Mankar

Village in West Bengal, India

Mankar

Village

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Mankar

Location in West Bengal, India

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Mankar

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Coordinates: 23°26′07″N 87°33′10″E﻿ / ﻿23.435319°N 87.55273°E﻿ / 23.435319; 87.55273
Country|  India
State| West Bengal
District| Purba Bardhaman
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 10,370
Languages

• Official| Bengali, English
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

713144 (Mankar)

Telephone/STD code| 03452
Lok Sabha constituency| Bardhaman-Durgapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency| Galsi
Website| purbabardhaman.gov.in

Mankar is a village in Galsi I CD Block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

## Mythology

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It is said that the Pandavas lived in hiding at Mankar during their agyatbasa. There is a very old temple with idols of the Pandavas.[1]

## History

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Rangmahal

Mankar is an ancient rich place in East Burdwan district. The Rangmahal zamindarbari is located in the Raipur area . These Kanauj Brahmins of Mankar were the chief zamindars of Mankar. That was about 500 years ago. The ancestor of this dynasty was Dubey, a native of Kanauj of the northern India. His successors were Manorath Dubey and Srikanth Dubey.This Srikanta Dubey came from Kanauj to Chandrakona in Medinipur after receiving initiation(diksha) by the Radhaballav Sampraday in Mathura and received the title of Goswami. Their descendants were Madhusudan Goswami, Niharidas Goswami and Shyamsunder Goswami. Pandit Shyamsunder Goswami initiated(Guru Diksha) to Maharaja Jagatram Rai and his wife Brajkishori Devi and came to live in Khandari village near Mankar. Bhaktalal Goswami, son of Shyamsunder Goswami, initiated (Guru Diksha) to Maharaja Kirti chand Rai of Burdwan and his son Chitra sen Rai. As Gurudakshina in 1129 BS (1722 AD) the village of Mankar Raipur got Brahmottar from Maharaja Kirti chand. Pandit Bhaktlal Goswami was the first zamindar of Mankar Raipur. He built a zamindar house called Rangmahal, Radhaballav temple, Singhabahini temple etc. On the day of Uttarayan Sankranti in 1135 BS, (1729AD) the deity 'Radhaballav Jew' was placed in the newly built Navaratna temple.

The next zamindars of Bhaktalal Goswami were Brajlal Goswami, Setablal Goswami and Ajitlal Goswami. They took part in the development of Mankar.

Apart from Mankar, there were two more estates in Bharatpur and Khandari villages.

Ajitlal's next zamindar was his grandson Hitlal Mishra. He was the only son of Dhankumari Devi, daughter of Ajitlal and Haripriya Devi. Hitlal Mishra was the most accomplished zamindar of this dynasty. He was a man of many talents. His erudition, wisdom, generosity and public works still amaze us today. On the one hand he was a zamindar and on the other hand he was the owner of the indigo factory, again he was the kuloguru of the Burdwan royal family and the author of manuscripts. Hitlal Mishra wrote numerous manuscripts and collected handwritten manuscripts. He built a Bhagavatalaya in his house to collect books. It seems that the collection of books in his Bhagwatalaya was not found anywhere else in Barddhaman district.

Hitlal Mishra also wrote commentaries on the Srimad-Bhagavatam. sahitya-samrat Bankim chandra Chattopadhyay praised Hitlal Mishra's Gita in his Bangadarshan. He wrote ,“The Bengali Tika can be of two types. One is the Bengali translation of the ancient commentary and commentary by Sankaradi. Second, a new Bengali annotation could be prepared. Some have adopted the first practice. Babu Hitlal Mishra has compiled a summary of his commentary, sometimes a summary of Shankara's commentary, sometimes a summary of Sridhar Swami's commentary. The Bengali readers are especially indebted to him for that.”

The name of Hitlal Mishra is still mentioned in the introduction to the essay 'Srimadbhagavatgita' of Bankim's works.

Hitlal also established tolls on mixed standards. During his tenure there was an impetus for education in Mankar through tolls and bhagavatalas. He used to pay homage to the learned scholars besides the learned ones. Among them Gadadhar Shiromani, Narayan Churamani, Jadabendra Sarvabhaum are notable.

