Pipla Kasimpur
Pipla Kasimpur is a village and a in the Harishchandrapur I CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Pipla Kasimpur is located at.Area overview
The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are "hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron." It lies to the east of the Mahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and "is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes." The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers. The total area is overwhelmingly rural. There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur.Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Pipla Kasimpur had a total population of 3,350, of which 1,721 were males and 1,629 were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 417. The total number of literate persons in Pipla Kasimpur was 1,704.Education
Harishchandrapur College was established in 2008. Affiliated with the University of Gour Banga, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, history, philosophy, and a general course in arts.Pipla High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1960. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 824 books, and 5 computers for teaching and learning purposes.