title: Baikunthapur, Paschim Medinipur
text: # Baikunthapur, Paschim Medinipur
  
  Baikunthapur is a village in the Chandrakona II CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Location
  
  Baikunthapur is located at 22°44′23″N 87°33′00″E﻿ / ﻿22.7396°N 87.5500°E﻿ / 22.7396; 87.5500.
  
  ### 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 $km^2,$ 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, Baikunthapur had a total population of 877, of which 446 (51%) were males and 431 (49%) were females. There were 71 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Baikunthapur was 719 (89.21% of the population over 6 years).
  
  ## Picture gallery
  
  * Pancha-ratna Gopimohanjiu temple of Goswami family, possibly built in the 18th century.
  * Arches with rich terracotta designs
  * Terracotta panel
  