Gonpur Ganpur | |
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Village | |
_-_Rameswar_Shiva_temple_complex_(10)._Temples_and_the_terracotta_panels_of_Gangpur_Rameswar_temple_complex_(10).jpg) Rameswar Shiva temple complex - terracota carving | |
  Gonpur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Gonpur Gonpur (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:24°04′03″N87°40′27″E / 24.0676°N 87.6742°E /24.0676; 87.6742 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,706 |
| Official Languages | |
| • Languages | Bengali,English,Santali |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 731216 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Birbhum |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Rampurhat |
| Website | birbhum |
Gonpur (also spelled Ganpur) is an old village inMohammad Bazar CD Block inSuri Sadar subdivision ofBirbhum district,West Bengal, India.
It is situated besideNH 14 (old numbering NH 60). This village is surrounded on four sides with "Ganpurreserved forests".[1] A narrow canal passes through south of the village.
Ganpur is mainly covered withmoram soil, and this sal forest is onmoram soil. The villagers, living in villages (Ulpahari, Ghaga, Choubata, Shabla etc.) located inside the forest, have realised that they can make a living by selling plates (thalis/"tharis") made ofsal leaves.[2]
As per the2011 Census of India, Ganpur had a total population of 2,706 of which 1,347 (50%) were males and 1,359 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 257. The total number of literates in Ganpur was 2,059 (84.08% of the population over 6 years).[3]
Basantika Institute of Engineering and Technology (Polytechnic) at Gonpur offers diploma courses in engineering.[4]
There are two primary schools and a high school(H.S) in the village. This schools are well maintained and well equipped with modern facilities. There are about 800 students in the high school offering two streams, arts and science in higher secondary level.
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David J. McCutchion mentions the many smallchar chala temples of the 18th and 19th centuries built of brick with facades richly carved, at Ganpur. He also mentions a Visnu temple of the Mondal family, built around 1769. It is anat chala temple built of brick withphulpathar facades richly carved.[5]
Ganpur Sabuj Sansad Gramin Pathagar, a government-sponsored library, was established in 1980. It has its own pucca building.[6]
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