Dubrajpur | |
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Town | |
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  Dubrajpur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Dubrajpur Dubrajpur (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°48′N87°23′E / 23.8°N 87.38°E /23.8; 87.38 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Dubrajpur Municipality |
| • Chairman of Municipality | Shri Pijush Pandey |
| • Member of Legislative Assembly | Shri Anup Saha |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.84 km2 (6.50 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 38,041[1] |
| • Density | 2,259/km2 (5,851/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 731123 |
| Telephone/STD code | 91 3462 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Birbhum |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Dubrajpur |
| Website | birbhum |
Dubrajpur is a town and a municipality inSuri Sadar subdivision ofBirbhum district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
The town of Dubrajpur, was administered by the byMallabhum kingdom during the medieval Indian period in the 13th century. There is a Tuberculosis sanatorium established in 1954 and closed in 2000. It was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister,Jawaharlal Nehru.[3]
Dubrajpur is located at23°48′N87°23′E / 23.8°N 87.38°E /23.8; 87.38.[4] It has an average elevation of 77 metres (252 feet).
The place has good connectivity with the rest of the state as well as other states such as Jharkhand, Bihar, Assam. NH 60 passes right through the place which connects the place with North Bengal, Bankura & Paschim Bardhaman districts. SH 14 connects the place with Panagarh in Paschim Bardhaman and Moregram in Murshidabad district. The Dubrajpur Railway Station under Asansol division of Eastern Railways provides connectivity with Kolkata, Andal, Durgapur, Asansol, Sainthia, Rampurhat, Malda and many other major stations.
Near Dubrajpur town there is a hill namedMama Bhagne. A large number of large sized rocks are found in the area.[5] Two remarkable pieces of these rocks were known asMama andBhagne (maternal uncle and nephew). Subsequently, the entire area came to be known as Mama Bhagne.[6] Mama Bhagnepahar (hill) is now a picnic and tourist spot.[7]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[8] Dubrajpur had a population of 32,752. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dubrajpur has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 65% and, female literacy is 46%. In Dubrajpur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
It is believed that whenRama decided to attackRavana, he found it necessary to throw abridge across thestraits for the conveyance of his troops, he drove in his aerial chariot to theHimalayas, picked up what stones he needed and drove back. As he was passing Dubrajpur his horses took fright and tilted up the chariot and so some stones fell out. These are the stones at Mama Bhagne.[9]
There is another legend to the effect that they were collected byViswakarma, at the command ofShiva, to erect in one night a secondKasi. When he collected the rocks and was about to commence work, day dawned, so he left.[9]
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