Bhuchungmari is a village in the
Tufanganj I
Tufanganj I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Tufanganj subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Natabari, a constituent panchayat of the block, ...
CD block in the
Tufanganj subdivision
Tufanganj subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Subdivisions
Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
Administrative units
Tufanganj subdivision ...
of the
Cooch Behar district
Cooch Behar district () is a district of Indian state of West Bengal.
Formerly part of the Kamarupa kingdom, the area became the heart of the Kamata Kingdom in the 12th century. During the British Raj, the district was known as Cooch Behar st ...
in
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
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
Geography
Location
Bhuchungmari is located at .
Area overview
The map alongside shows the eastern part of the district. In Tufanganj subdivision 6.97% of the population lives in the urban areas and 93.02% lives in the rural areas. In Dinhata subdivision 5.98% of the population lives in the urban areas and 94.02% lives in the urban areas.
The entire district forms the flat
alluvial
Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluv ...
flood plains of mighty rivers.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. 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 ...
, Bhuchungmari had a total population of 1,541. There were 792 (51%) males and 748 (49%) females. There were 211 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Bhuchungmari was 955 (71.80% of the population over 6 years).
Culture
The Balarama temple is a simple structure with bell metal idols inside. Along with the worship of
Balarama
Balarama (Sanskrit: बलराम, IAST: ''Balarāma'') is a Hindu god and the elder brother of Krishna. He is particularly significant in the Jagannath tradition, as one of the triad deities. He is also known as Haladhara, Halayudha, Balad ...
,
Krishna
Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...
,
Ganesha
Ganesha ( sa, गणेश, ), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in Ganapatya sect. His image is found throughout India. Hindu d ...
and
Narugopal are also worshipped. Special festivities mark Rath Yatra, Janmastami and Dolyatra. Although it is a broken temple it is under the Cooch Behar Debuttor Sangstha. The ruins of the earlier temple is there just opposite the existing temple.
[Koch Bihar Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), Data compilation and writing by Dr. Shyamachand Mukhopadhayay, published by the Department of Archaeology, Government of West Bengal, Second edition 1974, Page 57.]
References
Villages in Cooch Behar district
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