Patiram is a village in

Balurghat Balurghat is a city and municipality located in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India, serving as the district headquarters. Strategically positioned on National Highway 512, it is well-connected by road and rail, facilitating trad ...

CD Block of Balurghat subdivision in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of

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. Patiram is situated beside of Atreyee River. It is 11 km away from the district headquarters

Geography

Location

Patiram is located at . In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen version.

Education

Jamini Majumdar Memorial College was established at Patiram in 2008. Affiliated with the University of Gour Banga, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history and political science and a general course in arts. There are two Higher Secondary Schools and a college in this town. Patiram High School is near Taltala More; Patiram Vivekananda Girls' High School. Other schools are: * Patiram High School * Patiram Vivekananda Uccha Balika Vidyalaya * Bahicha L.K. High School(Par- Patiram) * Patiram Primary School * Patiram Nichabandar Primary School * Patiram Girls Primary School. * Patiram Sahapara Primary School * Patiram Kadamtali Primary School. * Patiram Barshapara Primary School * Patiram Laxmipur Primary School * Patiram Ananda Margi * Patiram Monteswary Academi * Patiram Hindu Milon Mondir There is a library named ''Monorama Palli Pathagar''

Economy

There is a vegetable market popularly called Patiram Bazar which is quite big and one nearby Taltala More. There is one taxi stand in this town at chowrangi more. Milan mandir(Bharat Sevashram Sangha) is in this town. There is a Government Veterinary Hospital at this village. There are 5 banks in this town. These are State bank of India, Bangiya gramin Vikash Bank, Bandhan Bank, Muthoot Finance and Co-operative Bank. Three ATM two of State bank of India and one Axis Bank ATM are available at this town.

Cultures

The main festivals of Patiram are Durga Puja, Eid and Christmas Day. Nicha Bandar Durga Puja, Arabinda Palli Durga Puja, Pronab Palli Durga Puja, Sahapara Durgapuja and Kadam tali Durga Puja are popular. Kali Puja and Viswakarma Puja are also celebrated here. There are so many Pallis and Paras at this village. These are Nicha bandar, Dakshin Para(Master Para), kadam Tali, Saha para, kachhari Para, Arabinda Palii, Pranab Palli, Dak banglo Para, echamati, pirojpur, baram, etc.

Festivals

Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Saraswati puja and Biswakarma Puja, Shiv Ratri and Eid are celebrated at Patiram. Patiram Bidyeshwari Kali Mandir is an old and famous temple. Every day, pilgrims worship goddess Bidyeshwari as goddess Kali. Par Patiram Shiv Mandir is famous and many people visit it at Shivaratri. Patiram Hindu Milan Mandir is known for its cultural activity.

Transportation

Patiram is well connected to district town Balurghat. It is a center point of Hili, Kumarganj,

and

Gangarampur Gangarampur is one of the cities and a municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Balurghat is the headquarters of the Gangarampur subdivision, Gangarampur Subdivision. The city is located on the bank of river ...

. It is connected to

Siliguri Siliguri (, ; ), also known as Shiliguri, is a major Tier ii cities in india, tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms the twin cities, Twin Cities with the neighbouring city of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeel ...

and

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

by bus and train. Mahinagar airport is only 10 km away. Nearby Railway station is Mallikpur Railway Station at Baul village at 4 to 5 km distance.

References

Villages in Dakshin Dinajpur district {{DakshinDinajpur-geo-stub