Bharatpur is a village in

Galsi I Galsi I is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Benga ...

CD block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of

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in the

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History

Bharatpur is an ancient place. The University of Burdwan, in collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India, carried out excavations at Bharatpur. Several statues of

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were found and the remains of a Buddhist stupa was unearthed. In 1994–95, the Burdwan Gazeteer had commented that the style of construction indicated that the stupa at Bharatpur was built during 7-9th century. The lower portions of the excavations indicated the presence of a

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

Chalcolithic The Chalcolithic ( ) (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in di ...

habitation which remained deserted till the time of construction of the stupa.Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), , Vol II, pages 579-580, Radical Impression.

Under Kingdom of Gopbhum

As per Peterson's District Gazeteer of 1910, the south-western extremity of the

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kingdom of Gopbhum was held by two kinglings, probably merely cadets of the house of Gopbhum, at Bharatpur and Kankeswar or

Kanksa Kanksa is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The name Kankasha comes from the name of Sadgope king Kanka Sen Ra ...

. See also – Amrargar and Gourangapur for more information about Gopbhum.

Geography

Location

Bharatpur is located at . Bharatpur is on the banks of the Damodar, about 4 km south of Panagarh railway station.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Bharatpur had a total population of 4,274 of which 2,229 (52%) were males and 2,045 (48%) were females. Bharatpur's population below 6 years of age was 405. The total number of literates in Bharatpur was 2,841 (73.49% of the population over 6 years).

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre at Bharatpur (with 6 beds).

References

{{Use dmy dates, date=May 2019 Villages in Purba Bardhaman district