Zamindar Hitlal Mishra's erudition and Bhagwat's generosity made him secular. Although he was a Hindu zamindar in 1860 AD, he built a mosque for the Muslims. He also donated 15 bighas of Niskar land and a pond for making aju to meet the expenses. He also established a Church near the present hospital (Mankar Hospital ). His contribution to the establishment of Mankar High English School was undeniable. Hitlal Mishra laid the foundation stone of Mankar Hattala. He built two big huts there. When the road from Mankar to Budbud became impassable due to the delay of the British government, he repaired it himself and planted hundreds of palm trees on both sides of the road for beautification. By 1873 AD there was a famine in the Mankar region. The situation became deplorable due to food shortage and water crisis. Hitlal Mishra played an important role in such a situation. In order to alleviate the water crisis, he built Krishnaganga Dighi in imitation of Krishnasayar of Burdwan. He built a total of 12 ghats around it. And for beautification, there was a beautiful combination of different trees around the lake.

At the age of 28, Hitlal Mishra's only son Jagadish Mishra died. Therefore, in 1879 AD, his grandson (daughter's son) Rajkrishna Dixit became the next zamindar of Hitlal Mishra. He was heroic and brave and was anti-British. At one time he banned English goods in his zamindari. In 1905, the Partition of Bengal movement spread all around. It also had an effect on Mankar. Rajkrishna Dixit, the zamindar of Mankar Rangmahal, joined the anti-partition protest movement by burning English cloth in Mankar and was arrested. He was the first Zamindar of Bengal to be imprisoned for the Swadeshi movement. For his protest and courage, The Hitabadi organization rewarded Zamindar Rajkrishna Dixit with ivory stick, silver medals and shawls. He helped the anti-British revolutionaries in many ways. His son Radhakanta Dixit became the next zamindar of Rajkrishna Dixit. He was also a freedom fighter. The revolutionaries at that time formed the practice committee to liberate the country. The revolutionaries of that secret society kept secret contact with Mankar Rangmahal. Jadbendra Panja, Nirod Mitra, Jiten Chowdhury, Girija Prasad Bhattacharya, Fakir Chandra Roy, these revolutionaries used to come to Rangmahal secretly. They used to discuss with the zamindar babu about various steps of the freedom struggle. Zamindar Radhakanta Dixit used to sell some parts of the zamindari and secretly help the revolutionaries. After the death of Radhakanta Dixit at the age of 32, his wife Shaktibala Devi adopted Kanchan Kanti Dixit. He was the last zamindar of Mankar Rangmahal. [2]

## Geography

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8km
5miles

Ajay River

Damodar River

Palsit

Saktigarh

Dwariapur

Randiha

Pandu Rajar Dhibi

Adrahati

Jamtara

Kurmun

Pursha

Bononabagram

Hatgobindapur

Barshul

Kamnara

Amrargar

Galsi

Bhatar

Ausgram

Mankar

Sukdal

Bud Bud

Raipur

Gangpur

Nari

Mirzapur

Bahir Sarbamangala

Goda

Guskara

Bardhaman

Cities and towns in the Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical site, W: river project, C: craft centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

### Location

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Mankar is located at 23°26′07″N 87°33′10″E﻿ / ﻿23.435319°N 87.55273°E﻿ / 23.435319; 87.55273.

### Urbanisation

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73.58% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 26.42% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Bardhaman district.[3] 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

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As per the 2011 Census of India Mankar had a total population of 10,370, of which 5,290 (51%) were males and 5,080 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,088. The total number of literates in Mankar was 6,981 (75.21% of the population over 6 years).[4]

## Transport

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Mankar is a station on the Bardhaman-Asansol section, which is a part of Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line, Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and Howrah-Delhi main line.[5]

State Highway 14 running from Dubrajpur (in Birbhum district) to Betai (in Nadia district) passes through Mankar.[6]

## Education

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Kanad Institute of Engineering and Management was established at Mankar in 2008. It is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology.[7]

Mankar College at Mankar was established in 1987. It is affiliated with Kazi Nazrul University (K.N.U.). It offers honours courses in Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, English, history, geography, political science, philosophy, accountancy, computer science and mathematics.[8]

Mankar High School, a boys only high school, and Mankar Girls’ High School, a girls only high school, are affiliated with the West Board of Secondary Education.[9] Mankar High School, a co-educational higher secondary unit, is affiliated with West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for higher secondary classes.[10] Mankar High School was established in 1855.[11] Mankar Girls High School was established in 1957.[12]

