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Gurap is a village in Dhaniakhali CD block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
The area is composed of flat alluvial plains that form a part of the Gangetic Delta.[1]
Police station
Gurap police station has jurisdiction over a part of Dhaniakhali CD block.[2][3]
Urbanisation
In Chandannagore subdivision 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7 census towns. The single municipal corporation is Chandernagore Municipal Corporation. The municipalities are Tarakeswar Municipality, Bhadreswar Municipality and Champdany Municipality.[4] Of the three CD Blocks in Chandannagore subdivision, Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural, Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and Singur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural.[5] The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
As per the 2011 Census of India, Gurap had a total population of 7,856 of which 3,880 (49%) were males and 3,976 (51%) were females. Population below 6 years was 748. The total number of literates in Gurap was 5,126 (72.12% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Transport
Gurap railway station is situated on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord.[6]
The Kolkata-Agra National Highway 19/ Durgapur Expressway passes through Gurap.[7]
Culture
David J. McCutchion mentions the Nandadulala temple (1751) at Gurap as a standard atchala temple with porch on triple archway having leafy swathes. He mentions the dol-mancha (18th century) near the Nandadulala temple as having rich terracotta. There are porches on neo classical pillars later attached to the atchala.[8]
The temple of Nandadulala at Gurap (at Sr No S-WB-63) is included in the List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal by the Archaeological Survey of India.[9]
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Nandadulala temple
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Terracota decoration on the wall of Nanadulala temple
References
- ↑ District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ Hooghly District Police. West Bengal Police. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ↑ 36811 Howrah Bardhaman Jn Chord Local. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways. Department of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 48, 73, 75. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Protected Monuments in West Bengal. Archaeological Survey of India. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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