Purbasthali#Police station
{{For other uses|Purbasthali (disambiguation)}}
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| subdivision_name1 = West Bengal
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| subdivision_name2 = Purba Bardhaman
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| postal_code = 713513
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Purbasthali is a village in the Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India. It is located 120 km north from Kolkata. Also known as Chupi Char, it lies on the banks of a large oxbow lake created by the Ganges river and is only 8 km from the town of Nabadwip. The 2–3 km long lake attracts migrants and water birds.[http://www.kolkatabirds.com/purbast.htm Water Birds of India] The Purbasthali area has a fairly high level of arsenic in the ground water.[http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb7.htm Ground water arsenic contamination]
Geography
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= Location =
Purbasthali lies close on the Tropic of Cancer. Purbasthali is a large block with a number of villages adjoining a large oxbow lake, created by the river Ganga, on its Western bank, in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. It is 120 km north from Calcutta. On the Eastern bank of the river lies the town of Nabadwip. The entire Gangetic Isle complex of Purbasthali extends between the geographical coordinates from 88° 19' 45" to 88° 22' E longitude and 23° 26' to 23° 26'45" N latitude.
=Police station=
Purbasthali police station has jurisdiction over parts of Purbasthali I and Purbasthali II CD Blocks. The area covered is 180.3 km2.{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman | work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 23 September 2018 | 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://purbabardhamanpolice.org/ps | title = Purba Bardhaman District Police | work = Police Station | publisher = West Bengal Police | access-date = 23 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180927234333/http://purbabardhamanpolice.org/ps | archive-date = 27 September 2018 | url-status = usurped }}
=Physiography=
Purbasthali is located on the agriculturally rich alluvial plains between the Bhagirathi, Ajay and Damodar rivers.Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang|bn}}, Vol I, p. 15, Radical Impression. {{ISBN|81-85459-36-3}} Temperatures in this region varies from 17-18 °C in winter to 30-32 °C in summer.Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 19
= The Oxbow Lake =
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The oxbow lake of Purbasthali has an area of {{convert|3.50|km2|sqmi}} in the post monsoon winter months. Beyond the lake the river fed eco-system also forms a cluster of larger and smaller islands comprising Purbasthali Gangetic Isle Complex.
Demographics
As per the 2011 Census of India, Purbasthali had a total population of 4,207 of which 2,128 (51%) were males and 2,079 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 379. The total number of literates in Purbasthali was 3,215 (83.99% of the population over 6 years).{{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= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 3 February 2019}}
Transport
Purbasthali railway station is on the Bandel-Katwa Branch Line of Eastern Railway.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
Notable people
- Upendranath Brahmachari (1873–1941), medical scientist, hailed from Purbasthali. http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/UNBrahmachari.htm http://bardhaman.gov.in/personality/emiper.htm
- Krishnanath Nyayapanchanan (1833–1911) Sanskrit scholar, authority in Nyaya, Mimangsa and other branches of Indian philosophy{{cite book |last=Chakraborty |first=Satyanarayan |year=2012 |chapter=Krishnanath Nyayapanchanan, Mahamahopadhyay |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Krishnanath_Nyayapanchanan,_Mahamahopadhyay |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}
- Baneswar Sarkar won the national award for weaving in 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20061004143311/http://www.craftrevival.org/Ahtml/Awards/003367.htm
- Krishnadasa Kaviraja, writer.
- Batukeshawar Dutta-was an Indian Bengali revolutionary and independence fighter in the early 1900s. He and Bhagat Singh set off bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi on 8 April 1929. After they were arrested, tried and imprisoned for life, they went on a hunger strike against the abusive treatment of Indian political prisoners, for whom they eventually secured some rights. He was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association{{Cite web |title=Personality |url=http://purbabardhaman.gov.in/know_bardhaman/personality.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124030739/http://purbabardhaman.gov.in/know_bardhaman/personality.php |archive-date=24 November 2020 |website=purbabardhaman.gov.in}}
- Monoranjan Nath, politician
- Pradip Kumar Saha, politician
See also
References
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Survey Report on Oxbow Lake of Purbasthali, 1998 by Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management.
{{Purba Bardhaman District}}
Category:Villages in Purba Bardhaman district