Barsul is a village in
Burdwan II
Burdwan II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Baghar, a constituent panchayat of Burd ...
CD block in
Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision
Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
The uneven laterite territory found in the western part of Paschim Bardhaman district extends up to ...
of
Purba Bardhaman district
Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the district ...
in the state of
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
,
India
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.
Geography
CD block HQ
The headquarters of Burdwan II CD block are located at Barshul.
Urbanisation
73.58% of the population of
Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision lives in the rural areas. Only 26.42% of the population lives in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district.
The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
As per the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
Barshul had a total population of 5,483, of which 2,796 (51%) were males and 2,687 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 489. The total number of literates in Barshul was 4,141 (77.26% of the population over 6 years).
Famous
The village was developed by the government of
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
as the dream project by
Bidhan Chandra Roy
Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962) was an Indian physician, educationist, and statesman who served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1948 until his death in 1962. Roy played a key role in the founding of several institutio ...
in 1956 .
DVC irrigation lockgate was established in the year of 1956. Barsul is an ancient village on the north bank of
Damodar River
Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. Rich in mineral resources, the valley is home to large-scale mining and industrial activity. Earlier known as the Sorrow of Bengal bec ...
. It is enriched with cultured and educated society.
Barsul is famous for
Durga puja
Durga Puja ( bn, দুর্গা পূজা), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated ...
- more than 10 barowari pujas and the De Zamindar family's puja. Centuries old De Zamindar family's mansion is a heritage of this village with a private museum (Suvendra Mohan De Aitihasik Sangrahalaya).
Rajshekhar Basu
Rajshekhar Basu ( bn, রাজশেখর বসু; better known by the pen name Parashuram; 16 March 1880 – 27 April 1960) was a Bengali chemist, author and lexicographer. He was chiefly known for his comic and satirical short storie ...
an author, lexicographer, chemist and visioner is the gem of this block. He was born at Bamunpara near Amrah around 6 km west to Barshul .
Narayan Sanyal
Narayan Sanyal (26 April 1924 – 7 February 2005) was an Indian writer of modern Bengali literature as well as a civil engineer.
Biography
Narayan Sanyal was born in Krishnagar to Chittasukh Sanyal and Basantalata Devi. His name was initiall ...
an eminent modern Bengali writer and a
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...
of
Bengal Engineering College lived in the village during the foundation of New Barshul as a personnel of Public Works Department and
National Building Organisation
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, ce ...
, Ministry of Works and Housing, Eastern Region, Govt of India.
Syed Mustafa Siraj
Syed Mustafa Siraj (14 October 1930 – 4 September 2012) was an eminent Indian writer. In 1994, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel '' Mythical Man'' (''Aleek Manush''), considered his most lauded work. In 2005, his short story ...
an eminent writer and
Sahitya Akademi Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
winner lived in the village for training at Barshul
Centre For Co-Operative Management, Barshul during seventies.
Culture
Gajan is celebrated at Barshul Dharamshila (
Dharmathakur
Dharmaraj (also called Dharma Thakur, Dharmaraj or simply Dharma) is a Hindu deity of death and justice, worshipped by villagers in the traditional Rarh region in the present day Indian state of West Bengal as one of their special village gods (' ...
) temple for four days in the Bengali month of
Joishtho
Joishtho ( bn, জ্যৈষ্ঠ, ''Jyôishţhô'' or , ''Jôishţhyô'', colloquially ''Jeţh'') is the second month and the last month for summer of the Bengali calendar. Its name is derived from the star Jyestha
Jyeshtha or Jyēṣṭha ...
.
David J. McCutchion mentions the
charchala dolmancha of Krishna-Balarama at Barshul as having rich
terracotta
Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based ceramic glaze, unglazed or glazed ceramic where the pottery firing, fired body is porous.
In applied art, craft, construction, a ...
decoration.
Healthcare
Barshul block primary health centre at Barshul (with 10 beds) is the main medical facility in Burdwan II CD block. There are
primary health centres at Bamchandipur, PO Jateram (with 2 beds) and Kashiara, PO
Hatgobindapur
Hatgobindapur is a village in Burdwan II CD block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Hatgobindapur is located at .
Urbanisation
73.58% of the population of ...
(with 4 beds). In 2012, the average monthly patients attending Barshul BPHC were 7,975 and average monthly admissions were 37. It handled 297 annual emergency admissions.
See also -
Healthcare in West Bengal
A few private clinics with eminent doctors are also at service. Most of the doctors are from the village. Some 9 medical stores are in service.
References
{{Purba Bardhaman District
Villages in Purba Bardhaman district