway station, [[Deshapran railway station]], is on the [[Howrah-Kharagpur line|Tamluk-Digha line]], constructed in 2003–04.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/santragachi-digha-emu-68689/7751/1725/1728 | title = 68689 Santragachi-Digha EMU | work= Time Table | publisher = indiarailinfo |access-date = 30 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1427346652869-BNR%20history.pdf | title = Year of construction of important BG lines | work = History | publisher = South Eastern Railway | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150513014650/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1427346652869-BNR%20history.pdf | archive-date = 13 May 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Education==
[[Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Tethi Bari]] mouza, PO [[Kismat Bajkul]], in 1964. It is affiliated to [[Vidyasagar University]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bajkulcollege.org/ | title = Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya | publisher = BMM |access-date = 30 March 2017}}</ref>

==Culture==
[[David McCutchion|David J. McCutchion]] mentions the Gopala temple as an 18th-century West Bengal Navaratna, measuring 35' 3" square, having slight terracotta.<ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 51. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>

==Kajlagarh picture gallery==
<gallery widths="230px" heights="180px">
File:Kajlagarh Rajbari of Chowdhury family at Bhagabanpur under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.jpg|Rajbari temple
File:Kajlagarh Gopal Navaratna temple of Chowdhury family at Bhagabanpur under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 02.jpg|Gopala temple of Chowdhury family
</gallery>

==Healthcare==
There is a [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centre]] at Kajlagarh (with 6 beds).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 27 March 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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| video1= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffhvbFXACsA Kajlagarh Rajbari]
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{{Purba Medinipur District}}
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[[Category:Villages in Purba Medinipur district]]

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