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Kajlagarh is a village and a gram panchayat in Bhagabanpur I CD block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Kajlagarh is located at Template:Coord.
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.[1]
Civic administration
CD block HQ
The headquarters of Bhagabanpur I CD block are located at Kajlagarh.[2]
Transport
Kajlagarh is on Egra-Bajkul Road.[3]
The nearest railway station, Deshapran railway station, is on the Tamluk-Digha line, constructed in 2003–04.[4][5]
Education
Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya was established at Tethi Bari mouza, PO Kismat Bajkul, in 1964. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University.[6]
Culture
David J. McCutchion mentions the Gopala temple as an 18th-century West Bengal Navaratna, measuring 35' 3" square, having slight terracotta.[7]
Kajlagarh picture gallery
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Rajbari temple
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Gopala temple of Chowdhury family
Healthcare
There is a primary health centre at Kajlagarh (with 6 beds).[8]
References
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ↑ BDO Offices under Purba Medinipur district. West Bengal Public Library Network, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ Google maps
- ↑ 68689 Santragachi-Digha EMU. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ↑ Year of construction of important BG lines. South Eastern Railway. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya. BMM. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ↑ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 51. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Health & Family Welfare Department. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 March 2019.