Ananda Nagar, Purulia
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
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| name = Ananda Nagar
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| settlement_type = Village
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| coordinates = {{coord|23.5055|N|86.0763|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_name1 = West Bengal
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| subdivision_name2 = Purulia
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| 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 = 723 215 (Baglata)
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Purulia
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Joypur
| website = {{URL|purulia.gov.in/}}
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| coord={{coord|23.316|86.050}}| float=center|caption=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.
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|mark-coord3={{coord|23|25|52|N|86|8|57|E}} | label-pos3=top|label3=Jaypur| numbered3=C| mark-title3= Jaypur, Purulia (Census Town)
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|mark-coord7={{coord|23|11|50|N|86|3|0|E}} | label-pos7=left|label7=Baghmundi| numbered7=R| mark-title7= Baghmundi (R) |shape-color7=#C42222|ldy7=6
|mark-coord8={{coord|23|18|37|N|85|53|46|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8=Jargo| numbered8=R| mark-title8= Jargo, Purulia (R) |shape-color8=#C42222
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|mark-coord10={{coord|23|24|22|N|86|4|12|E}} | label-pos10=bottom|label10=Kotshila| numbered10=R| mark-title10= Kotshila (R) |shape-color10=#C42222
|mark-coord11={{coord|23|21|20|N|85|57|11|E}} | label-pos11=bottom|label11=Masina| numbered11=R| mark-title11= Masina, Purulia (R) |shape-color11=#C42222
|mark-coord12={{coord|23|11|2|N|86|3|50|E}} | label-pos12=bottom|label12=Patardi| numbered12=R| mark-title12= Patardi (R)|shape-color12=#C42222|ldy12=2
|mark-coord13={{coord|23|22|45|N|85|53|26|E}} | label-pos13=right|label13=Tulin| numbered13=R| mark-title13= Tulin (R) |shape-color13=#C42222
|mark-coord14={{coord|23|11|44|N|85|53|37|E}} | label-pos14=bottom|label14= Suisa| numbered14=H| mark-title14= Suisa (H) |shape-color14=#AA6666
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|mark-coord16={{coord|23|12|34|N|86|7|49|E}} | label-pos16=right|ldy16=-5 |label16= Ajodhya Hill top | numbered16=T|shape-color16=green| mark-title16= Ajodhya Hills (T)
|mark-coord17={{coord|23|11|44|N|86|5|29|E}} | shape17=l-square| label-pos17=bottom |label17= Purulia| numbered17=T|shape-color17=green| mark-title17= Purulia Pumped Storage Power Station|ldy17=0|ldx17=6
|mark-coord18={{coord|23|12|25|N|86|5|5|E}} | label-pos18=top |label18= Bamni Falls | numbered18=T|shape-color18=green| mark-title18= Ajodhya Hills (T)
|mark-coord19={{coord|23|19|3|N|86|3|17|E}} | shape19=l-square|label-pos19=right |label19= Murguma Dam | numbered19=T|shape-color19=green| mark-title19= Murguma Dam
|mark-coord20={{coord|23.32|85.885}}| label20= Subarnarekha River| label-color20 = #77A1CB| label-angle20=-55| label-pos20=top| label-size20=9| mark-size20=0| mark-title20 =none
|mark-coord21={{coord|23.2708989|85.9921269}}|shape21=l-triangle|label21= Chamtuburu| label-color21 = #C42222| label-pos21=left| mark-title21 =Chamtuburu Pahar hill|numbered21=△|mark-description21={{cvt|720|m}}|ldy21=2
|mark-coord22={{coord|23.2894|N|86.0506|E}}| label22= Ajodhya^Hills| label-color22 = #C42222 | label-angle22=0| label-pos22=bottom| label-size22=14| mark-size22=0| mark-title22 =none
|mark-coord23={{coord|23|08|37.3|N|86|07|42.8|E}}|shape23=l-triangle|label23= Gorgaburu| label-color23 = #C42222| label-pos23=left| mark-title23 =Gorgaburu hill|numbered23=△|mark-description23={{cvt|677|m}}|ldy23=2
|mark-coord24={{coord|23|14|37.7|N|86|08|18.0|E}}|shape24=l-triangle|label24= Chandni Hill|label-color24 = #C42222| label-pos24=right| mark-title24 =Chandni Pahar hill|numbered24=△|mark-description24={{cvt|620|m}}|ldy24=2
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Ananda Nagar is a village and higher education centre in the Joypur CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
History
