Anara, Purulia
Anara | |
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  Anara Location in West Bengal  Anara Anara (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°28′49″N 86°33′37″E / 23.4802174°N 86.5603302°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Subdistrict | Para |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,517 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Pincode | 723126 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
Anara is a Town in the Para CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district, West Bengal, India, about 14 km from Adra Junction. Anara Railway Station is having 2 platforms for up trains and down trains. Anara has large number of Railway employees mostly Running staff residing in 3 pockets viz. Bungalow side, Old colony and new colony apart from the market area. There is a big railway school and adjacent to it a play ground.
Geography
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5miles
Reservoir
Hill
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, T: tourist centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Area overview
[edit]Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.[2] Raghunathpur subdivision occupies the northern part of the district. 83.80% of the population of the subdivision lives in rural areas. However, there are pockets of urbanization and 16.20% of the population lives in urban areas. There are 14 census towns in the subdivision.[3] It is presented in the map given alongside. There is a coal mining area around Parbelia[4] and two thermal power plants are there – the 500 MW Santaldih Thermal Power Station[5] and the 1200 MW Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station. The subdivision has a rich heritage of old temples, some of them belonging to the 11th century or earlier. The Banda Deul is a monument of national importance.[6][7] The comparatively more recent in historical terms, Panchkot Raj has interesting and intriguing remains in the area.[8][9]
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.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2011 Census of India, Anara had a total population of 5,517, of which 2,822 (51%) were males and 2695 (49%) were females. There were 679 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Anara was 2,964 (61.26& of the population over 6 years).[10]
Transport
[edit]Anara is off State Highway 5 running from Rupnarayanpur (in Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur district).[11]
There is a station at Anara on the Adra-Purulia sector of the Asansol-Tatanagar-Kharagpur line of the South Eastern Railway.[12] South Bihar Express and Swarnarekha express are two major trains that stops here .
Education
[edit]Raghunathpur College was established in 1961 at Raghunathpur.[13][14]
Anara South Eastern Railway Colony High School is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1957. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[15]
Anara Girls High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1962. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[16]
Culture
[edit]Banda Deul, located nearby, an 11th-century temple, is a monument of national importance.[6][17]
There are some protected monuments at Para, under the Government of West Bengal.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Census of India: Search Details". Census of India. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers" (PDF). Sodepur Area. Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Santaldih Thermal Power Station - WBPDCL". WBPDCL. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ a b "Old temple at Banda (locally known as deul)". ASI, Kolkata Circle. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India". Item no. 134. ASI. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Capital in shambles: Garh Panchakot, Purulia". Heritage in Peril. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Historical ruins". Trek Earth. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "63594 Asansol-Purulia MEMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Raghunathpur College". RC. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Raghunathpur College". Careers 360. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Anara S.E.Rly Colony (H.S.) High School". ICBSE. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Anara Girls' High School". ICBSE. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India". Item no. 134. ASI. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Archaeological Monuments, Purulia District, Government of West Bengal".
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