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Country
  
India

District
  
PIN
  
723129 (Bandwan)

Area
  
351.2 kmĀ²

Literacy
  
61.4%

Area code
  
03253

State
  
Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone/STD code
  
03253

Elevation
  
263 m

Population
  
94,929 (2011)

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Bandwan (also spelled Bandowan, Bandoan) is a census town, with a police station, in Bandwan CD Block in Purulia Sadar East subdivision of Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Contents

Map of Banduan, West Bengal 723129

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Bandwan had a total population of 5,993 of which 3,112 (52%) were males and 2,881 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 692. The total number of literates in Bandwan was 4,131 (77.93% of the population over 6 years).

Police station

Bandwan police station has jurisdiction over Bandwan CD Block. The area covered is 367.08 km2 and the population covered is 95,002. It has 52.44 km of inter-state border with Galudih, Patamda and Kamalpur police stations in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Bandwan CD Block are located at Bandwan.

Transport

SH 5 running from Rupnarayanpur (in Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur district) passes through Bandwan.The road from Bandwan to Mahulia, on NH 18, in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, and the Barabazar-Bandwan Road meets SH 5 at Bandwan.

Education

Bandwan Mahavidyalaya at Bandwan is a government aided private college at village: Chilla, PO Jitan. It is affiliated to Sidho Kanho Birsha University. It offers courses in B.A. honours in Bengali, Sanskrit, Santhali and history, and B.A. pass.

References

Bandwan Wikipedia


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