Dwarhatta
Dwarhatta | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Dwarhatta Location in West Bengal, India  Dwarhatta Dwarhatta (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°47′29″N 88°04′22″E / 22.7913°N 88.0727°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,799 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 712403 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03212 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Arambagh |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Haripal |
| Website | hooghly |
Dwarhatta is a village and a gram panchayat in the Haripal CD block in the Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography[edit]
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River
M: municipal corporation/ municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location[edit]
Dwarhatta is located at 22°47′29″N 88°04′22″E / 22.7913°N 88.0727°E
Urbanisation[edit]
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.[1] 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.[2] The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics[edit]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Dwarhatta had a population of 3,799 of which 1,936 (51%) were males and 1,843 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 370. The total number of literate persons in Kotalpur was 2,800 (81.66% of the population over 6 years).[3]
Culture[edit]
David J. McCutchion describes several temples at Dwarhatta:[4]
- Rare examples of pancharatna temples with slender turrets are there at Dwarhatta
- Raj-Rajeswar temple (1728) of the Singha Roy family at Dwarhatta having atchala with porch on triple archway - it has tight scroll work above the archways but figures along the base and round the façade
- Pancharatna temples with ridged rekha turrets at Dwarhatta have facades fully decorated with figures
The Rajrajeswara temple (at Sr No S-WB-52) at Dwarhatta is included in the List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal by the Archaeological Survey of India.[5]
Dwarhatta picture gallery[edit]
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Rajrajeswara temple of Singha Roy family, built in 1728 -
Terracotta relief at Rajrajeswara temple -
Terracotta relief at Rajrajeswara temple
References[edit]
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 15, 34-35, 48, 75. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
- ^ "Protected Monuments in West Bengal". Archaeological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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