Maynapur

Maynapur
Village
Maynapur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Maynapur Maynapur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°00′52″N87°29′30″E / 23.0144°N 87.4917°E / 23.0144; 87.4917 Coordinates: 23°00′52″N87°29′30″E / 23.0144°N 87.4917°E / 23.0144; 87.4917
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,256
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	722138
Telephone/STD code	03244
Lok Sabha constituency	Bishnupur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Katulpur
Website	bankura.gov.in

Maynapur is a village and a gram panchayat in the Joypur CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

History

According to Binoy Ghosh, various claims about Maynapur's links with Lau Sen and Ramai Pandit, of ‘Sunya Puran’ fame, are merely mythological speculation when many historians have doubts about their existence. Maynapur was an ancient cultural centre of Mallabhum. The discovery of images of Buddha ^[1] has only given rise to some new thinking, but the place is deeply rooted in the Dharmathakur-based culture of the region. The Hakanda temple is an important landmark in the village. ^[2]

Geography

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Places in Bishnupur subdivision in Bankura district
M: Municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, T: ancient/ temple centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Maynapur is located at 23°00′52″N87°29′30″E / 23.0144°N 87.4917°E / 23.0144; 87.4917 .

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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Maynapur had a total population of 5,256, of which 2,690 (51%) were males and 2,566 (49%) were females. There were 484 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Maynapur was 4,043 (84.72% of the population over 6 years). ^[3]

Transport

Maynapur is linked to Bishnupur by an electrified single track line. There is a daily train service between Maynapur and Bankura. ^[4]

Education

Maynapur C. Mukhopadhaya Madhyamik Shiksha Kendra is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2004. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII. ^[5]

Kuchiakole R.B. Institution is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1862. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 6 computers, a library with 1,356 books and a playground. ^[6]

Ashurali Jyotish Chandra High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1964. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 3 computers and a library with 2,700 books. ^[7]

Chatra Ramai Pandit Mahavidyalaya, was established at Chatra, PO Darapur in 2000. ^[8]

Culture

David J. McCutchion mentions that the Damodara temple built in 1845 has a terracotta façade and the Hakanda temple as a plain laterite structure. ^[9]

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  Hakanda temple in Maynapur
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  Hakanda temple
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  The area around Hakanda temple
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  Hakanda pukur
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  Char Mahala
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  Dewander Atchala

Actually Chandicharan Mukhopadhyay was the Dewan of last independent Mallaking, Chaitanya Singh. Dewan Chandicharan started Durga Puja in Maynapur in 1791 AD at a Atchala made of straw and his son Tarini Prasad Mukhopadhyay reconstructed that Atchala as well as Chandimandap in 1847.

See also - Bengal temple architecture

Healthcare

Joypur Block Primary Health Centre, with 15 beds at Joypur, is the major government medical facility in the Joypur CD block. ^[10]

References

1. Singha, Maniklal (1977). Paschim rarh tatha Bankura sanskriti. Bisnupur: Chittaranjan Dasgupta.
2. Ghosh, Binoy, Paschim Banger Sanskriti, (in Bengali), part I, 1976 edition, pages 375-379, Prakash Bhaban, Kolkata.
3. "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
4. "68096- Bankura-Maynapur MEMU". IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
5. "Maynapur C. Mukhopadhaya MSK". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
6. "Kuchiakole R.B. Institution". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
7. "Ashurali JC HS". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
8. "Chatra Ramai Pandit Mahavidyalaya". CRPM. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
9. McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 26, 49. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN   978-93-81574-65-2
10. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 April 2020.