Dwarhatta

Dwarhatta is a village and a gram panchayat in the Haripal CD block in the Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Dwarhatta
Village
Dwarhatta
Location in West Bengal, India
Dwarhatta
Dwarhatta (India)
Coordinates: 22.7913°N 88.0727°E / 22.7913; 88.0727
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,799
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
712403
Telephone/STD code03212
Lok Sabha constituencyArambagh
Vidhan Sabha constituencyHaripal
Websitehooghly.gov.in

Geography
Cities and towns in the Chandannagore subdivision and Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision in Hooghly district
M: municipal corporation/ municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Dwarhatta is located at 22.7913°N 88.0727°E / 22.7913; 88.0727

Urbanisation

In Chandannagore subdivision 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7 census towns. The single municipal corporation is Chandernagore Municipal Corporation. The municipalities are Tarakeswar Municipality, Bhadreswar Municipality and Champdany Municipality.[1] Of the three CD Blocks in Chandannagore subdivision, Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural, Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and Singur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural.[2] The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Dwarhatta had a total population of 3,799 of which 1,936 (51%) were males and 1,843 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 370. The total number of literate persons in Kotalpur was 2,800 (81.66% of the population over 6 years).[3]

Culture

David J. McCutchion describes several temples at Dwarhatta:[4]

  • Rare examples of pancharatna temples with slender turrets are there at Dwarhatta
  • Raj-Rajeswar temple (1728) of Singha Roy family at Dwarhatta having atchala with porch on triple archway - it has tight scroll work above the archways but figures along the base and round the façade
  • Pancharatna temples with ridged rekha turrets at Dwarhatta have facades fully decorated with figures

The Rajrajeswara temple (at Sr No S-WB-52) at Dwarhatta is included in the List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal by the Archaeological Survey of India.[5]

  • Rajrajeswara temple of Singha Roy family, built in 1728
  • Terracotta relief at Rajrajeswara temple
  • Terracotta relief at Rajrajeswara temple

References
  1. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 15, 34-35, 48, 75. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
  5. "Protected Monuments in West Bengal". Archaeological Survey of India. Retrieved 27 September 2020.


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