Raghunathpur, Purulia

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Raghunathpur v • d • e West Bengal, India
Raghunathpur
District(s)	Purulia
Coordinates	23.32° N 86.40° E
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population	21,812 (2001)
Codes • Postal	• 723 133

Coordinates: 23.32° N 86.40° E

See Raghunathpur for other towns with the same name.

Raghunathpur is a subdivision and town in Purulia district of West Bengal, India. It is on the Purulia – Barakar road.

1 Demographics
2 Economy
3 Politics
4 Education
5 Joychandi Pahar
6 External link
7 References
8 See also

[edit] Demographics

Raghunathpur had a total population of 21,812 in 2001. Out of this 11,326 were males and 10,486 were females. 2,640 persons were below the age of 6 years. 13,317 persons were literate. ^[1]

[edit] Economy

Damodar Valley Corporation has planned for a power plant at Raghunathpur as a proposed greenfield plant in the 11th plan. The first stage would be 2 X 500 MW. ^[2]

Representatives of the Jai Balaji group ^[3] visited the Raghunathpur on 11 January 2007 to see the sites for their proposed steel, cement and power plants. ^[4]

[edit] Politics

Uma Rani Bouri of CPI (M) won the Raghunathpur (reserved for SC) seat in 2006 state assembly elections. ^[5]

[edit] Education

Raghunathpur College

[edit] Joychandi Pahar

Joychandi Pahar, [1], 3 km from Raghunathpur, is a popular tourist centre and major attraction for rock climbing. ^[6] Joychandi Pahar rail station is on the Asansol – Adra section of South Eastern Railway. The other rock climbing centre nearby is at Susunia.