## Culture

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David J. McCutchion focuses on several temples at Mankar:[13]

* Deuleswara Shiva temple at Raypur, with rich terracotta façade
* Shiva temple at Bhattacharjeepara with rich terracotta on four sides
* Shiva temple of Dutta family at Raypara having façade fully decorated with terracotta figures
* Lakshmi Janardana temple of Kar family – a plain brick structure
* The unfinished octagonal ridged rekha deul of Biswas family
* Temple with octagonal duplicated chala, equivalent to an atchala
* Domed octagonal Radha Ballav temple with a veranda
* Pancharatna dolmancha

## Mankar picture gallery

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* Lakshmi Janardan temple of Morol family

* Central arch panel of Morol family temple

* Lakshmi Janardan temple of Kar family

* Shiva temple of Banerjee family

* Terracotta wall decoration of Shiva and Parvati in the Banerjee family temple

* Shiva temple of Dutta family

* Ruined Radha Ballav temple

* Pancha-ratna Dol Mancha

* Anandamoyee temple complex

* Chala temples in the ruined Rang Mahal complex

## Healthcare

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Mankar Rural Hospital at Mankar (with 30 beds) and Pursha Rural Hospital at Pursha (with 30 beds) are the main medical facilities in Galsi I CD block. There are primary health centres at: Bharatpur (with 6 beds) and Lowa, PO Dwarmari (with 10 beds).[14]

See also - Healthcare in West Bengal

## References

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1. ^ "Purba Bardhaman district". Tourism. District authorities. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
2. ^ ↑ Binoy Ghosh (January 1950). Paschim banger Sanskriti. Book publishing. Page 213. ↑ Binoy Ghosh (January 1950). Paschimbanger Sanskriti]] . Kolkata 12: Book Publishing. Page 213. ↑ Mete, Dhirendranath. Oitihasik Oitijhe Mankar, Maro, Amarargarh . Page 20. Rana Sengupta, Anandabazar Patrika, page 11. 26 sep 2009 Shyamsundar Bera, Eisamay Patrika, 26 sep 2016
3. ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Table 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
4. ^ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
5. ^ "63509 Bardhaman-Asansol MEMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
6. ^ "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
7. ^ "Kanad Institute of Engineering and Management". KIEM. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
8. ^ "Mankar College". College Admission. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
9. ^ "West Bengal Board of Secondary Education". Burdwan. WBBSE. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
10. ^ "West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education". Budwan. WBCHSE. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
11. ^ "Mankar High School". Schools World.in. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
12. ^ "Mankar Girls' High School". ICBSE. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
13. ^ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 23, 46, 50, 59, 60, 61, 75. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
14. ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

## External links

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Cities, towns and locations in Purba Bardhaman district, Burdwan division

Cities, municipal
and census towns|

| Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision|

* Bahir Sarbamangala
* Bardhaman
* Bud Bud
* Gangpur
* Goda
* Guskara
* Mirzapur
* Nari
* Raipur
* Sukdal

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Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision|

* Alipur
* Memari
* Seharabazar

Kalna subdivision|

* Dhatrigram
* Gopinathpur
* Hatsimla
* Jaluidanga
* Kalna
* Nasratpur
* Piarinagar
* Srirampur
* Shashpur
* Uttar Goara

Katwa subdivision|

* Dainhat
* Katwa
* Panuhat

Divisions of West Bengal

Locations
other than cities and towns|

| Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision|

* Adrahati
* Amrargar
* Ausgram
* Balgona
* Bamshore
* Bamunara
* Barshul
* Bharatpur
* Bhatar
* Bononabagram
* Channa
* Dwariapur
* Galsi
* Hatgobindapur
* Jamtara
* Kasba
* Kamnara
* Kandorsona
* Kurmun
* Mankar
* Palitpur
* Panchkula
* Palsit
* Pursha
* Randiha
* Saktigarh

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Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision|

* Badulia
* Debipur
* Gotan
* Jamalpur
* Kamargoria
* Khandaghosh
* Kumirkola
* Madhabdihi
* Maheshbati
* Masagram
* Muidhara
* Nabagram
* Pahalanpur
* Paharhati
* Raina
* Rasulpur
* Sagrai
* Sankari
* Shyamsundar
* Uchalan
* Ukhrid

