Geography
:
Bankura
is one of District of western part of the State of West
Bengal under Bardhaman Division of the State and included
in
the area known as "Rarh" in Bengal. Bankura
is bounded by latitude 22038’ N and longitude
86036’ E to 87047’
E. Darakaswar, Gandheaswari and Kansabati are the major
rivers flow through the district. River Demodar
flows along the northern
boundary of the district. The adjacent districts are
Bardhaman in the north, Purulia in the west and Paschim
Medinapure in the south.
Jaipur forest is the only forest in the plains of Southern
Bengal.
District
Profile:
Bankura is the district headquarters. There
are 21 Police Stations, 22 Development
Blocks,
3 Municipalities, 190GramPanchayatsand5187Villagesinthisdistrict.
The
district comprises three subdivisions:
1.BankuraSadar 2.Khatraand 3.Bishnupur.
Bankura Sadar subdivision consists of *Bankura
municipality and eight community Development Blocks:
*Bankura I, *Bankura II, *Barjora, *Chhatna, *Gangajalghati,
*Mejia, *Onda and*Shaltora
Khatra subdivision
consists of eight
community development blocs:
*Indpur, *Khatra, *Hirbandh, *Raipur,*Sarenga, *Ranibandh,
*Simlapal and *Taldangra.
Bishnupur subdivision consists
of *Bishnupur
and *Sonamukhi municipalities and six community development
Blocks:
*Indas, *Joypur, *Patrasayar, *Kotulpur, *Sonamukhi
and *Bishnupur.
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Assembly
Constituencies :
The
district are 13 assembly constituencies:
Taldangra
(assembly constituency no. 244), Raipur (ST) (assembly
constituency no. 245),
Ranibandh (ST) (assembly constituency no. 246), Indpur
(SC) (assembly constituency no. 247),
Chhatna (assembly constituency no. 248), Gangajalghati
(SC) (assembly constituency no. 249),
Barjora (assembly constituency no. 250), Bankura (assembly
constituency no.251),
Onda (assembly constituency no. 252), Vishnupur (assembly
constituency no. 253),Kotulpur (assembly constituency
no. 254),
Indas (SC) (assembly constituency no. 255)
And Sonamukhi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 256) .
Lok Sabha Constituencies
:
Vishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency), which is reserved
for Scheduled Castes (SC).
Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency), which also contains
four assembly segments from Purulia district.
Gangajalghati, Barjora and Sonamukhi constituencies
are part of Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency),
which also contains four assembly segments from Bardhaman
district.
are
part of Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency), which also
contains four assembly segments from Bardhaman district.
Places
Of Interest :
Bishnupur
(or Vishnupur) is a subdivisional town of Bankura
district. It was the capital of the Mallabhum kingdom,
once the most important Hindu dynasty in Bengal.This
town famous for the Terracotta Temples
made by the local red soils.
This city oftern called as the 'Temple City' of Bengal.
Susunia hills and Beharinath hills are
located in the district.
Mukutmonipur dam and Sutan
are notable tourist spots.Gouripur leprosy hospital
is Asia's largest leprosy hospital.
Mejia power plant is the only thermal power plant
of this district.Jaipur forest is the
only forest in the plains of Southern
Bengal.Bankura Medical College is the
oldest medical college in this area.
