Alui
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Alui
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal # India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.665634|N|87.652091|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = West Bengal
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Paschim Medinipur
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 1627
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Bengali, English
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 721232
| area_code_type = Telephone/STD code
| area_code = 03225
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Ghatal
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Ghatal
| website = {{URL|paschimmedinipur.gov.in/}}
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Alui is a village in the Ghatal CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
{{OSM Location map
| width=350| height=350| zoom=10
| coord={{coord|22|40|0|N|87|40|40|E}}| float=left|caption=Cities and towns in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ 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
|mark-coord1= {{coord|22|44|0|N|87|31|12|E}}| label-pos1=bottom|label1= Chandrakona | numbered1=M| mark-title1= Chandrakona (M)|label-color1=#800000 |label-size1=13| mark-size1=13|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1=#800000|shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2
|mark-coord2={{coord|22|40|12|N|87|43|12|E}} | label-pos2=right|label2=Ghatal | numbered2=M| mark-title2= Ghatal (M)
|mark-coord3={{coord|22|42|0|N|87|40|48|E}} | label-pos3=right|label3=Kharar | numbered3=M| mark-title3= Kharar, Ghatal (M)
|mark-coord4={{coord|22|42|0|N|87|37|12|E}} | label-pos4=left|label4=Khirpai | numbered4=M| mark-title4= Khirpai (M)
|mark-coord5={{coord|22|49|48|N|87|37|12|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5=Ramjibanpur | numbered5=M| mark-title5= Ramjibanpur (M)
|mark-coord6={{coord|22|36|0|N|87|43|30|E}} | label-pos6=left|label6=Daspur | numbered6=R| mark-title6= Daspur (R) |shape-color6=#C40000
|mark-coord7={{coord|22|33|0|N|87|46|14|E}} | label-pos7=right|label7=Sonakhali | numbered7=R| mark-title7= Sonakhali, Paschim Medinipur (R) |shape-color7=#C40000
|mark-coord8={{coord|22|43|50|N|87|39|22|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8=Birsingha | numbered8=R| mark-title8= Birsingha (R) |shape-color8=#C40000
|mark-coord9={{coord|22|32|0|N|87|46|45|E}}| label-pos9=right|label9= Ajuria| numbered9=H| mark-title9= Ajuria (H) |shape-color9=#AA6666
|mark-coord10={{coord|22|39|56|N|87|39|7|E}}| label-pos10=right|label10= Alui| numbered10=H| mark-title10= Alui (H) |shape-color10=black| label-size10=13|label-color10=black
|mark-coord11={{coord|22|45|20|N|87|33|0|E}}| label-pos11=right|label11= Baikunthapur| numbered11=H| mark-title11= Baikunthapur, Paschim Medinipur (H) |shape-color11=#AA6666
|mark-coord12={{coord|22|34|40|N|87|48|17|E}}| label-pos12=right|label12= Chaipat| numbered12=H| mark-title12= Chaipat (H) |shape-color12=#AA6666
|mark-coord13={{coord|22|35|55|N|87|44|20|E}}| label-pos13=right|label13= Dihi Baliharpur| numbered13=H| mark-title13= Dihi Baliharpur (H) |shape-color13=#AA6666
|mark-coord14={{coord|22|42|58|N|87|37|34|E}}| label-pos14=right|label14= Gangadaspur| numbered14=H| mark-title14= Gangadaspur (H) |shape-color14=#AA6666
|mark-coord15={{coord|22|31|23|N|87|44|24|E}}| label-pos15=left|label15= Gobindanagar| numbered15=H| mark-title15= Gobindanagar (H) |shape-color15=#AA6666
|mark-coord16={{coord|22|39|6|N|87|38|44|E}}| label-pos16=right|label16= Iswarpur| numbered16=H| mark-title16= Iswarpur (H) |shape-color16=#AA6666
|mark-coord17={{coord|22|50|53|N|87|39|50|E}}| label-pos17=right|label17=Jalshara| numbered17=H| mark-title17= Jalshara (H) |shape-color17=#AA6666
|mark-coord18={{coord|22|44|30|N|87|32|24|E}}| label-pos18=right|label18=Jayantipur| numbered18=H| mark-title18= Jayantipur (H) |shape-color18=#AA6666
|mark-coord19={{coord|22|37|42|N|87|44|47|E}}| label-pos19=right|label19=Kotalpur| numbered19=H| mark-title19= Kotalpur (H) |shape-color19=#AA6666
