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Coordinates:21°51′12″N87°28′04″E / 21.8534°N 87.4677°E /21.8534; 87.4677

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Village in West Bengal, India

Alangiri
Village
Alangiri Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Alangiri Alangiri (India) Show map of India
Coordinates:21°51′12″N87°28′04″E / 21.8534°N 87.4677°E /21.8534; 87.4677
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Population (2011)
• Total	6,099
Languages
• Official	Bengali,Oriya,English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	721420
Telephone/STD code	03229
Lok Sabha constituency	Midnapore
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Egra
Website	purbamedinipur.gov.in

Alangiri is a village in theEgra I CD block in theEgra subdivision of thePurba Medinipur district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.

Geography

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8km
5miles

Alangiri

Panchrol

Paikbheri

Haldi River

Kajlagarh

Ramchandrapur

Gangadharbar

Golara Nij

Palpara

Kismat Bajkul

Tethi Bari

Madhabpur

Pratapdighi

Bhagabanpur

Patashpur

Hincha Gerya

Benudia

Amarshi Kasba

Egra

Cities and towns in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

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Alangiri is located at21°51′12″N87°28′04″E / 21.8534°N 87.4677°E /21.8534; 87.4677.

Urbanisation

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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.^[1]

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

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According to the2011 Census of India, 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).^[2]

Culture

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David J. McCutchion mentions:^[3]

The Gokulananda Kisora temple is aneka-ratna with rekha tower of the tall south Midnapore type, measuring 17’ 8 x 15’ 5" plain with a large attachedporch measuring 21’ 1’’ x 13’ 10" with terracotta lotuses. (The ruinous Lakshmi temple is also of this type).
The Raghunatha temple is a West Bengalnava-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 thenava-ratna style with ‘baroque’ vase pinnacles, measuring 5’ 3" having terracotta on eight sides.Great place.

Alangiri picture gallery

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Radha Gokulananda temple
Rasmancha of Gokulananda temple
Raghunatha temple
Raghunatha temple
Terracotta panel at Raghunatha temple
Terracotta panel at Raghunatha temple
Terracotta panel at Raghunatha temple

References

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^"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur".Table 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived fromthe original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved15 August 2020.
^"CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)".West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census, India. Retrieved15 August 2020.
^McCutchion, David J.,Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 41,51, 72, 77. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata,ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toAlangiri.

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Cities, towns and locations in West Midnapore district

Cities,municipal
andcensus towns

Tamluk subdivision	Amalhara Bahiri South Baguan Erashal Goasafat Kakdihi Kharisha Kotbar Kolaghat Mecheda Mihitikri Panskura Shantipur Tamluk
Haldia subdivision	Ashadtalya Barda Garh Kamalpur Haldia Nandigram
Egra subdivision	Amarshi Kasba Benudia Egra Hincha Gerya
Contai subdivision	Basantia Contai Khadalgobra

Locations
other than cities and towns

Tamluk subdivision	Anantapur Bhabanipur Bhogpur Brajalalchak Chak Srikrishnapur Chandipur Chatara South Maynadal Janu Basan Kishorchak Moyna Nandakumar East Gopalpur Tilkhoja North Mechogram
Haldia subdivision	Chaitanyapur Geonkhali Kukrahati Mahishadal Nayachar Reyepara Sona Chura
Egra subdivision	Alangiri Bhagabanpur Gangadharbar Golara Nij Kajlagarh Kalaberia Kismat Bajkul Madhabpur Paikbheri Panchetgarh Panchrol Palpara Patashpur Pratapdighi Ramchandrapur Shipur Tethi Bari
Contai subdivision	BaraBankuya Baratala Bhupatinagar Daisai Dariapur Depal Digha Dholmari Dihibahiri Durmut Janka Jukhia Junput Kamarda Kharipukuria Khejuri Majna Mandarmani Marishda Ramnagar Silaberia

