[West Bengal] [24 Parganas] [Bankura] [Bardhaman] [Birbhum] [Calcutta] [Darjeeling] [Hooghly] [Howrah] [Jalpaiguri] [Koochbehar] [Malda] [Medinipur] [Murshidabad] [Nadia] [Purulia] [West Dinajpur]
| District Headquarter: Bankura Taluk Headquarters: Hirapur, Saltora, Mejia, Barjora, Gangajalghoti, Chhatna, Indpur, Khatra, Ranibandh, Raipur, Simlapal, Taldangra, Bishnupur, Onda, Jaipur, Kotalpur, Indas, Patrasaer, Sonamukhi. Population: 2,670 thousands (1991) Temperature: Daily max. 32.9 C, min 20.8 C. Economy: Jute, Rice, Wheat, Textile, Arts and Crafts. |
Bankura. It lies just north of the Dhaleshwari (Dhalkisor) River. As a major Grand Trunk Road and rail junction, Bankura is an agricultural distributing centre. Rice and oilseed milling, cotton weaving, metalware manufacture, and railway workshops are the major industries. Constituted a municipality in 1869, Bankura has several colleges, including a medical school, affiliated with the University of Burdwan. Bankura lies on a densely populated alluvial plain. Rice, wheat, corn (maize), and sugarcane are the chief crops in the surrounding agricultural area; mica, china clay, iron-ore, lead, zinc, and wolframite deposits are also worked in the locality. The area long remained a focus of Hindu culture based on the Mallabhum kingdom, with its capital at Bishnupur. Pop. (1981) town, 94,954.