Kashipur, Purulia

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West Bengal • India
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Location of Kashipur
Coordinates: 23°24′N 86°40′E / 23.4, 86.67
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) Purulia
Population 186,980 (2001)
MLA Rabindranath Hembram
Website: purulia.gov.in/egov/egov_initiative.html
CD Bloc

Coordinates: 23°24′N 86°40′E / 23.4, 86.67

See Kashipur for disambiguation

Kashipur (Bengali: কাশীপুর) is a town, community development bloc and assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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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, Kashipur community development bloc had a total population of 186, 980 of which 95,259 were males and 91,721 were females. Decadal growth for the period 1991-2001 was 11.75% for Kashipur, against 13.96% in Purulia district. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%. Adra urban units was under Kashipur CD Bloc[2]

[edit] Administration

Kashipur is an intermediate panchayat in Purulia district, with Agardi-Chitra, Barrah, Beko, Gagnabad, Gotandih, Hadalda-Upparah, Kalidaha, Kashipur, Manihara, Rangamati-Ranjandihi, Simla-Dhanara, Sonaijuri and Sonathali village panchayats under it..[3]

[edit] Politics

Rabindranath Hembram of CPI(M) has won the Kashipur assembly, reserved for scheduled castes, thrice in a row, defeating his nearest rivals Anath Bandhu Patar of All India Trinamool Congress in 2006, Buddheswar Saen of AITC in 2001, Subhas Chandra Patar of Indian National Congress in 1996. Surendranath Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Nandalal Saren of INC in 1991, Anil Baraan Murmu of INC in 1987, Subhash Chandra Patar of INC in 1982, and Rampada Majhi of INC in 1977. [4]

Kashipur is part of Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[5]

Kashipur was also a princely state under British India. The descendants of Royal family still live in Kashipur Palace.

[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 2008-03-02.
  3. ^ Village Panchayats of West Bengal. Purulia. National Panchayat Directory,Panchayat Informatics Division,NIC. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  4. ^ 242 – Kashipur (ST) 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 2008-03-10.

[edit] See also