Pingla
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Pingla | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Pingla Location in West Bengal, India  Pingla Pingla (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°16′18.9″N 87°35′08.4″E / 22.271917°N 87.585667°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,253 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721140 (Pingla) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03228 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Debra |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Pingla is a village in the Pingla CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Location
5miles
Madhyabar
Railway Settlement
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, F: facilities
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Pingla is located at 22°16′18.9″N 87°35′08.4″E / 22.271917°N 87.585667°E.
Area overview
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[1] With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.[2]
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
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).[3]
