Barabazar

This article is about the town in Purulia district. For the neighbourhood of Kolkata, see Burrabazar.

Barabazar Barabazar Barabhum
Census Town
Barabazar Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Barabazar Barabazar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°01′55.2″N86°21′57.6″E / 23.032000°N 86.366000°E / 23.032000; 86.366000
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,056
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Jhargram
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bandwan
Website	purulia.gov.in

Barabazar is a census town in the Barabazar CD block in the Manbazar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Before Indian independence in 1947, it was the capital of an expensive zamindari of Barabhum in British India.

Geography

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Places in Manbazar subdivision in Purulia district
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Area overview

Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. Manbazar subdivision, shown in the map alongside, is located in the eastern part of the district. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 96.32% of the population living in the rural areas and 3.68% living in the urban areas. There are 3 census towns in the subdivision. The map shows the Kangsabati Project Reservoir. The Mukutmanipur Dam is in Bankura district but the upper portion of the reservoir is in Manbazar subdivision. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district. The subdivision has a very high proportion of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Bandwan CD block has 51.86% ST population, Manbazar II CD block has 48.97% ST population. Manbazar I CD block has 22.03% ST and 22.44% SC. Puncha CD block has 24.74% ST and 14.54 SC. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Writing in 1911, H. Coupland, ICS, speaks of the aboriginal races largely predominating in the old Manbhum district. He particularly mentions the Kurmis, Santhals, Bhumij and Bauri. ^[5]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration

Police station

Barabazar police station has jurisdiction over the Barabazar CD block. The area covered is 414 km² and the population covered is 170,876. It has 44.39 km of inter-state border with Kamalpur and Boram police stations in the East Singhbhum district and Nimdih PS in the Seraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. ^{[6] [7]}

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Barabazar had a total population of 8,056 of which 4,195 (52%) were males and 3,861 (48%) were females. There were 881 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Barabazar was 5,751 (80.15% of the population over 6 years). ^[8]

As of 2001 ^[update] India census, ^[9] Barabazar had a population of 7572. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Barabazar has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the literates being male and 41% being female. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Puruliya, Barabazar covered an area of 3.35 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, service reservoir, tap water from treated sources, covered wells. It had 643 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 16 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college. Three important commodities it produced were paddy, rice and vegetables. ^[10]

Education

Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College was established in 2006. ^[11]

Barabazar High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1885. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has 10 computers and a library with 3,000 books. ^[12]

Barabhum High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1956. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. It has a library with over 10,200 books. ^[13]

Barabazar Girls’ High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1979. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has 10 computers and a library with 2,092 books. ^[14]

Transport

State Highway 4 passes through this town. ^[15]

Barabhum railway station is on the Adra-Chandil section of the Asansol-Tatanagar-Kharagpur line of the South Eastern Railway. ^[16]

Healthcare

Barabazar Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is a major government medical facility in Barabazar CD block. ^[17]

References

1. Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
3. "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
4. "Travel and Tourism : Purulia". The Official Website of Purulia District.
5. "Bengal District Gazetteers – Manbhum by H. Coupland". Page 76: Manbhum, Castes and Tribes. University of California, San Diego. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
6. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
7. "Barabazar PS". Purulia District Police. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
8. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
9. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
10. "District Census Handbook Puruliya, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 1073-1083 Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 1006-1010; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 1010-1015; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Pages 1015-1019; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 1019-1027 Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Pages 1027- 1029: Statement VI:Industry and Banking. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
11. "Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College". BBTMC. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
12. "Barabazar (HS) High School". ICBSE. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
13. "Barabhum High School". EduGorilla. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
14. "Barabazar Girls' High School (HS)". ICBSE. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
15. "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
16. "68056 Tatanagar-Asansol MEMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
17. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2020.