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The devastating impact of pandemic COVID-19 has reached every nook and corner of the world. The deadly virus has paralysed and crippled every human activity. Education sector is also no exception. In India since March, 2020 all the schools, colleges and universities have remained closed. Under the given circumstances, having no other alternative- schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions regularised academic activities through various online platforms. For the students belonging to affluent class it was a welcome relief. But in a vast demographically diverse country like India- where most of the students live in rural areas, where numerous students come from a poor economic background- the success and credibility of online mode of education is a matter of debate. This paper, therefore, attempts to investigate the plural dimensions of online mode of education with special reference to the factors affecting online education in rural and urban regions of West Bengal.