He was also known as Bagdi Raja and was succeeded by his son, Jay Malla, who extended his domains and shifted his capital to Bishnupur. [14][28], The first census was taken in 1872. The census towns are: Jhanti Pahari, Barjora, Bhutgerya and Beliatore.The subdivision has its headquarters at Bankura. Bankura district Pron: bãkuɽa is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. […] Mejia power plant is the only thermal power plant of this district. [32], The western portion of the district is higher. It was the capital of the Mallabhum kingdom, once the most important Hindu dynasty in Bengal. Growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent. Damodar Riverflows in the northern part of Bankura district and separates it with the major part of Burd… Bankura Block in Bankura District of West Bengal. [8] According to the inscription on the Allahabad pillar, Chandravarman was defeated by Samudragupta and the area became a part of the Gupta Empire. In total there are 5 urban units: 3 municipalities and 2 census towns. This town famous for the Terracotta Temples made by the local red soils. Bankura is the only municipality in this subdivision. [32], Bankura district had a literacy rate of 70.26% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. [32], Some of the common trees of economic interest found in the district are Alkushi (Mucuna pruriens), amaltas (Cassia fistula), asan (Terminalia tomentosa), babul (Acacia nilotica), bair (Zizyphus jujuba), bael (Aegle marmelos), bag bherenda (Jatropha curcas), bichuti (Tragia involucrate), bahera (Terminalia belerica), dhatura (Datura stramonium), dhaman (Cordia macleoidii), gab (Diospyros embyopteris), harra (Terminalia chebula), imli (Tamarindus indica), kuchila (Strychnos nux-vomica), mahua (Bassia latifolia), palas (Butea frondosa), sajina (Moringa pterygosperma), kend (Diospyros melanoxylon), mango, date-palm, nim, papal, banyan, red cotton tree and jiyal. There are 7,66,902 houses in the district. The Malla Kingdom was annexed by the British East India Company in 1765 and the modern Bankura district took its form in 1881 and was named after its headquarters. The rivers come down in floods after heavy rains and subside as rapidly as they rise. In the language of the Kol-Mundas, orah or rah means habitation. Click on the kshetra panchayat / Block Name, Bihar became the first state in India to have separate web page for every city and village in the state on its website www.brandbihar.com (Now www.brandbharat.com), See the record in Limca Book of Records 2012 on Page No. Administrative units. However due to protective irrigation system, land reforms and use of high fertile & hybrid crops the economic condition of the district has improved. Bankura Sammilani Medical College is the oldest medical college in this area. There are total 22 blocks which comes under Bankura district, and there are total 3823 villages and 9 town areas which comes under this district. [citation needed], The district was part of Rarh in ancient times. Decadal growth for the district was 13.79 per cent. It is situated between 22° 38â and 23° 38â north latitude and between 86° 36â and 87° 46â east longitude. Santali was spoken by about 9 per cent of the population. In India, the Block or C.D.Block is … Winters are pleasant with temperatures dropping down to below 27 °C (81 °F) in December. Block Development Officer, Kotalpur and there too the reference is to an area inhabited by uncivilised and barbaric people. Other plants found include Jatropha gossypifolia, Urena, Heliotropium and Sida. List of all towns and Villages in Bankura - II Block of Bankura district, West Bengal. It has an area of 6,882 square kilometres (2,657 sq mi). The Bankura Municipality was constituted in 1865. [4] According to local tradition, the town, which is presently the headquarters of the district, was named after its founder, a chieftain named Banku Rai. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. A DM is an officer from either Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS), and is appointed by the State Government of West Bengal. The district has a sex ratio of 957 (females for every 1000 males. Bankura continued to be one district with Birbhum till 1793, when it was transferred to the Burdwan collectorate. Ranibundh Block in Bankura District of West Bengal. ; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. There are 21 police stations, 22 development blocks, 3 municipalities, 190 gram panchayats and 5187 villages in this district. The primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc. There are few accepted opinions about the etymology of the word Bankura. [17] It is one of the nineteen districts in West Bengal currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Intrigue and litigation that followed ruined the Bishnupur Raj family and eventually in 1806, the estate was sold for arrears of land revenue and bought up by the Maharaja of Burdwan. Decadal growth for the district was 13.79 per cent. Forests or scrub jungles contain Wendlandia exserta, Gmelina arborea, Haldina cordifolia, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Wrightia tomentosa, Vitex negundo and Stephegyne parvifolia. In the old Jain book Acaranga Sutra (around 4th century) there is mention of Sumha and Ladha (Rarh?) Almost 70% of the district's income is generated through agriculture where 80% of the farmers are small & marginal in nature. [10], Many historians opine that assimilation with Indo-Aryans took place first in northern and eastern Bengal and then in western Bengal. Bishnupur was transferred to Burdwan. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman district and Paschim Bardhaman district in the north, Purulia district in the west, Jhargram district and Paschim Medinipur district in the south, and some part of Hooghly district in the east. Going towards north-west, Adra Junction Railway Station is the nearest main station and moving to south, Midnapore Railway Station is the major station next to Bankura.[36]. Bishnupur subdivision consists of Bishnupur and Sonamukhi municipalities and six community development blocks: Indas, Joypur, Patrasayer, Kotulpur, Sonamukhi and Bankura. Bankura is one of 20 districts located in eastern Indian state West Bengal. Bankura II is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Bankura Sadar subdivision of the Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. In the eastern part the eye constantly rests on wide expanses of rice fields, green in the rains but parched and dry in summer. List of all Blocks in Bankura district of West Bengal. [11], Raghunath Singh, who followed Bir Hambir, was the first Bishnupur Raja to use the Kshatriya title Singh. There are 21,917 houses in the sub-district. The areas to the east and north-east are low-lying alluvial plains, similar to predominating rice lands of Bengal. From the beginning of March to early June, hot westerly winds prevail, the thermometer in the shade rising to around 45 °C (113 °F). Drought is a regular feature in the North-West part of the district covering Chhatna, Saltora, Gangajalghati, Barjora, Bankura-I, Bankura-II, Mejia, Indpur, Hirbandh & Ranibandh Blocks.