Jiudaru is a village in the Jhalda II CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Jiudaru | |
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Village | |
  Jiudaru Location in West Bengal, India  Jiudaru Jiudaru (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°24′47″N 86°04′47″E / 23.4131°N 86.0797°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,232 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 723213 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03254 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Purulia |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Baghmundi |
| Website | purulia |
  
8km 5miles J H A
R
K H A N D
Chandni Hill △ △
Ajodhya Hills
Chamtuburu △
Subarnarekha River T 
Bamni Falls T T
Ajodhya Hill top T X H R
Patardi R R R
Jiudaru R R R R R M C C C Places in Jhalda subdivision in Purulia district. Key: M: municipality, C: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, X: craft centre, T: tourist centre, △: hills Owing to space constraints in the small map, the locations in the larger map on click through may vary slightly. | |
Geography
editLocation
editJiudaru is located at 23°24′47″N 86°04′47″E / 23.4131°N 86.0797°E.
Area overview
editPurulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. Jhalda subdivision, shown in the map alongside, is located in the western part of the district, bordering Jharkhand. The Subarnarekha flows along a short stretch of its western border. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 91.02% of the population living in the rural areas and 8.98% living in the urban areas. There are three census towns in the subdivision. The map alongside shows some of the tourist attractions in the Ajodhya Hills. The area is home to Purulia Chhau dance with spectacular masks made at Charida. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 Census of India, Jiudaru had a total population of 2,232, of which 1,129 (51%) were males and 1,103 (49%) were females. There were 394 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Jiudaru was 1,081 (58.81% of the population over 6 years).[7]
Transport
editKotshila Junction railway station on the NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line of the South Eastern Railway is located nearby.[8] The Purulia-Kotshila branch line connects to the NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line at Kotshila.[8]
Education
editKotshila Mahavidyalaya was established in 2010. Affiliated with the Sidho Kanho Birsha University, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, history and a general course in arts.[9]
Jiudaru High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1971. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.[10]
Healthcare
editMuralhar Kotshila Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Jhalda II CD block.[11]
References
edit- ^ Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Purulia". Department of Tourism. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Chhau dance of Purulia". Itsavpedia. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum". Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ a b "58621Adra-Barkakana Passenger". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Kotshila Mahavidyalaya". KM. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Jiudaru High School". ICBSE. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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