Neighbourhoods

Haldia subdivision	Durgachak Sutahata

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v t e Temple towns inWest Bengal
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Bankura	Ajodhya (12 Shiva temples) Akui (Radhakanta temple) Ambikanagar (Ambika temple) Atbaichandi (Basuli temple) Baital (Shyama Chandi temple) Balsi Purbapara (Vishnu deul, Shiva temple etc) Bishnupur (many temples) Deulbhira (Parshvantah temple) Dharapat (Deul of Dharapat) Dihar (Shnareshwara Shiva Temple, Shaileswara Shiva temple) Dwadashbari (Nandakishor temple) Ekteswar (Shiva temple) Gokulnagar (Gokulchand temple) Gumut (Muninagar Radhakanta Temple) Hadal Narayanpur (Radha Damodara Temple) Harmasra (many temples) Jayrambati (Sarada Ma’s birthplace) Maynapur (Hakanda temple) Patit Dommahal (Sridhara temple) Sonatapal (Sun temple)
Birbhum	Bakreshwar (several temples) Hetampur (Dewanji temple) Ilambazar (Gouranga, Raghunathji and other temples) Jaydev Kenduli (Radha Binode temple) Kankalitala (Shakti peetha) Nanoor (Bisalakhi and other temples) Suri (Radha Damodara temple) Surul (Lakshmi Janardan and other temples) Tarapith (Tara temple)
Cooch Behar	Baneswar (Shiva temple) Dhaliabari (Siddhantha Shiva temple) Gosanimari (Kamteswari temple} Sidheswari (Sidheswari Devi temple)
Darjeeling	Darjeeling (Mahakal temple, Peace Pagoda, Ghoom Monastery)
Hooghly	Antpur (Radha Govindjiu and other temples) Badanganj (Damodara temple) Bali Dewanganj (many temples) Bansberia (Hangseswari, Ananta Basudeba and other temples) Bhalia (Raghunatha temple) Dihi Bayara (Swarup Narayan temple) Gourhati (three temples) Guptipara (four temples) Gurap (Nandadulala temple) Kamarpukur (birthplace of Sri Ramakrishna) Kanpur (Kanakeswar Shiva temple) Parul (Raghunatha and Bisalakshi temples) Tarakeswar (Taraknath Temple)
Howrah	Belur (Belur Math)
Jalpaiguri	Mainaguri (Jalpesh Temple)
Murshidabad	Baranagar (several temples)
Nadia	Mayapur (several temples) Nabadwip (temple city) Palpara (Palpara temple)
North 24 Parganas	Dakshineswar (Kali Temple) Baranagar (Kripamayee Kali Temple, Baranagar Math)
Paschim Bardhaman	Gourangapur (Ichhai Ghosher Deul) Bankati (Shiva temple)
Paschim Medinipur	Chandrakona (many temples) Daspur (several temples) Dihi Baliharpur (Radha Gobinda temple) Dubrajpur (Lakshmi Janardana temple) Ghatal (many temples) Gobindanagar (Radha Govinda temple) Jalchak (2 temples) Jalshara (Buro Shiva temple) Karnagarh (3 temples) Kharar (many temples) Khirpai (3-4 temples) Lachhipur (Sridharjiu temple) Laoda (2 temples) Loyada (3 temples) Narajole (many temples) Pathra (34 temples) Radhakantapur (two temples) Ramjibanpur (many temples) Shaulan (Shyama Sundara temple) Shrirampur (Lakshmi Janardana temple)
Purba Bardhaman	Amrargar (several temples) Baidyapur (Jora Deul) Bardhaman (many temples) Kalna City (many temples) Kogram (Mangal Chandi temple) Mankar (several temples) Sribati (Sri Visweaswara, Sri Bholanath and Sri Chandreswar temples)
Purba Medinipur	Alangiri (2 temples + rasmancha) Bhagabanpur (Dakhsina Kali temple) Dihibahiri (Jagannath temple) Egra (Shiva deul) Jukhia (Radha Govinda temple) Mahishadal (Madan Gopala temple} Paikbheri (Shyama Sundar temple) Panchrol (4 temples)
Purulia district	Achkoda (old atchahlas) Anaijambad (Digambar Jain Temple) Budhpur (Shiva temple) Cheliyama (Radha Binode temple) Chharra (old Jain temple) Deulghata (old temples) Garh Panchkot (old pancha-ratna and other temples) Haraktor (old idols) Pakbirra (old Jain temples) Para (old temples) Telkupi (old submerged temples)
See also	Bengal temple architecture Hindu temples in West Bengal Jain centres in West Bengal

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