Ramjibanpur

Ramjibanpur is a city and a municipality in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Location

Ramjibanpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet).

Area overview

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. It has a density of population of 1,099 per km², but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.

Note: 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 2011 Census of India, Ramjibanpur had a total population of 19,611 of which 10,030 (51%) were males and 9,581 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,109. The total number of literate persons in Ramjibanpur was 14,735 (84.19% of the population over 6 years).

India census, Ramjibanpur had a population of 17,363. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ramjibanpur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Ramjibanpur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Culture

David J. McCutchion mentions:McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 46, 48, 51, 63,64. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata,
*The Vishnu temple in Dayalbazar as a small '' flat roofed'' or ''chandni'' type, with terracotta decoration, built in 1833, measuring 14’ square’
*The Radhakanta temple in Natunhat, in the same category as the Vishnu temple, with terracotta decoration, built in 1829, measuring 14’ 10” x 15’.
*The Sridhara and Shiva temples (two attached temples), in the same category as the Vishnu temple, with extended façade for extra chambers, plain, measuring 24’ 3” x 3’.
* a ''pancha-ratna'' temple with ridged rekha turrets and porch on triple archway, of the standard West Bengal type with facades fully decorated.
* a ''pancha-ratna'' with ridged rekha turrets and single entrance with figures above the archway and around the façade.
*a West Bengal ''nava-ratna'', with terracotta decoration, now fallen to ruin.

Ramjibanpur picture gallery

File:Pancha Ratna Damodar temple of Piri family at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur 12.jpg, Damodar temple of Piri family
File:Pancha Ratna Damodar temple of Piri family at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur 10.jpg, Damodar temple
File:Sridharlal Jiu Temple of Piri family at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur 01.jpg, Sridharlaljiu temple of Piri family
File:Buro Siva Temple at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur 01.jpg, Buro Shiva temple, possibly built in 1866
File:New Parbatinath temple at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur of West Bengal 01.jpg, Parbatinath temple: the old temple built in 1801-02 collapsed and this new temple was built

References

External links

{{Municipalities of West Bengal

Cities and towns in Paschim Medinipur district
Cities in West Bengal