Dwadashbari | |
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Village | |
  Dwadashbari Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Dwadashbari Dwadashbari (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°03′55″N87°17′13″E / 23.0654°N 87.2869°E /23.0654; 87.2869 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 604 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 722122 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03244 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Website | bankura |
Dwadashbari is a village in theBishnupurCD block in theBishnupur subdivision of theBankura district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Dwadashbari is located at23°03′55″N87°17′13″E / 23.0654°N 87.2869°E /23.0654; 87.2869.
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.
According to the2011 Census of India, Dwadashbari had a total population of 604, of which 325 (54%) were males and 279 (46%) were females. There were 69 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Dwadasbari was 360 (67.29% of the population over 6 years).[1]
Bishnupur railway station on theKharagpur-Bankura-Adra line is located nearby.[2]
David J. McCutchion says that the most impressiveek-ratna (single tower) temples were built by theMalla kings. He lists several temples with structural variations: Kala-Chand, Lalji, Jora Mandir, Radha-Govinda, Radha-Madhava, Madan-Mohana, Radha-Syama (all at Bishnupur) and several outside Bishnupur. He points out the experimental variations of the Jadava Raya temple at Jadabnagar, with a "disproportionately massive upper structure" and the Nandakisor temple at Dwadashbari with a "tower on eight slender pillars." He mentions the Dwadashbari temple as a plain, laterite, abandoned structure.[3]
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