Shyamsundar is a village in
Raina I CD block in
Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision
Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.Great revolutionary Rash behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha.This village is under this sub division.
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Purba Bardhaman district in the state of
West Bengal
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India
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History
Earlier, the village was called ‘Ahar Belma’ and the village was renamed after the deity was established there by Bisalakhya Bose.
[Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), , Vol II, page 603, Radical Impression, Kolkata. ]
Geography
Location
Shyamsundar is DOB 14.4.1995 VILLGE JASRAU POST ANJANI MAINPURI
Urbanisation
95.54% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 4.46% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest 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.
CD block HQ
The headquarters of Raina I CD block are located at Shyamsundar.
Demographics
As per the
2011 Census of India
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Shyamsundar had a total population of 4,903, of which 2,469 (50%) were males and 2,434 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 446. The total number of literates in Shyamsundar was 3,707 (83.17% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
There is
Shymsundar railway station on the
Bankura-Masagram line. As of January 2019, DEMU services are available between Bankura and Masagram.
Education
In 1947, at the time of independence there were only three colleges in Bardhaman district – at Bardhaman, Kalna and Asansol.
Shyamsundar College was established in 1948. Syamsundar College was founded by Raibahadur Bisalaksha Bose, a social worker of Shyamsundar. Amongst those who helped in establishing the college were:
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, Kalipada Mukherjee,
Prafulla Chandra Sen and Jadabendra Nath Panja. Subjects taught in the college include: physics, chemistry, mathematics, botany, zoology, microbiology, Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography, political science, education, philosophy, economics and commerce.
Shyamsundar Ramlal Adarsha Vidyalaya, a boys only high school, and Adarsha Balika Vidyalaya, a girls only high school, are affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.Shymsundar Ramlal Adarsha Vidyalaya, a coeducational institution, is affiliated with West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.
Healthcare
There is a
primary health centre at Shyamsundar (with 10 beds).
References
{{Purba Bardhaman District
Villages in Purba Bardhaman district