Tulin

Tulin is a village and a gram panchayat in the Jhalda I CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, situated beside the Subarnarekha River.

Tulin
Village
Tulin at the border of west Bengal, Location in West Bengal, India Tulin Tulin (India)
Coordinates: 23.3794°N 85.8906°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Government
• Type	Panchayet
Area
• Total	761.94 km^2 (294.19 sq mi)
Elevation	264 m (866 ft)
Population
• Total	9,844
• Density	13/km^2 (33/sq mi)
Bengali, Kurmali, local hindi
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Website	purulia.gov.in

Geography

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Places in Jhalda subdivision in Purulia district M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, C: craft centre, T: tourist cetre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Tulin is a developed village, located in the border of West Bengal and Jharkhand. According to Census 2011 information the location code of Tulin village is 331279. It is situated 11.6 km away from sub-division Jhalda and 54.8 km away from district headquarter Purulia. The total geographical area of village is 761.94 hectares.[1]

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 the rural areas and 8.98% living in the urban areas. There are 3 census towns in the subdivision. The map alongside shows some of the tourist attractions in the Ajodhya Hills. The area is home to 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.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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, Tulin had a total population of 9,844 of which 5,054 (51%) were males and 4,790 (49%) were females. There were 1,222 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Tulin was 6,602 (76.57% of the population over 6 years).[8]

Transport

Tulin is the originating/ terminating point of the State Highway 4A running to Chas Morh.[9]

Tulin is a station on the NSC Bose Gomoh-Hatia line of the South Eastern Railway.[10]

References

1. "Tulin Village in Jhalda I (Puruliya) West Bengal | villageinfo.in". villageinfo.in. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
2. Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
3. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
4. "Purulia". Department of Tourism. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
5. "Chhau dance of Purulia". Itsavpedia. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
6. "District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). 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. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
7. "Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum". Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
8. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
9. "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
10. "58621Adra-Barkakana Passenger". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2020.