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1.1  Location  




1.2  Area overview  






2 Demographics  




3 Education  




4 Culture  




5 Jalchak picture gallery  




6 Healthcare  




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Coordinates: 22°14′37″N 87°40′20″E / 22.243611°N 87.672194°E / 22.243611; 87.672194
  
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Jalchak
Village
Jalchak is located in West Bengal
Jalchak

Jalchak

Location in West Bengal, India

Jalchak is located in India
Jalchak

Jalchak

Jalchak (India)

Coordinates: 22°14′37″N 87°40′20″E / 22.243611°N 87.672194°E / 22.243611; 87.672194
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Population
 (2011)
 • Total6,793
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721155
Telephone/STD code03222
Lok Sabha constituencyGhatal
Vidhan Sabha constituencyPingla
Websitepaschimmedinipur.gov.in

Jalchak is a village in the Pingla CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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5miles

Kangsabati River

Satyapur

H

Satyapur, Paschim Medinipur (H)

Raj Ballabh

H

Raj Ballabh (H)

Loyada

H

Loyada, Paschim Medinipur (H)

Jalchak

H

Dhaneshwarpur
Madhyabar

H

Dhaneshwarpur Madhyabar (H)

Chak Bajit

H

Chak Bajit (H)

IIT, Kharagpur

F

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (F)

Kharagpur

M

Kharagpur (M)

Hijli

R

Hijli (R)

Satkul

R

Satkul (R)

Salua

R

Salua, Paschim Medinipur (R)

Pingla

R

Pingla (R)

Maligram

R

Maligram (R)

Madpur

R

Madpur (R)

Gangaram Chak

R

Gangaram Chak (R)

Debra

R

Debra, Paschim Medinipur (R)

Changual

R

Changual (R)

Kharagpur
Railway Settlement

CT

Kharagpur Railway Settlement (CT)

Kalaikunda

CT

Kalaikunda (CT)

Balichak

CT

Balichak (CT)

  

Cities and towns in the northern part of Kharagpur subdivision (including Khararagpur I & II, Debra and Pingla CD blocks) of Paschim Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, F: facilities
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

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Jalchak is located at 22°14′37″N 87°40′20″E / 22.243611°N 87.672194°E / 22.243611; 87.672194.

Area overview

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Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district's population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[2]

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

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According to the 2011 Census of India, Jalchak had a total population of 6,793, of which 3,620 (53%) were males and 3,173 (47%) were females. There were 825 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Jalchak was 5,049 (84.60% of the population over 6 years).[3]

Education

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Jalchak Nateswari Netaji Vidyayatan is a Bengali-medium co-educational institution established in 1949. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 4,000 books, 10 computers and a playground.[4]

Culture

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David J. McCutchion mentions the Ramchandra temple of Bhattacharya family as a pancha ratna having rekha turrets with curved cornices and porch on three arches, richly terracotta decorated, built in 1817, measuring 18’ 2" square.[5]

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Healthcare

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There is a primary health centre at Jalchak, with 10 beds.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". page 27-28. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  • ^ "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  • ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  • ^ "Jalchak NNV U Pry". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  • ^ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 49. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
  • ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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