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (Shrii Shrii Anandamurti), founder of the Ananda Marga, coined the name Ananda Nagar and set up Ananda Nagar as headquarters of Ananda Marg Gurukul, with the objective of developing a university and a township. Asthi Pahad, a hill south-west of Ananda Nagar, contains ancient fossils. Maharshi Kapila was born at Pat Jhalda, {{cvt|23|km}} south-west of Ananda Nagar, 3,500 years ago. Baglata, which now has a post office, means the abode of tigers in creepers and shrubs.{{cite web | url = https://www.anandanagar.org/about-us/ | title = About Us| publisher = Ananda Nagar|accessdate = 21 January 2020}}
Geography
=Location=
Ananda Nagar is located at {{coord|23.5055|N|86.0763|E|}}.
Ananda Nagar is not identified as a separate inhabited settlement in the 2011 census.{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdate = 21 January 2020}}
=Area overview=
Purulia 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.{{cite book|first=John Wardle|last=Houlton|author-link=John Wardle Houlton|title=Bihar, the Heart of India|year=1949|page=170|publisher=Orient Longmans Ltd|publication-place=Bombay}}{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 12 January 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}{{cite web | url = https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/purulia| title = Purulia | work= Department of Tourism| publisher = Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 1 February 2020}}{{cite web | url = https://www.utsavpedia.com/cultural-connections/indian-performing-arts/chhau-dance-of-purulia/| title = Chhau dance of Purulia| date = 30 July 2015| publisher = Itsavpedia |accessdate = 1 February 2020}}{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1914_PART_A_DCHB_PURULIYA.pdf| title = District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011| work= Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District |publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |accessdate = 28 January 2020}}{{cite web | url = https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/deuli-harup-and-suisa-crumbling-temples-scattered-statues-and-single-room-museum-purulia-district/#more-32881| title = Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum| date = 24 April 2018| publisher = Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress |accessdate = 21 January 2020}}
Transport
There is a station at Pundag on the NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line of the South Eastern Railway.{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/all/6010/1426/383 |title = 53061=> 63503 Bardhaman-Hatia Passenger |work= Time Table |publisher= indiarailinfo | accessdate = 21 January 2020}}
Education
Anandanagar is the headquarter of Ananda Marga Board of Education called Ananda Marga Gurukula (AMGK) AMGK was envisioned as a multi-faculty global university by its founder Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji. All educational institutions started by Ananda Marga are affiliated to AMGK.
Ananda Marga College was established in 1966. Affiliated with the Sidho Kanho Birsha University, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, history, geography, and general courses in arts and science. It has separate hostel for boys and girls.{{cite web | url = https://www.careers360.com/colleges/ananda-marga-college-anandanagar | title = Ananda Marga College | publisher = Careers 360 |accessdate = 21 January 2020}} Over the years the college has provided higher education to students from poor families living in 60 villages around Ananda Nagar.
Ananda Marga Gurukula Teacher's Training College received formal approval in 2014.{{cite web | url = https://gurukul.edu/newsletter/issue-38/ananda-marga-gurukula-teachers-training-college/ | title = Ananda Marga Gurukul Teacher's Training College| publisher = Ananda Marga Gurukul |accessdate = 21 January 2020}}
Ananda Marga High School is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1964. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X.{{cite web | url = https://www.icbse.com/schools/ananda-marga-high-school-dog95o | title = Ananda Marga High School | publisher = ICBSE |accessdate = 21 January 2020}}