Country India District Paschim Medinipur PIN 721426 (Dantan) Area code 03229 | State West Bengal Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone/STD code 03229 | |
Dantan is a village, with a police station, in Dantan I CD Block in Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Map of Dantan, West Bengal 721426
CD Block HQ
The headquarters of Dantan I CD Block are located at Dantan.
Police station
Dantan police station has jurisdiction over Dantan I CD Block.
Transport
The Kharagpur-Puri line of South Eastern Railway passes through Dantan I CD Block and there is a station at Dantan.
The Dankuni-Chennai NH 16 passes through Dantan.Dantan is well connected with Nayagram via Manoharpur Bhasraghat Road.
Education
Bhatter College at Dantan was established in 1963 and is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and science and also has facilities for some post-graduate courses. The college is named after Mathuranath Bhatter, a local businessman and social worker who had contributed handsomely to set up the college.