Ajuria (also spelled Ajurya) is a village in the
Daspur II CD block
In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...
in the
Ghatal subdivision of the
Paschim Medinipur district in the state of
West Bengal,
India.
Geography
Location
Ajuria is located at .
Area overview
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the
Bengal Renaissance, was born at
Birsingha on 26 September 1820.
Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has
alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. It has a density of population of 1,099 per km
2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.
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
According to the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Ajurya had a total population of 1,811, of which 917 (51%) were males and 894 (49%) were females. There were 190 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Ajurya was 1,355 (83.59% of the population over 6 years).
Ajuria picture gallery
File:Lakshmi Janardan Nabaratna temple at Ajuria under Daspur Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district 14.jpg, '' nava-ratna'' Lakshmi Janardana temple of Charan family, built in 1793
File:Lakshmi Janardan Nabaratna temple at Ajuria under Daspur Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district 26.jpg, Lakshmi Janardana temple and ''rasmancha'' with figurines of musicians
File:Lakshmi Janardan Nabaratna temple at Ajuria under Daspur Police Station in Paschim Medinipur district 01.jpg, Terracotta relief
References
External links
{{Paschim Medinipur District
Villages in Paschim Medinipur district