Country India District Birbhum ISO 3166 code IN-WB Area 7.85 km² Population 41,534 (2011) University Hiralal Bhakat College | State West Bengal Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Lok Sabha constituency Birbhum Elevation 48 m Local time Monday 1:10 PM | |
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Nalhati is a town, municipality in Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal near the West Bengal / Jharkhand border. This town is named after the Shakti peeth Nalhateshwari temple, which according to the mythologies is the situated where the "nala" i.e. throat of goddess Shakti had fallen. It is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas in India.
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Map of Nalhati, West Bengal
Nalhati is a junction railway station where the Azimganj line joins the old Sahibganj Loop of the Eastern Railway. See Nalhati Railway Station.
Nalhati police station under Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district looks after two administrative blocks Nalhati I and Nalhati II.
Nalhati municipality was established in 2000.
Geography
Nalhati is located at 24.3°N 87.82°E / 24.3; 87.82. It has an average elevation of 48 metres (160 feet). It is on the Chhotonagpur plateau. A small portion of hill with very low altitude can be visible within the town. On the hill the Nalateswari temple and Ana Baba Mazar Sherif are two tourist interests. The soil of this part of Birbhum resembles that of Bankura and Purulia as "Lalmatir Desh" (land of red soil).
It is on Panagarh–Morgram Highway.
Places of interest
Nalhati is a tourist spot in West Bengal and is being promoted lately by the state government. It is healthy place to live for its pollution free environment. The Nalateswari Temple and Mazar Sherif atop the small hill is a must see of this town. Many interesting sights on the hill are no longer visible for growing urbanization. The Baidhara Shalbon at the Brahmani river delta and Chandramani hills near Bautia are nice place to go for a 15 km distance. There is good connectivity to Jharkhand, Bihar, North Bengal and south Bengal.
Located on the Chhotonagpur plateau, Nalhati is the source for good quality stone chips to South Bengal as there is a crusher belt near the town.
Education
Two higher secondary school named Nalhati Hariprasad High School(Boys) & Nalhati High School for Girls just 1.25 km & .50 km apart from Railway station. There are also two UG colleges - Hiralal Bhakat College and Sofia Girls' College. There are two more higher secondary schools along with secondary schools. First one is Nalhati Vivekananda Vidyapith and another one is Arisunnesha girls high school. Both of them are near about the railway station and bus stand. Nalhati is the centre of many village for many respect along with educational facilities. There are many computer educational points over Nalhati, one of them is the Nalhati Youth Computer Center.