Kankalitala (Bengali: ) is a temple town in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located about 9kilometres (5.6 mi) from Bolpur on the BolpurLabhpur road. It is situated on the bank of the Kopai River. It is a gram panchayat under Bolpur-Sriniketan block. List of census villages mapped for Kankalitala village panchayat are as follows: Bengutia, Jaljalia, Karpatikuri, Sangri Mahula, Sangri Mahula, Sangri, Rautara, Gopalpur, Kuchli, Dhultikuri, Bagdaura, Bisheghata, Amdahara, Kshudra Amdahara, Patharghata, Kesaradihi, Sitapur, Padmabatipur, Khosh Kadambapur, Uttar Narayanpur, and Layek Bazar In 2001, population of Kankalitala gram panchayat was 19,229 As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Kankalitala, Kasba, Sarpalehana Albandha, Sian Muluk and Singhee gram panchayats of BolpurSriniketan CD Block will form part of Nanoor assembly constituency and Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency). It is one of the Shakti Peethas where the...
