Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Cities and towns in Purba Medinipur district, Community Development Blocks in Purba Medinipur district, People from Purba Medinipur district, Politics in Purba Medinipur district, Villages in Purba Medinipur district, Tamluk, Nayachar, Haldia, Nandigram, Tamluk subdivision, Digha, Egra subdivision, Contai subdivision, Panchetgarh, Haldia subdivision, Matangini Hazra, Kanthi, Kanthi Dakshin, Kanthi Uttar, Khejuri, Panskura Purba, Mahisadal, Panskura Paschim, Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur, Patashpur, Bhagabanpur, Moyna, Kolaghat, Suvendu Adhikari, Sushil Kumar Dhara, Chandipur, Nandakumar, Satish Chandra Samanta, Kiranmoy Nanda, Mecheda, Kukrahati, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur, Narghat, Mugberia, Sutahata, Sisir Adhikari, Mandarmani, Mahishadal, Dandabhukti, Dakshin Baguan, Ajoy Mukherjee, Lakshman Chandra Seth, Anil Ghorai, Prasanta Pradhan, Bahiri, Durgachak, Goasafat, Kakdihi, Ramnagar, West Bengal, Dumardari. Excerpt: Tamluk (Bengali: ) is the district headquarters of Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present day Tamluk is the site of the ancient city variously known as Tamralipta or Tamralipti. The present town is located on the banks of the Rupnarayan River close to the Bay of Bengal. As of the 2001 census of India, Tamluk had a population of 45,826. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Tamluk has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 72%. In Tamluk, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. The region has its own distinct ethnic mix, stemming from successive migrations and invasions from both the west, east, and especially from northern India . Its history shows the complex combination of indigenous, Buddhist, Jain, Hindu and Isl...