Dantan
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Dantan দাঁতন |
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 Dantan
 Dantan
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| Coordinates: 21°54′38.2″N 87°16′12.0″E / 21.910611°N 87.270000°ECoordinates: 21°54′38.2″N 87°16′12.0″E / 21.910611°N 87.270000°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 721426 (Dantan) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03229 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Dantan |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Dantan is a village, with a police station, in Dantan I CD Block in Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
The headquarters of Dantan I CD Block are located at Dantan.
Dantan police station has jurisdiction over Dantan I CD Block.
The Kolkata-Chennai South Eastern Railway passes through Dantan I CD Block and there is a station at Dantan.
The Kolkata-Chennai Golden Quadrilateral National Highway 16 or Kolkata-Bengaluru Asian Highway 45 passes through Dantan.Dantan is well connected with Nayagram via Manoharpur Bhasraghat Road.
Bhatter College at Dantan was established in 1963 and is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and science and also has facilities for some post-graduate courses. The college is named after Mathuranath Bhatter, a local businessman and social worker who had contributed handsomely to set up the college.
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