8km
5miles

Rupnarayan River

Uttar Bar

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Radhanagar

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Radhakantapur

H

Palashpai

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Narajole

HV

Laoda

H

Lachhipur

H

Kotalpur

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Jayantipur

H

Jalshara

H

Iswarpur

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Gobindanagar

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Gangadaspur

H

Dihi Baliharpur

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Chaipat

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Baikunthapur

H

Alui

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Ajuria

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Birsingha

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Sonakhali

R

Daspur

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Ramjibanpur

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Khirpai

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Kharar

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Ghatal

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Chandrakona

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Location

Iswarpur is located at 22°39′17″N 87°39′21″E / 22.654634°N 87.655791°E / 22.654634; 87.655791.

Area overview

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. It has a density of population of 1,099 per km, 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.

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, Iswarpur had a total population of 880, of which 456 (52%) were males and 424 (48%) were females.

Iswarpur picture gallery

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  Sridharjiu temple. It is a pancha-ratna on a flat roofed structure
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  Terracotta panels