Alangiri is a village in the

Egra I Egra I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Purba Medinipur district is part of the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain and Ea ...

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in the Egra subdivision of the

Purba Medinipur district Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative d ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Alangiri is located at .

Urbanisation

96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district. 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 ...

, Alangiri had a total population of 6,099, of which 3,186 (52%) were males and 2,913 (48%) were females. There were 628 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Alangiri was 4,438 (81.12% of the population over 6 years).

Culture

David J. McCutchion mentions:McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 41,51, 72, 77. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, * The Gokulananda Kisora temple is an '' eka-ratna'' with rekha tower of the tall south Midnapore type, measuring 17’ 8 x 15’ 5” plain with a large attached

porch A porch (from Old French ''porche'', from Latin ''porticus'' "colonnade", from ''porta'' "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and form ...

measuring 21’ 1’’ x 13’ 10” with terracotta lotuses. (The ruinous Lakshmi temple is also of this type). * The Raghunatha temple is a West Bengal ''nava-ratna'' with rigged turrets measuring 29’ square, with rich terracotta façade, construction begun in 1810. * The Rasamancha of Raghunatha is an octagonal structure with straight cornices following the ''nava-ratna'' style with ‘baroque’ vase pinnacles, measuring 5’ 3” having terracotta on eight sides.

Alangiri picture gallery

File:Radha Gokulananda Ek Ratna temple at Alangiri under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 06.jpg, Radha Gokulananda temple File:Rasmancha of Gokulananda Ek Ratna temple at Alangiri under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 03.jpg, Rasmancha of Gokulananda temple File:Nava Ratna Raghunatha Temple at Alangiri under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 01.jpg, Raghunatha temple File:Nava Ratna Raghunatha Temple at Alangiri under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 15.jpg, Raghunatha temple File:Nava Ratna Raghunatha Temple at Alangiri under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 17.jpg, Terracotta panel at Raghunatha temple File:Nava Ratna Raghunatha Temple at Alangiri under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 18.jpg, Terracotta panel at Raghunatha temple File:Nava Ratna Raghunatha Temple at Alangiri under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 19.jpg, Terracotta panel at Raghunatha temple

References

External links

Villages in Purba Medinipur district {{PurbaMedinipur-geo-stub