title: Kotalpur
text: # Kotalpur
  
  Kotalpur is a village in the Daspur I CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Location
  
  Kotalpur is located at 22°37′42″N 87°44′47″E﻿ / ﻿22.6284°N 87.7464°E﻿ / 22.6284; 87.7464.
  
  ### 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. Its population density is 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, Kotalpur had a total population of 1,342, of which 664 (49%) were males and 678 (51%) were females. There were 170 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kotalpur was 1,084 (92.49% of the population over 6 years).
  
  ## Kotalpur picture gallery
  
  * Sridhar Jiu temple, established in 1813 and owned by the Bhuyian family
  