Country India District Paschim Medinipur PIN 721140 (Pingla) Area code 03228 | State West Bengal Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone/STD code 03228 Population 5,253 (2011) | |
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Pingla is a village, with a police station, in Pingla CD Block in Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Map of Pingla, West Bengal 721140
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Pingla had a total population of 5,253 of which 2,639 (50%) were males and 2,614 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 665. The total number of literates in Pingla was 3,538 (67.35% of the population over 6 years).
CD Block HQ
The headquarters of Pingla CD Block are located at Pingla.
Police station
Pingla police station has jurisdiction over Pingla CD Block.
Education
Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya, located at Maligram, Pingla, was set up in 1965. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University and as of 2016 offers undergraduate courses in Humanities, Commerce and Science. Post-graduate programme in Bengali was added in 2014-15 and efforts are on to add PG programme in commerce.