Jaleswar
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Jaleswar is a small town that falls under the state of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

. It belongs to Balasore district
Balasore District
Balasore District, also known as Baleswar District or Baleshwar District, is an administrative district of Orissa state in eastern India. The lingua franca is Oriya. The coastal district is known for its beautiful mountains and famous temples. Balasore is a place of scenic beauty and a major...

 of state Orissa and is adjacent to border of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. 'Jaleswar' town is a notified area committee. And also Jaleswar block (consists of 142 villages and Jaleswar town (NAC)) forms a state constituency along with Balipal Block.

Demographics

India census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Jaleswar block had a population of 1,31,867. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Jaleswar has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 57%. In Jaleswar, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

About Jaleswar

One major town in the Balasore district. Jaleswar has four major areas Bada Bazar, Nua Bazar, Station Bazar and Purunia Bazar. Jaleswar is near the West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

 border (About 8 KM). Most of the vegetable vendors from Kharagpur
Kharagpur
Kharagpur is an industrial city in India. It is located in the Midnapore West district of the state of West Bengal.Kharagpur was chosen as the location of the first campus of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology . The IITs are the premier technical education institutes in India and...

 and other parts of West Bengal come to the Monday Market (at Patharapura Village, behind the Jaleswar Police station) to purchase vegetables at wholesale prices. From Jaleswar, Digha Beach in West Bengal is 38 km. Chandaneswar
Chandaneswar
Chandaneshwar is famous for a Shiva temple located in Chandaneswar, Baleswar, Orissa. A huge annual fair in the Pana Sankranti, the first day of the Oriya calendar, is celebrated in the premises of temple...

 Shiva temple is situated in Chandanswar which is 27 km from Jaleswar. Talsari Beach is 5 km from Chandaneswar. Lakhannath Gara is 5 km from Jaleswar. Subarnarekha River
Subarnarekha River
Subarnarekha River flows through the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa.-Etymology:As per tradition, gold was mined near the origin of the river at a village named Piska near Ranchi. This is why it was named Subarnarekha, meaning ‘streak of gold’. Legend has it that traces of...

 flows near Jaleswar. Major festivals are Durga Puja
Durga Puja
Durga puja ; দুর্গা পূজা,ଦୁର୍ଗା ପୂଜା,‘Worship of Durga’), also referred to as Durgotsava ; , is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami and...

, Basanti Puja, and Ratha Yatra. Jaleswar is connected to Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 (formerly Calcutta) and Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

 (the capital city of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

) by railway and bus service. Important connectivity: National highway and East coast railway.
Here people travel with the help of trally rickshaw. Now auto-rickshaw or tempos are main means of transport within and to outskirt of the town.

Government And Other Offices

Jaleswar, as a Tahsil and a Block has a number of govt offices and those are:

Jaleswar Thasil office,Nua bazaar,jaleswar

Jaleswar Block Development office,Shantia, Jaleswar

Jaleswar Session and civil court, Court Bazaar, Jaleswar

D.I of Education, station Bazaar,Jaleswar

Sub-Registration Office,Bada Bazaar, Jaleswar

Jaleswar Police Satation, thana Bazaar,Jaleswar

Jaleswar Fire Station, Hata chowk, Jaleswar

Jaleswar Railway Station,Jaleswar

Jaleswar Head Post Office, Jaleswar

DSP(Divisional Sub Police)Office,rajpur,jaleswar

Lift Irrigation Division Office,Station Bazar, Jaleswar

Life Insurance Corporation of India, Shantia, Jaleswar

State Bank Of India,Jaleswar

ICICI Bank, Jaleswar
Axis Bank,Jaleswar
UCO Bank,jaleswar

Prayag Infotech Hi-Rise ltd, station bazar,Jaleswar

Green Ray pharmaceutics pvt. Ltd., Jaleswar

Green Ray International Limited, Jaleswar

Educational Institutes

Jaleswar always been a growth place of geniuses in different fields. And these geniuses have been fed by mentioned Institutes.

Schools

Jaleswar Govt. High School.

Jaleswar Town High school.

Saraswati Sishu Vidyamandir,Jaleswar

Sri Aurobindo Centre for Education, Jaleswar

Laxmannath High school, Laxmannath, jaleswar

SHANTI SIMANTA HIGH SCHOO , SHANTIA - JALESWAR

Sidheswar High School,Shasan Ward, Jaleswar

Gope Satrindranath Nodal School,Gope, Jaleswar.

Patharapura M.E. School,Jaleswar

St. james Convent School,Jaleswar.

Gopobandhu Sikha Sadan,Jaleswar

vivekananda upper primary,nayabazer,jaleswer
Patharapura M.E. School,Jaleswar

nayabazer upper primary,nayabazer,jaleswer

Colleges

Dina Krushna College,Jaleswar

Sri Jagannath College,Jaleswar

Jaleswar mahila Mahavidyalaya(Jaleswar Women College), Jaleswar

,,,,hotels,,,,
sri krushna lodge
hotel midtown
HOTEL SUBARNA REKHA

,,,,TEMPLES,,,,

Hanuman Temple,Jaleswar

Jagannath Temple,Jaleswar

Anukulchandra Temple,Jaleswar

Satyanarayana Temple,Jaleswar

MAA KALI TEMPLE,STATION BAZAR-JALESWAR
MAA Tarini Temple,Tarini chhak,Jaleswar

CLUBS

Lions club,jaleswar

FRIEND'S CLUB,STATION BAZAR - JALESWAR

Rotary club,jaleswar
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