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Railway Timings :
Up
Train :
315/315A Howrah-
Chakrodharpur/Bokaro steel city Pgr 04-08
483
Bankura-Hatia fast Pgr
06-50
465
Khargpur-Hatia
Pgr 11-07
479
Midnapur-Adra MEMU Pgr
14-07
3501
Haldia-Asansol Exp (Except Sun)
18-12
469
Kharagpur-Adra Pgr19-43
473
Bishnupur-Adra MEMU Pgr
21-17
8449
Puri-Patna Baidynathdham Exp (Mon only)
23-30
2152
Howrah-L’Tilak Ter Samarsata Exp (Sun only)
00-47
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455 Bankura-Adra-(asansol)
MEMU Pgr 05-05
433 Kharagpur-Asansol Pgr 08-202883
Howrah-Purulia RupashiBangla Exp 10-10
6309 Ernakulam-Patna Exp (Wed & Thur) 10-50
2885 Shalimar-Adra Aranyak Exp (Except sun) 11-50
313 Kharagpur-Gomoh Pgr 17-08
2815 Puri-New Delhi S/F Exp (Mon, Wed, Thur, Sat)
19-35
2827 Howrah-Purulia Exp 20-35
463 Howrah-Adra Rani Shiromani Pgr 22-22
5639 Puri-Guwahati Exp (Saturday only) 23-30
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Down
Train :
2816
New Delhi-Puri S/F Exp (Sun,Tue,Thur,Fri)
03-17
464
Adra-Howrah Rani Shiromani Pgr
05-25
3502
Asansol-Haldia Exp(Except Sun)
07-35
480
Adra- Midnapur MEMU pgr
09-14
314
Gomoh- Kharagpur Pgr
10-55
466
Hatia- Khargpur Pgr
14-57
2884
Purulia-Howrah RupashiBangla Exp
17-10
5640
Guwahati-Puri Exp(Friday only)
17-26
434
Asansol-Kharagpur Pgr
19-50
6310
Patna-Ernakulam Exp (Thur & Fri)
22-42
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2151L Tilak Ter-Howrah
Samarsata Exp (Fri only) 04-10
2828 Purulia-Howrah Exp 07-07
470 Adra- Kharagpur pgr 08-05
2RNB Bankura- Sonamukhi pgr(Except sun) 09-45
2886 Adra- Shalimar Aranyak Exp (Except sun)14-54
4RNB Bankura- Sonamukhi pgr(Except sun)15-15
8450 Patna-Puri Baidynathdham Exp (Wed only)17-26
474 Adra-Bishnupur MEMU Pgr 17-55
6RNB Bankura- Sonamukhi Pgr(Except Sat) 20-05
316/316A Chakrodharpur/Bokaro steel city- Howrah
Pgr
23-04
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RoadWays
:
Bankura District is
well communicated through several roads connected with
Durgapur, Purulia, Midnapur, Khargapur, Kolkata etc.
out of which National Highway 60 runs through the district.
The oldest road of Bankura town is named as "Ahalyabai
Road" which
connects Barabajar with Raniganj More. Some of the important
roads are given below.
1.
Bankura
-
Tarakeswar
via Bishnupur Joypur Kotulpur Joyrambati Arambag
2.
Bankura - Burdwan
via Beliatore Barjora Durgapur
3.
Bankura - Jhilimili
via Indpur, Hatirampur, Supur, Khatra, Ranibandh.
4.
Bankura - Purulia
via Chatna Kamalpur
5. Bankura - Raniganj via
Amarkanan Gangajalghati Mejia.
6.
Bankura - Sarenga
via Ratanpur Taldangra Simlapal PMore & Raipur.
7.
Bankura - Patrasayer
via Beliatore Sonamukhi Indus
8.
Bankura - Tiluri
via Chatna Kejakura.
9.
Bankura - Saltora
via Chatna Susunia.
Important
Telephone Numbers :
District
Magistrate :
District Magistrate (Off)
03242-250304 (Res)03242-250303 (Off) 03242-254807 (Res)
03242-251076
dm-bank@wb.nic.in
Subdivisional
Ofiice :
1 Bankura P.O & Dist: Bankura. Pin-722101 (Off)
03242-250260 (Res) 03242-250291 03242-250260
2 Khatra P.O.: Khatra Dist.Bankura.(Off)
03243-255262 (R)03243-255263 (O)03243-255262 (R)03243-255263
3 Bishnupur P.O: Bishnupur Dist: Bankura (O)
03244-252055 ,(R) 03244-252020 ,03244-252055 ,03244-252020
Blocks :
Bankura Sub-Division
1.
Bankura-I P.O.-Poabagan,Bankura
03242-259362
2.Bankura-II
P.O.- Bikna, Bankura 03242-2546273
3.Onda
P.O.
Onda, Bankura 03242-266236
4. Barjora
P.O. Barjora
03241 257227
5. Chhatna
P.O.-
Chhatna,Bankura 03242-277339 6. Saltora
P.O.- Saltora, Bankura 03242-27324
7. Gangajal Ghati
P.O.-
Amarkanan,Bankura 03241-265228 8.
Mejhia P.O.- Mejhia, Bankura
03241-250221
9. Bishnupur
P.O.-
Bishnupur, Bankura. 03244-252057
Bishnupur Sub-Division
10.