|mark-coord20={{coord|22|38|4|N|87|38|30|E}}| label-pos20=right|label20=Lachhipur| numbered20=H| mark-title20= Lachhipur (H) |shape-color20=#AA6666
|mark-coord21={{coord|22|36|55|N|87|43|41|E}}| label-pos21=right|label21=Laoda| numbered21=H| mark-title21= Laoda (H) |shape-color21=#AA6666
|mark-coord22={{coord|22|34|30|N|87|36|54|E}}| label-pos22=right|label22=Narajole| numbered22=H| mark-title22= Narajole (H) |shape-color22=#AA6666
|mark-coord23={{coord|22|31|9|N|87|47|18|E}}| label-pos23=right|label23=Palashpai| numbered23=H| mark-title23= Palashpai (H) |shape-color23=#AA6666
|mark-coord24={{coord|22|33|37|N|87|44|38|E}}| label-pos24=left|label24=Radhakantapur| numbered24=H| mark-title24= Radhakantapur (H) |shape-color24=#AA6666
|mark-coord25={{coord|22|41|8|N|87|38|45|E}}| label-pos25=left|label25=Radhanagar| numbered25=H| mark-title25= Radhanagar, Paschim Medinipur (H) |shape-color25=#AA6666
|mark-coord26={{coord|22|33|50|N|87|49|12|E}}| label-pos26=right|label26=Uttar Bar| numbered26=H| mark-title26= Uttar Bar (H) |shape-color26=#AA6666
|mark-coord27={{coord|22|42|21|N|87|47|0|E}}| label27=Rupnarayan River| label-color27 = #77A1CB| label-angle27=65| label-pos27=right| label-size27=10| mark-size27=0| mark-title27=none}}
=Location=
Alui is located at {{coord|22.665634|N|87.652091|E|display=inline}}.
=Area overview=
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.{{cite web |url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vidyasagar,_Ishwar_Chandra |title= Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra |publisher=Banglapedia |accessdate=24 July 2016 |last=Murshid |first=Ghulam}}{{cite web |url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php |title=Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |publisher=www.whereincity.com |accessdate=24 July 2016 }}
Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011| work= page 27-28| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 10 September 2020}} It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}
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
According to the 2011 Census of India, Alui had a total population of 1,627, of which 825 (51%) were males and 802 (49%) were females. There were 159 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Uttar Bar was 1,070 (77.89% of the population over 6 years).{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_p190ca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census, India | accessdate = 25 August 2020}}
Education
Alui High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1965. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. It has a library with 610 books.{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/paschim-medinipur/19202506803/alui-junior-high-school-u-pry.html | title = Alui Junior High School U. Primary| publisher = Schools.org |accessdate = 25 August 2020}}
Alui picture gallery
File:Nabaratna temple of Bhuinya family of Alui village under Ghatal Police Station at Paschim Medinipur District in West Bengal 03.jpg|Naba-ratna temple of Bhuinya family built in 1860
File:Nabaratna temple of Bhuinya family of Alui village under Ghatal Police Station at Paschim Medinipur District in West Bengal 01.jpg|Bhuinya family temple
File:Nabaratna temple of Bhuinya family of Alui village under Ghatal Police Station at Paschim Medinipur District in West Bengal 05.jpg|Terracotta decoration in Bhuinya family temple
File:Sridhara Nabaratna temple of Roy family at Alui village under Ghatal Police Station of Paschim Medinipur District in West Bengal 01.jpg|Naba-ratna Sridhara temple of Roy family built in 1880
File:Sridhara Nabaratna temple and Octagonal Rasmancha of Roy family at Alui village under Ghatal Police Station of Paschim Medinipur District in West Bengal 04.jpg|Sridhara temple
File:Sridhara Nabaratna temple of Roy family at Alui village under Ghatal Police Station of Paschim Medinipur District in West Bengal 10.jpg|Terracotta decoration
References
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External links
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