Kotshila

Kotshila
Village
Kotshila
Kotshila

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 23°24′22.0″N 86°04′12.0″E / 23.406111°N 86.070000°E / 23.406111; 86.070000Coordinates: 23°24′22.0″N 86°04′12.0″E / 23.406111°N 86.070000°E / 23.406111; 86.070000
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Purulia
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,452
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 723213 (Jiudaru)
Telephone code 03254
Lok Sabha constituency Purulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency Joypur
Website purulia.gov.in

Kotshila is a village, with a police station and a railway junction station, in Jhalda II CD Block in Purulia Sadar West subdivision of Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Kotshila had a total population of 1,452 of which 753 (52%) were males and 699 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 253. The total number of literates in Kotshila was 613 (51.38% of the population over 6 years).[1]

Police station

Kotshila police station has jurisdiction over a part of Jhalda II CD Block. The area covered is 284 km2 and the population covered is 148,042. It has a 25.48 km interstate border with Jaridih PS in Bokaro district of Jharkhand.[2][3]

Transport

SH 4A running from Tulin to Chas Morh (both in Purulia district) passes through Kotshila.[4]

The NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line of South Eastern Railway passes through this CD Block and there are stations at Kotshila and Jhalda. The Purulia-Kotshila branch line connects to the NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line at Kotshila. [5]

Education

Kotshila Mahavidyalaya at Jiudaru is affiliated to Sidho Kanho Birsha University.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2,. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kotshila PS". Purulia District Police. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "58621Adra-Barkakana Passenger". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Kotshila Mahavidyalaya" (PDF). skbu. Retrieved 5 October 2016.


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