Bandwan

Bandwan বান্দোয়ান
Census Town
Bandwan Bandwan Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°52′33.6″N 86°30′25.2″E / 22.876000°N 86.507000°ECoordinates: 22°52′33.6″N 86°30′25.2″E / 22.876000°N 86.507000°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Population (2011)
• Total	5,993
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	723129 (Bandwan)
Telephone/STD code	03253
Lok Sabha constituency	Jhargram
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bandwan
Website	purulia.gov.in

Bandwan (also spelled Bandowan, Bandoan) is a census town, with a police station, in Bandwan CD Block in Purulia Sadar East subdivision of Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Bandwan had a total population of 5,993 of which 3,112 (52%) were males and 2,881 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 692. The total number of literates in Bandwan was 4,131 (77.93% of the population over 6 years).^[1]

Police station

Bandwan police station has jurisdiction over Bandwan CD Block. The area covered is 367.08 km² and the population covered is 95,002. It has 52.44 km of inter-state border with Galudih, Patamda and Kamalpur police stations in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.^[2][3]

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Bandwan CD Block are located at Bandwan.^[4]

Transport

SH 5 running from Rupnarayanpur (in Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur district) passes through Bandwan.^[5]The road from Bandwan to Mahulia, on NH 18, in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, and the Barabazar-Bandwan Road meets SH 5 at Bandwan.^[6]

Education

Bandwan Mahavidyalaya at Bandwan is a government aided private college at village: Chilla, PO Jitan. It is affiliated to Sidho Kanho Birsha University. It offers courses in B.A. honours in Bengali, Sanskrit, Santhali and history, and B.A. pass.^[7][8]

References

1. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2,. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
3. "Bandwan PS". Purulia District Police. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
4. "District Census Handbook: Puruliya" (PDF). Map of District Puruliya with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
5. "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
6. Google maps
7. "Bandwan Mahavidyalaya". College Admission. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
8. "Bandwan Mahavidyalaya". ICBSE. Retrieved 8 October 2016.