Jhamatpur

Jhamatpur
Jhamatpur
Village
	Jhamatpur Location in West Bengal, India Jhamatpur Jhamatpur (India)
	Coordinates: 23°44′25″N 88°07′31″E / 23.740267°N 88.125189°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Population (2011)
• Total	1,543
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituency	Bolpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Ketugram
Website	bardhaman.gov.in

Jhamatpur is a village in Ketugram II CD block in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India

Geography[edit]

It is near Ketugram, 4 km east of Jhamatpur-Baharanpur, 157 km north from Howrah Station, on the B.A.K. loop of the Eastern Railway. This is about 14 km north of Katwa. Jhamatpur Baharan railway station serves nearby areas.

Demographics[edit]

As per the 2011 Census of India Jhamatpur had a total population of 1,543, of which 794 (51%) were males and 749 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 154. The total number of literates in Jhamatpur was 931 (67.03% of the population over 6 years).^[1]

Culture[edit]

The village is famous as the birthplace of Krishnadasa Kaviraja,^{[citation needed]} the author of the Chaitanya Charitamrita, a biography of the mystic and saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

The Vaishnav tradition is still maintained by different socio-cultural programs throughout the year, specially the famous Nama-kirtana accompanying feast for several days after Durgapuja.

References[edit]

^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

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[census3-2011-1] "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

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