Site best Viewed with 1024 * 768 resolution in Google Chrome 62.0.3202.62 , IE 11.0 & Mozilla Firefox 4.42.0.0 The website is designed & developed by NIC Purba Bardhaman & Contents provided by District … [11] It is also affiliated with West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. It was a forward frontier zone in the progress of Aryanisation by the people in the Upper Gangetic valley. India» Purba-bardhaman Purba Bardhaman. 40 talking about this. The low lying swampy areas are home to migratory birds in winter. The university was privileged to inherit a large part of the estate of the erstwhile Bardhaman Raj. Only 26.42% of the population lives in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. [22] There is a vibrant weaving network around Kalna, Dhatrigram and There are remains of a fort at Amrargar. It is one of the largest festivals celebrated in the world. [42], Purba Bardhaman district had rich religious traditions. Our whole aim, while designing this website was to make it the most interactive and citizen friendly. It was subsequently ruled by the Palas and Senas. At that time Bardhaman district had 22 thanas. [32][31] More than 6,000 schools (in erstwhile Bardhaman district) serve cooked midday meal to more than 900,000 students. Purba Bardhaman district was home to such great scholars as Raghunandan Goswami, the famous logician, Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya of Bengal Gazetti fame and Lal Behari Dey of Bengal Peasant Life fame. [15], The common aquatic or marsh weeds found in jheels (lakes) and swamps of the eastern part of the district (in the Bhagirathi Basin) are: bena (andropogon squarrosos), water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), padma (nelumbo nucifera), hogla (Typha domingensis) etc. There is an industrial estate at Saktigarh. Villages (Mouzas) Kashiram Das well known for his Bengali adaptation of the Mahabharat was born in and lived in Purba Bardhaman district. Some minor changes continued. MV Section ,Purba Bardhaman, Notice regarding Hear... MV Section,Purba Bardhaman, Notice of Time table. Amongst the medical facilities, the nearest nursing home was 5 km away and the nearest veterinary hospital was 5 km away. Amongst the specialized institutes are: Burdwan Medical College,[36] University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University[37] and College of Agriculture (Extended Campus of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidalaya)[38] Meghnad Saha Planetarium was opened at Bardhaman in 1994. Kamalakanta Kalibari is a Kali temple associated with the poet-devotee Kamalakanta. [47], Khandaghosh (SC), located in Purba Bardhaman district, is part of Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency) with six other assembly segments in Bankura district. [12], "District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Series 20 Part XII A, Census of India 2011", "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman", "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables", "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A", "Burdwan Institute of Management and Computer Science", "West Bengal Board of Secondary Education", "West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mirzapur,_Bardhaman&oldid=989580015, Cities and towns in Purba Bardhaman district, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 November 2020, at 20:28. 16,816 talking about this. Our whole aim, while designing this website was to make it the most interactive and citizen friendly. [12][13], As per the 2011 census data, recast after bifurcation of Bardhaman district, Hindus numbered 3,566,068 and formed 73.75% of the population in Purba Bardhaman district. On the north, the Kanksa Ketugram Plain lies along the Ajay, which joins the Bhagirathi. Prior to that there were chatuspathis and maktabs run by local pundits and maulavis. Affiliated with the University of Burdwan it offers courses in BBA, BCA, B Sc Biotechnology and B Sc Biochemistry. However, there were bright spots. Bijoy Chand Mahatab was conferred the title of Maharajadhiraj by Lord Minto in 1908. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Only 26.42% of the population lives in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. The Bardhaman-Asansol section, which is part of Howrah-Delhi main line, Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line and Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line, and the Bardhaman-Kiul Sahibganj Loop leave at the other end of the district. The Bhagirathi flows along the eastern boundary of the district, and the Bhagirathi Basin occupies the eastern part of the district. Only 26.42% of the population lives in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district. In Ain-i-Akbari, Bardhaman is mentioned as a mahal or pargana of Sarcar Sharifabad. All primary and high schools have drinking water facility. Maladhar Basu, the author of শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, the Triumph of Lord Krishna, as well as poets of the Mangal-Kavya fame, such as Kavi Kankan Mukunda Ram Chakravarty, Ghanaram Chakrabarty and Rupram Chakrabarty belonged to Purba Bardhaman district. The temple of the deity of Sarbamangala, the presiding deity of the Bardhaman Raj is at Bardhaman. [46], The last delimitation of electoral constituencies in West Bengal was done in 2006,[47] The last general election for Lok Sabha was held in 2019 and for Vidhan Sabha in 2016. There are many more fairs in the district. Horticulture, pisciculture, dairy etc. পূর্ব বর্ধমান জেলার খবর। এক ক্লিক-এই পূর্ব বর্ধমান জেলার খবর Email:- purbabardhamandistrictnews@gmail.com Mob - 8900058855 The Jima Masjid was constructed by Azim-us-Shan, subedar of Bengal, in the last part of the 17th century.