Joypur
P.O.-Joypur, Bankura
03244-249222 11. Kotulpur
P.O.- Kotulpur, Bankura
03244-240234
12. Indus
P.O.-
Indus, Bankura. 03244-263231 13. Patrasayer
P.O.- Patrasayer, Bankura.
03244-266232
14. Sonamukhi
P.O.-
Sonamukhi, Bankura 03244-275240 15. Indpur
P.O.- Indpur, Bankura 03243-260222
Khatra Sub-Division
16. Khatra
P.O.-Khatra,
Bankura 03243-255239 17. Hirbundh
P.O.-
Hirbundh, Bankura 03243-252332
18. Raipur P.O.- Raipur,
Bankura. 03243-267224 19. Sarenga
P.O.-
Sarenga, Bankura. 03243-269243
20. Ranibundh
P.O. Ranibundh,
Bankura. 03243-250236 21. Taldangra
P.O.
Taldangra, Bankura 03243-265347
22. Simlapal
P.O.- Simlapal,
Bankura. 03243-262222
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Police
Station :
1 Bankura
03242-250675
2 Onda
03242-266223
3 Barjora
03241-257221 4
Chhatna
03242-277222
5 Saltora
03241-273229
6 Gangajal Ghati
03241-271221
7 Mejhia
03241-250237
8 Bishnupur
03244-252042
9 Joypur
03244-256221
10 Kotulpur
03244-240221
11 Indus
03244-273236
12 Patrasayer
03244-276226
13 Sonamukhi
03244-275229
14 Indpur
03242-260229
15 Khatra
03243-255227
16 Raipur
03243-267228
17 Sarenga
03243-269236
18 Ranibandh
03243-250230
19 Taldangra
03243-265201
20 Simlapal
03243-262359
List Of Voluntary Organizations (N.G.O):
1)
Jyoti Pratibandhi Punarbasan Kendra Bankura, 2)
Kenduadihi Bikash Society Gobindanagar,Bankura
03242-241805
3)
Vivekananda Adibasi Kalyan Samity Chamtagora,Kamalpur,
Chhatna Block 03242-274202
4) Kamalpur Society for Movement &
Action for Rural Development Kamalpur, Bankura
03242-274286
5) Charbedia
Rural Economic & Area Development Society Charbedia,
Layekpur, Simlapal 03243-262362
6) Chak
Durgadas Rishi Arabinda Rural Welfare Organisation Dundar
Raipur, Bankura
7) Shamayita Math Ranbahal, Amarkanan, Bankura 03241-265202
,03241-265201
8) Bankura
Institute Pratapbaga, Bankura
30242-253965
9) Siberbandh Adibasi Mahila Unnayan
Samity. Siberbandh Kchdihi, Sonamukhi
10) Padmaja Naidy Arogyabas Nabajibanpur, Bankura
11) Ramkrishna Mission Joyrambati, Bankura
12) Prabuddha Bharati Sishu Tirtha (Short Stay
Home) Bishnupur
13) Association for Social & Health Advancement
Hareswarmela Bankura 03242-257305
14) Ashar Ao Barjora, Bankura 15) Hijaldihi
Vivekananda Seva Samity Hijaldihi, Joypur Bankura
03244-247315
16) Simdal Vivekananda Seva Samity Kotulpur, Bankura
17) Mallabhum Mahila Kalyan Samity Cinema Road,
Bankura
18) Gandhi Vichar Parishad Schooldanga, Bankura
19) Bhadul Community Welfare Organisation Bhadul,
Bankura
20) Sister Nivedita Kalyan Samity Bisinda, Gangajalghati,
Bankura 03241-220062
21) Socio Economic Development Programme Ranibandh,
Bankura 03243-250287
22) Barabari Netaji Seva Sangha Hirbandh, Bankura
23) SWAD (Society for Advance Development) Khatra,
Bankura
24) Mallabhum Social & Family Welfare Association
Bishnupur (Near Music Colleage), Bankura
25) Paschim Banga Kustha Kalyan Parishad Gouripur,
Bankura
26)
Bankura Zilla Saririk Pratibandhi Kalyan Samiaty Chhandar,
Beliatore,Bankura 03241-259242
27) Sri Ramkrishna Vivekananda Society
Sarenga,Bankura
28) Gramin Pratibandhi Unnayan Samity Malliyanganj,
Hirbandh, Bankura
29) Paschim Banga Rajya Pratibandhi Sammilani,
C/O Bankura Institute Schooldanga, Bankura
30) Sara Bankura Pratibandhi Welfare Organisation
