Patharchapuri is a village in
Suri I CD Block in
Suri Sadar subdivision
Suri Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Overview
Starting in its northern parts with the Brahmani-Mayurakshi Basin, a sub-micro physiographic region occupying the area betw ...
of
Birbhum District
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in the
India
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West Bengal
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. It is from Suri.
It is famous for Patharchapuri Dargah Sharif the monument of
Data Mehboob Shah Wali.
The nearest railway station of Patharchapuri is
Siuri railway station
Siuri railway station (Station Code- SURI) is one of the major railway stations on Andal–Sainthia branch line under Asansol railway division. It serves Suri, the district Headquarters of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal ...
.
Geography
Location
Pathar Chapuri is located at .
History
A
Muslim saint named Shah Meheboob but commonly known as ''Data Saheb'' is said to have been gifted with miraculous powers and he used to cure dangerous diseases by applying ash.
[ He died on 10 ]Choitro
Choitro ( bn, চৈত্র) is the last month of the Bengali calendar. It falls from mid-March to mid-April and is the last month of Spring ( bn, বসন্ত ''Bôsôntô''). The name of the month is derived from the star Chitra ( ''Chitra' ...
1298 according to the Bengali calendar
The Bengali Calendar or Bangla Calendar ( bn, বঙ্গাব্দ , , Baṅgābda), colloquially ( bn, বাংলা সন, Baṅgla Śon), is a solar calendar used in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. A revised version of th ...
.[Mukhopadhyay, Aditya, ''Birbhumer Mela'', ''Paschim Banga'', Birbhum Special Issue, p. 213, (in Bengali), February 2006, Information and Culture Dept., Government of West Bengal][O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Birbhum'', Bengal District Gazetteers, p. 138, first published 1910, 1996 reprint, Government of West Bengal]
Khan Bahadur, the Zamindar
A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as ...
of Sekedda, initiated the organisation of a fair at Patharchapuri. He was the first president of the Mazar Maintenance Committee set up in 1918 by J.C.Dutta the District Magistrate. In 1933, Bijoychand Mahtab of Bardhaman Raj
The Bardhaman Raj ( bn, বর্ধমান রাজ, ), also known as Burdwan Raj, was a ''zamindari'' Raja estate that flourished from about 1657 to 1955 in the Indian state of West Bengal. Maharaja Sangam Rai Kapoor, a Khatri from Kotli, ...
gifted the land.[
]
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 ...
, Pathar Chapri had a total population of 1,909 of which 1,103 (58%) were males and 806 (42%) were females. Population below 6 years was 180. The total number of literates in Pathar Chapri was 1,385 (80.10% of the population over 6 years).
Culture
The tomb of Data Saheb in the village is frequented by many visitors.[ A fair is held on 10–12 Choitro commemorating the death anniversary of Data Saheb. Lakhs of pilgrims assemble at Patharchapuri during the occasion.][
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References
Villages in Birbhum district
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