Egra

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| coord={{coord|21|58|0|N|87|37|0|E}}| float=left|caption=Cities and towns in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre.
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|mark-coord8={{coord|21|52|32|N|87|35|4|E}} | label-pos8=left|label8= Madhabpur| numbered8=R| mark-title8= Madhabpur, Purba Medinipur (R)|shape-color8=#C40000

|mark-coord9={{coord|22|2|40|N|87|48|0|E}} | label-pos9=left|label9= Tethi Bari| numbered9=R| mark-title9= Tethi Bari (R)|shape-color9=#C40000

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|mark-coord11={{coord|22|4|59|N|87|39|55|E}} | label-pos11=right|label11= Palpara| numbered11=R| mark-title11= Palpara, Purba Medinipur (R)|shape-color11=#C40000

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|mark-coord13={{coord|21|53|29|N|87|38|26|E}} | label-pos13=right|label13= Gangadharbar| numbered13=R| mark-title13= Gangadharbar (R)|shape-color13=#C40000

|mark-coord14={{coord|21|48|30|N|87|29|53|E}} | label-pos14=right|label14= Ramchandrapur| numbered14=R| mark-title14= Ramchandrapur, Purba Medinipur (R)|shape-color14=#C40000

|mark-coord15={{coord|22|1|50|N|87|48|40|E}} | label-pos15=left|label15= Kajlagarh| numbered15=R| mark-title15= Kajlagarh (R)|shape-color15=#C40000

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|mark-coord17={{coord|22|6|39|N|87|43|24|E}} | label-pos17=left|label17= Paikbheri| numbered17=H| mark-title17= Paikbheri (H)| shape-color17=#AA6666

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Egra is located at {{Coord|21.9|N|87.53|E|}}.[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Egra.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Egra] It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet).

Egra police station has jurisdiction over Egra municipality, Egra I and Egra II CD blocks. Egra police station covers an area of 431.5 km² with a population of 349,489. The police station is located at Egra Bazar.{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 17 April 2019}}{{cite web | url = http://emdp.co.in/detailstation/EGRA | title = Egra PS | publisher = Purba Medinipur District Police | access-date = 10 November 2016 | archive-date = 11 January 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170111094445/http://emdp.co.in/detailstation/EGRA | url-status = dead}}

96.96% of the population of Egra subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 3.04% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district.{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur | work = Table 2.2 | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 17 April 2019}}

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.

As per 2011 Census of India, Egra had a total population of 30,148 of which 15,291 (51%) were males and 14,857 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 3,241. The total number of literates in Egra was 23,447 (87.14% of the population over 6 years).{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 15 July 2016}}

{{As of|2001}} India census,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Egra had a population of 25,180. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Egra has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 61%. In Egra, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Egra Sarada Shashi Bhusan College was established at Egra in 1968. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University and offers undergraduate courses in arts, science and commerce, It has hostel facilities.{{cite web | url = http://egrassbcollege.ac.in/| title = Egra Sarada Sashi Bhusan College | publisher = ESSBC | access-date = 17 April 2019}}

Egra Jhatulal High School was established at Egra in 1926 and Egra Swarnamayee Girls' High School was established in 1940.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

David J. McCutchion mentions:McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 40, 41, 69. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN| 978-93-81574-65-2}}

• The Ramachandra temple at Chirulia as a high towered baro-chala with ratha projections, built in 1880, measuring 29’ 9” square, with terracotta and stucco.
• The Hatnagar Shiva temple as having an ekratna tower, with curved cornice and ridging above the western gateway, and a pirha porch having a plain brick pirha porch with base dimensions larger than the main temple, measuring 21’ square + 23’ square,

See also – Alangiri (for Gokulananda Kisora and Raghunatha temples and Rasmancha of Raghunatha) and Panchrol (for Sharabhuja, Madana Mohana, Vrindavanjiu and Radha Vinoda temples).

File:Hatnagar Shiva Deul temple with Rasmancha at Egra under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 09.jpg|Hatnagar Shiva deul with rasmancha

File:Hatnagar Shiva Deul temple with Rasmancha at Egra under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 08.jpg|Shiva deul

File:Sculpture at Hatnagar Shiva Deul temple with Rasmancha at Egra under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 17 (cropped).jpg|Sculpture in Shiva deul

File:Interiors of Hatnagar Shiva Deul temple with Rasmancha at Egra under Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal 18.jpg|Interior of Shiva deul at Egra

The Egra Subdivisional Hospital has 68 beds. Also in Egra are the Egra Super Speciality Hospital and many private nursing homes.

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