Kotshila Explained

Kotshila is a village, with a police station and a railway junction station, in the Jhalda II CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Location

Kotshila is located at 23.4061°N 86.07°W.

Area overview

Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. Jhalda subdivision, shown in the map alongside, is located in the western part of the district, bordering Jharkhand. The Subarnarekha flows along a short stretch of its western border. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 91.02% of the population living in rural areas and 8.98% living in urban areas. There are three census towns in the subdivision. The map alongside shows some of the tourist attractions in the Ajodhya Hills. The area is home to the Purulia Chhau dance with spectacular masks made at Charida. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kotshila had a total population of 1,452 of which 753 (52%) were males and 699 (48%) were females. There were 253 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Kotshila was 613 (51.38% of the population over 6 years).^[7]

Police station

Kotshila police station has jurisdiction over a part of the Jhalda II CD block. The area covered is and the population covered is 148,042. It has a interstate border with Jaridih PS in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand.^{[8] [9]}

Transport

State Highway 4A running from Tulin to Chas More (both in the Purulia district) passes through Kotshila.^[10]

The NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line of the South Eastern Railway passes through this CD block and there are stations at Kotshila and Jhalda. The Purulia-Kotshila branch line connects to the NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line at Kotshila.^[11]

Education

Kotshila Mahavidyalaya at Jiudaru is affiliated with Sidho Kanho Birsha University.^[12]

Healthcare

Muralhar Kotshila Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Jhalda II CD block.^[13]

Notes and References

1. Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
2. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia . Tables 2.1, 2.2 . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 12 January 2020.
3. Web site: Purulia . Department of Tourism. Government of West Bengal . 1 February 2020.
4. Web site: Chhau dance of Purulia. Itsavpedia . 1 February 2020.
5. Web site: District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011. Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District . Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 28 January 2020.
6. Web site: Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum. Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress . 21 January 2020.
7. Web site: 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables . West Bengal – District-wise . Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 6 October 2016 .
8. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia . Tables 2.1, 2.2 . Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal . 5 October 2016 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20170729135056/http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php . 29 July 2017 .
9. Web site: Kotshila PS . Purulia District Police . 5 October 2016.
10. Web site: List of State Highways in West Bengal . West Bengal Traffic Police . 6 October 2016.
11. Web site: 58621Adra-Barkakana Passenger . Time Table . indiarailinfo . 5 October 2016.
12. Web site: Kotshila Mahavidyalaya. skbu . 5 October 2016.
13. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals . Government of West Bengal . 18 January 2020.