Suisa

Suisa
Village
Suisa Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Suisa Suisa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°11′44″N85°53′38″E / 23.1956°N 85.8938°E / 23.1956; 85.8938
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purulia
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,649
Languages
• Official	Bengali
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	723212
Telephone/STD code	03254
Lok Sabha constituency	Purulia
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Baghmundi
Website	purulia.gov.in

Suisa is a village in the Tunturi-Suisa panchayat in the Baghmundi CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Suisa had a total population of 2,649, of which 1,339 (51%) were males and 1,310 (49%) were females. There were 1,310 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Suisa was 1,541 (67.92% of the population over 6 years). ^[1]

Geography

8km
5miles

J

H

A

R

K

H

A

N

D

Ajodhya
Hills

Subarnarekha River

Murguma Dam

T

Bamni Falls

T

Purulia Pump
Storage Project

T

Ajodhya Hill Top

T

Charida

C

Suisa

H

Tulin

R

Patardi

R

Masina

R

Kotshila

R

Jiudaru

R

Jargo

R

Baghmundi

R

Ananda Nagar

R

Agharpur

R

Jhalda

M

Jaypur

CT

Begunkodor

CT

Chekya

CT

  

Places in Jhalda subdivision in Purulia district
M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, C: craft centre, T: tourist cetre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Suisa is located at 23°11′44″N85°53′38″E / 23.1956°N 85.8938°E / 23.1956; 85.8938 .

Suisa is situated at a distance of about 50 km from the district headquarters at Purulia. ^[2]

Area overview

Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. Jhalda subdivision, shown in the map alongside, is located in the western part of the district, bordering Jharkhand. The Subarnarekha flows along a short stretch of its western border. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 91.02% of the population living in the rural areas and 8.98% living in the urban areas. There are 3 census towns in the subdivision. The map alongside shows some of the tourist attractions in the Ajodhya Hills. The area is home to Purulia Chhau dance with spectacular masks made at Charida. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

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.

Education

College

• Netaji Subhash Ashram Mahavidyalaya

School

• Suisa high school

Jain influence in the Suisa-Deuli region

Jainism flourished in the western parts of West Bengal during the 10th-13th century. Many temples were built during this period. Purulia district had a large concentration of Jain temples. Apart from three dilapidated temples at Deuli, many statues of Jain tirthankaras and other Jainism-related articles have been found in the area. With some official initiative, these items have been shifted to a local one-roomed museum at Suisa. When the archaeologist J.D.Beglar explored the area in the 1870s, there were many temples. ^[8]

Among the iconic images that can be seen are large Vishnu sculpture in the unusual tri-bhanga pose, Ambika (broken), a chaturmukha shrine of Rekha type with a seated tirthankara and images of different tirthankaras, and several related images. ^[2]

Transport

There is a station at Suisa on the Chandil-Muri line. ^[9]

Suisa picture gallery

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  A ruined deul near Suissa
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  A small deul at Deuli near Suissa
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  Tirthankar statue inside Deuli temple

References

1. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
2. "District Census Handbook, Puruliya, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Suisa - Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Importance of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
3. Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
4. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
5. "Purulia". Department of Tourism. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
6. "Chhau dance of Purulia". Itsavpedia. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
7. "District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
8. "Archaeological tourist interest". Suisa. District administration. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
9. "58023 Tatanagar-Barkakhana Passenger". Time Table. IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.