Alui
Village in West Bengal, India
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Alui is a village in the Ghatal CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Alui | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Alui Location in West Bengal, India  Alui Alui (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22.665634°N 87.652091°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,627 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721232 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03225 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Geography
5miles
M: municipal city/ town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
Alui is located at 22.665634°N 87.652091°E.
Area overview
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.[1][2]
Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[3] It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[4]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Alui had a total population of 1,627, of which 825 (51%) were males and 802 (49%) were females. There were 159 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Uttar Bar was 1,070 (77.89% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Education
Alui High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1965. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. It has a library with 610 books.[6]
Alui picture gallery
Naba-ratna temple of Bhuinya family built in 1860
Bhuinya family temple
Terracotta decoration in Bhuinya family temple
Naba-ratna Sridhara temple of Roy family built in 1880
Sridhara temple
Terracotta decoration