Bhairabpur, Amarkanan, Bankura
31)Society
for up-liftment of Rural Youth & Artisals.Mathpara,Schooldanga,Bankura
03242-254309
32)'Sumangalam'
Kharikauli Home P.O. Morrar (Bishnupur), Bankura
33) Bankura
State Welfare Home P.O.& Dist.- Bankura
34) Byom Sankar Sonamukhi Welfare
Home P.O. Sonamukhi, Dist.- Bankura
35) Bankura
Blind Sammilani School Lokepur, Bankura 36)
Dr. Sailendranath Mukherjee, Muk-O-Badhir Memorial
School Kotulpur, Bankura
37) Joyrambati
Destitute Home Joyrambati, Bankura 38)
Sister Nivedita Kalyan Samity Saltora, Bankura
39) Society for Women Advanced Development
Khatra, Bankura
40) Barabari
Netaji Seva Sangha Hatirampur,Hirbandh,Bankura
41) Liberal Association for Movement of
People (LAMP) Subhankar Sarani, Bankura
42) Sanghati Mission Patpur,
Bankura
43)
Association for Social & Health Advancement
Jogipara,Bankura
44) Mallabhum Social & Family Welfare Association
Bishnupur, Bankura
45)Gramin Pratibandhi Unnayan Samity Hirbandh,
Bankura
46)
Indian Red Cross SocietyBankura
47) Khayerboni Gram Unnayan Samity Khayerboni,
P.O. Kanchanpur, Dist- Bankura
48) Centre
for Women Development Studies Vill & P.O. Jhilimili,
Dist-Bankura
49) Chndidas
Vidyapiath Chhatna working Women Hostel Chhatna, Bankura
50)
Naribikash Sangha Jhilimili, Bankura
51) Kamalpur Adibasi Mahila Unnayan Samity
Chhatna, Bankura 52)
Purulia Nirmal Seva Sangha Chhatna, Bankura
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Members
Of Parliament(MP) :
Bankura
Moonmoon Sen - TMC
Constituency: Bankura (West Bengal)
Permanent Address:
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Bishnupur
Soumitra Khan - TMC
Constituency: Bishnupur (SC)(WestBengal)
Permanent Address:
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State
Legislature :
Sri
Kirity Bagdi ,Indpur
03242-253448
, Sri Ram Charan Bauri ,G.Ghati
03241-265455 WLL-202318
Smt. Susmita Biswas ,Barjora
03241-257535 , Sri Tarapada Chakraborty ,Onda
03242-255108
Sri Jayanta Chowdhury ,Bishnupur
03244-252146 , Smt. Manasi Ghosh ,Kotulpur
03244-240246
Sri Subhas Goswami,Chhatna
03242-277249 , Sri Sukhendu Khan,Sonamukhi
03244-275053,03241-257454
Sri Nanda Dulal Maji ,Indus
03244-263222 ,03244-263541 , Sri Makar Tudu
,Ranibundh
03243-256177
Sri Kasinath MishraBankura
03242-250604,03242-250602 , Sri Manoranjan
Patra Taldangra
03243-264518
Tourist
Attractions :
Joyrambati the Birth place
of Sree Sree Maa Sarada Devi
Jhilimili is situated70 Km away From Bankura
Town of us beauty of anundisturbed dense natural
forest.
Susunia hill is quite popular as tracking
spot
Bishnupur is famous for temples with terracotta
art and large water area.
Mukutmonipur- Jhilimili circuit has became the
most attractive tourist site in Bankura District
The second biggest earther Dam of India, Mukutmonipur
is 55Km away from Bankura
Biharinath Hill is on the north of Saltora Block,
tallest in the district (448 metre) stands guard on
the north-western edge,
a famous place of tourism. Northern
Zone : Durgapur Barrage, Gandoa Dam & Koropahar.
South Zone : Mukutmonipur, Jhilimili,
Sutan, and ECO Park at Taldangra, Talberia, Terracota
Project at Panchmura etc.
Western Zone : Susunia Hill & BeharinathHill.
Eastern Zone : Temples of Bishnupur, Joyrambati.
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