Par Beliya

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native_name = Par Beliya | type = city | latd =23.63 | longd =86.85
state_name = West Bengal
district = Puruliya
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population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 6036| population_density =
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website = purulia.gov.in/egov/egov_initiative.html
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Par Beliya ( _bn. পার বেলিয়া) is a census town under Neturia police station [cite web | url = http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_14.htm | title = Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, Purulia District | accessdate = 2008-02-02 | last = | first = | work = Census of India 2001 | publisher = Census Commission of India] in Puruliya district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

The area forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. [Houlton, Sir John, "Bihar, the Heart of India", 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.] It is located south of Damodar River.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Par Beliya had a population of 6036. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Par Beliya has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 48%. In Par Beliya, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

It is an important coal mining area of Eastern Coalfields Ltd., a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. [ [http://easterncoal.nic.in/corporate.html Eastern Coalfields] ] This area of Purlia district is linked with Dishergarh in Asansol subdivision with a bridge across the Damodar River. [http://wikimapia.org/168651/]

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