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Hijli is a neighborhood of Kharagpur in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Hijli is located at Template:Coord.
Area overview
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives 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.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur was the first Indian Institute of Technology in the country in 1950.[3] It was located in what was earlier Hijli Detention Camp that had been used as a detention camp during the period of British colonial rule in India to imprison Indian independence activists.[4]
Hijli College was established in 1995. Affiliated with the Vidyasagar University it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, education, philosophy, sociology, BCA, chemistry, computer science, geography, mathematics, physics and general courses in arts and science.[5]
.* For language details see Kharagpur I#Language and religion
Healthcare
B.C.Roy Technology Hospital at IIT, Kharagpur, functions with 35 beds.[6]
Hijli Rural Hospital, with 60 beds at Hijli, is the major government medical facility in the Kharagpur I CD block.[7]
References
- ↑ District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013. Department of Planning and Statistics.
- ↑ Profile of a Trailblazer{{#if:IIT Kharagpur|, IIT Kharagpur}. IIT Kharagpur(2002)
- ↑ Pan IIT Speech at University of Warwich. University of Warwick.
- ↑ Hijli College. Hijli College.
- ↑ Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal.
- ↑ Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal.