| Radhakantapur | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal # India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
| Coordinates: | 22.5603°N 87.7441°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Paschim Medinipur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 2473 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 721211 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone/STD code |
| Area Code: | 03225 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Ghatal |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Daspur |
Radhakantapur 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.
Radhakantapur is located at 22.5603°N 87.7441°W.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.[1] [2]
Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[3] It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, 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.[4]
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.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Radhakantapur had a total population of 2,473, of which 1,242 (50%) were males and 1,231 (50%) were females. There were 281 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Radhakantapur was 1,749 (79.79% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Radhakantapur High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1966. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 612 books, 1 computer and a playground.[6]
David J. McCutchion classifies the Gopinath (mentioned as Panchananda) temple as an ek-ratna of the smaller Daspur type, measuring 22’ x 28’, with rich terracotta façade. He classifies the Dadhibamna temple (name not mentioned, only place mentioned) as a richly decorated pancha-ratna with smooth rekha turrets.[7]
The Gopinath temple is a state protected monument.[8]