Rajbalhat

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title: "Rajbalhat" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-&-villages-in-jangipara-block", "cities-and-towns-in-hooghly-district"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajbalhat" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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population_as_of2011
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postal_code_typePIN
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area_code_typeTelephone code
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Rajbalhat is a census town in Jangipara, a Community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

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Location

Rajbalhat is located at

Villages in Rajbalhat panchayat are as follows: Rajbalhat, Shib Chak, Morhal, Mukundapur, Kuliara, Jhanda, Binodbati, Chaiman Chak, Naskardanga, Gultia, Dakshin Gultia, Tripan, Nabagram, Jabni and Rahimpur.

Urbanisation

Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above). All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India, Rajbalhat had a total population of 16,479 of which 8,405 (51%) were males and 8,074 (49%) were females. Children under 6 made up 1,419 people. The number of literate people in Rajbalhat was 12,530 (83.20% of the population over 6 years).

Culture

The garh (fort) of Bhursut Raj at Rajbalhat covers about seven bighas of land (roughly 4.3 acres) and 500 bighas of land was a debottar property for the maintenance of the temple of Rajballavi Thakurani at Rajbalhat. No signs remain of the king's garh, or palace. Rajballavi Temple dates to approximately the early 16th century.{{cite web|url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050724/asp/calcutta/story_5026403.asp |archive-url =https://archive.today/20120912194750/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050724/asp/calcutta/story_5026403.asp |url-status =dead |archive-date =12 September 2012 |title = Next weekend you can be at ... Antpur |access-date = 4 February 2009|publisher = The Telegraph, 24 July 2005}}

Radhakantajiu (1733) and Sridhar Damodar (1724) are 18th century temples with terracotta decorations in Rajbalhat village.[[File:Rajbalhat.jpg|thumb|[[Rathyatra]] (chariot festival), Rajbalhat]] ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Rajballavi_Devi.jpg" caption="The Hindu goddess Rajballavi's image in Rajballavi Temple, Rajbalhat"] ::

References

References

  1. (October 2010). "Census Data District Name: Hugli(12) Block Name: Jangipara (0016)". West Bengal Govt.
  2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  3. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  4. "Rajbalhat". india9.com.

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