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Pingla

Pingla
Village
Pingla is located in West Bengal
Pingla
Pingla
Pingla is located in India
Pingla
Pingla
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°16′18.9″N 87°35′08.4″E / 22.271917°N 87.585667°E / 22.271917; 87.585667Coordinates: 22°16′18.9″N 87°35′08.4″E / 22.271917°N 87.585667°E / 22.271917; 87.585667
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Population (2011)
 • Total 5,253
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 721140 (Pingla)
Telephone/STD code 03228
Lok Sabha constituency Ghatal
Vidhan Sabha constituency Debra
Website paschimmedinipur.gov.in

Pingla is a village, with a police station, in Pingla CD Block in Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

As per 2011 Census of India Pingla had a total population of 5,253 of which 2,639 (50%) were males and 2,614 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 665. The total number of literates in Pingla was 3,538 (67.35% of the population over 6 years).

The headquarters of Pingla CD Block are located at Pingla.

Pingla police station has jurisdiction over Pingla CD Block.

Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya, located at Maligram, Pingla, was set up in 1965. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University and as of 2016 offers undergraduate courses in Humanities, Commerce and Science. Post-graduate programme in Bengali was added in 2014-15 and efforts are on to add PG programme in commerce. BARAGERIA R.A.M. SIKSHANIKETAN (H.S) [SCIENCE, VOCATIONAL &ARTS] at Barageria



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