Kotalpur is a village in the Daspur I CD block in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.

[1][2] Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils.

[4] Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision.

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