Beliatore

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?Beliatore West Bengal • India
Beliatore
Coordinates: 23°12′N 87°08′E / 23.2, 87.13
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Bankura
Population	5,653 (2001)
Website: bankura.gov.in/

Coordinates: 23°12′N 87°08′E / 23.2, 87.13 Beliatore (Bengali: বেলিয়াতোড়) is a census town in Bankura District in the state of West Bengal, India.

Beliatore was the birth place of the artist Jamini Roy who was born here on 11th April, 1887.^[1]

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Transport
4 Culture
5 References
6 See also

[edit] Geography

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[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Beliatore had a population of 5653. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Beliatore has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 55% of the males and 45% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Transport

Sunil Khan, MP, has raised in parliament the question of extending the Bankura-Damodar Railway from Beliatore to Durgapur, via Barjora^[3] A preliminary engineering-cum-traffic survey was conducted in July 1998 for construction of a new line from Beliatore to Durgapur. As per the survey report, the cost of construction of this 28 km long line was assessed as Rs. 90.64 crore at the then price level with a negative rate of return. The proposal could not be considered due to acute constraint of resources and heavy throw-forward of ongoing projects. This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways R. Velu a written reply to a question from Sunil Khan in the Lok Sabha.^[4]