Bilpahari

Bilpahari
Census Town
Bilpahari
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 23°43′15″N 87°14′05″E / 23.720769°N 87.234769°E / 23.720769; 87.234769Coordinates: 23°43′15″N 87°14′05″E / 23.720769°N 87.234769°E / 23.720769; 87.234769
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Paschim Bardhaman
Population (2011)
 • Total 8,565
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency Asansol
Vidhan Sabha constituency Pandaveswar
Website bardhaman.gov.in

Bilpahari is a census town in Pandabeswar CD Block in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Cities, towns and ECL Areas in the northern portion of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural administrative centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating laterite soil. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal in the 18th century led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.[1]

Mahal, Baidyanathpur, Dalurband, Ramnagar, Bilpahari and Kendra Khottamdi form a cluster of census towns in the northern portion of Pandabeswar CD Block.[2]

Urbanisation

As per the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[3]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Bilpahari had a total population of 8,565, of which 4,519 (53%) were males and 4,046 (47%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,038. The total number of literates in Bilpahari was 5,623 (74.70% of the population over 6 years).[4]

As of 2001 India census,[5] Bilpahari had a population of 7,786. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Bilpahari has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 62% and female literacy of 42%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Collieries in the Pandaveswar Area of Eastern Coalfields are: Madaipur, Maderboni, Nutandanga, Pandaveswar, Dalurbandh, Kendra, Samla, South Samla, Khottadih, Kankartala, Dalurbandh OCP, Palasthali OCP and Gangaramchak OCP.[6]

Education

Bilpahari has one primary school.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), (in Bengali), Vol I, pp 14-15, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3
  2. ↑ "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Map of Pandabeswar CD Block, page 243. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  6. ↑ "Coalmining impact on the Environment" (PDF). Chapter V: Table 5.2. shodganga.infibnet. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  7. ↑ 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
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