Jaipur, Purulia

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  ?Jaipur
West Bengal • India
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 Jaipur 
Coordinates: 23°22′00″N 86°09′00″E / 23.3667, 86.15
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) Purulia
Population 111,715 (2001)
MLA Bindeswar Mahato
Website: purulia.gov.in/egov/egov_initiative.html
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Coordinates: 23°22′00″N 86°09′00″E / 23.3667, 86.15

Jaipur (also spelt Joypur)(Bengali: জয়পুর ) is a town, community development bloc and assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jaipur has a police station.

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[edit] Geography

The area forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.[1]

[edit] Demographics

In the 2001 census, Jaipur community development bloc had a population of 111,715 of which 58,132 were males and 53,583 were females. Decadal growth for the period 1991-2001 was 17.97% for Jaipur, against 13.96% in Purulia district. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%.[2]

[edit] Administration

Jaipur is an intermediate panchayat in Purulia district, with Baragram, Ghagra, Jaipur, Mukundapur, Ropo, Sidhi-Jamra and Upankahan village panchayats under it..[3]

[edit] Politics

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Bindeswar Mahato of AIFB won the Jaipur assembly seat defeating Shantiram Mahato of INC . Shantiram Mahato of INC defeated Bindeswar Mahato of FBL in 2001 and 1996. Bindeswar Mahato of FBL defeated Shantiram Mahato of INC in 1991 and 1987. Shantiram Mahato of INC defeated Haripada Mahato of FBL in 1982. Ram Krishna Mahato of INC defeated Chakradhar Mahato of Janata Party in 1977. [4]

Jaipur is part of Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).[5]

Jaipur, along with certain other areas such as Manbazar, Jhalda, Banduan etc. are part of the area of violent activities by Maoists, also referred to as Naxalites.[6] [7][8][9]

[edit] Culture

Ruins of three identical Bholababa temples are located at Boram, near Jaipur. [10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
  2. ^ Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, Purulia District. Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  3. ^ Village Panchayats of West Bengal. Purulia. National Panchayat Directory,Panchayat Informatics Division,NIC. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  4. ^ 238 - Jaipur Assembly Constituency. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  5. ^ General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  6. ^ Security tightened before Bengal polls. PTI. IBN Live. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  7. ^ Maoists observe 24-hr bandh in five states. UNI. newsoneindia. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  8. ^ Purulia alert after land-mine blasts. The Statesman, 4 Decemebr 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  9. ^ Jana, Naresh. Terror shield for CPM. The Telegraph, 9 March 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  10. ^ The Templenet Encyclopedia - Temples of West Bengal. TempleNet. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.

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