Kalna subdivision|

* Atgharia
* Badla
* Baidyapur
* Hasanhati
* Kaigram
* Kusumgram
* Majida
* Monteswar
* Nadanghat
* Parulia
* Patuli
* Purbasthali
* Putsuri
* Rangapara
* Routhgram
* Samudragarh
* Singarkone
* Udaypur

Katwa subdivision|

* Bankapasi
* Chandrapur
* Gangatikuri
* Gonna Serandi
* Jajigram
* Jhamatpur
* Kandra
* Karui
* Ketugram
* Kogram
* Kshirgram
* Kuara
* Majigram
* Mongalkote
* Nutanhat
* Singot
* Sribati
* Srikhanda
* Uddharanpur

Related topics|

* Purba Bardhaman topics
* People from Purba Bardhaman district
* Villages in Purba Bardhaman district

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Districts|

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Bankura|

* Ajodhya (12 Shiva temples)
* Akui (Radhakanta temple)
* Ambikanagar (Ambika temple)
* Atbaichandi (Basuli temple)
* Baital (Shyama Chandi temple)
* Balsi Purbapara (Vishnu deul, Shiva temple etc)
* Bishnupur (many temples)
* Deulbhira (Parshvantah temple)
* Dharapat (Deul of Dharapat)
* Dihar (Shnareshwara Shiva Temple, Shaileswara Shiva temple)
* Dwadashbari (Nandakishor temple)
* Ekteswar (Shiva temple)
* Gokulnagar (Gokulchand temple)
* Gumut (Muninagar Radhakanta Temple)
* Hadal Narayanpur (Radha Damodara Temple)
* Harmasra (many temples)
* Jayrambati (Sarada Ma’s birthplace)
* Maynapur (Hakanda temple)
* Patit Dommahal (Sridhara temple)
* Sonatapal (Sun temple)

Birbhum|

* Bakreshwar (several temples)
* Hetampur (Dewanji temple)
* Ilambazar (Gouranga, Raghunathji and other temples)
* Jaydev Kenduli (Radha Binode temple)
* Kankalitala (Shakti peetha)
* Nanoor (Bisalakhi and other temples)
* Suri (Radha Damodara temple)
* Surul (Lakshmi Janardan and other temples)
* Tarapith (Tara temple)

Cooch Behar|

* Baneswar (Shiva temple)
* Dhaliabari (Siddhantha Shiva temple)
* Gosanimari (Kamteswari temple}
* Sidheswari (Sidheswari Devi temple)

Darjeeling|

* Darjeeling (Mahakal temple, Peace Pagoda, Ghoom Monastery)

Hooghly|

* Antpur (Radha Govindjiu and other temples)
* Badanganj (Damodara temple)
* Bali Dewanganj (many temples)
* Bansberia (Hangseswari, Ananta Basudeba and other temples)
* Bhalia (Raghunatha temple)
* Dihi Bayara (Swarup Narayan temple)
* Gourhati (three temples)
* Guptipara (four temples)
* Gurap (Nandadulala temple)
* Kamarpukur (birthplace of Sri Ramakrishna)
* Kanpur (Kanakeswar Shiva temple)
* Parul (Raghunatha and Bisalakshi temples)
* Tarakeswar (Taraknath Temple)

Howrah|

* Belur (Belur Math)

Jalpaiguri|

* Mainaguri (Jalpesh Temple)

Murshidabad|

* Baranagar (several temples)

Nadia|

* Mayapur (several temples)
* Nabadwip (temple city)
* Palpara (Palpara temple)

North 24 Parganas|

* Dakshineswar (Kali Temple)
* Baranagar (Kripamayee Kali Temple, Baranagar Math)

Paschim Bardhaman|

* Gourangapur (Ichhai Ghosher Deul)
* Bankati (Shiva temple)

Paschim Medinipur|

* Chandrakona (many temples)
* Daspur (several temples)
* Dihi Baliharpur (Radha Gobinda temple)
* Dubrajpur (Lakshmi Janardana temple)
* Ghatal (many temples)
* Gobindanagar (Radha Govinda temple)
* Jalchak (2 temples)
* Jalshara (Buro Shiva temple)
* Karnagarh (3 temples)
* Kharar (many temples)
* Khirpai (3-4 temples)
* Lachhipur (Sridharjiu temple)
* Laoda (2 temples)
* Loyada (3 temples)
* Narajole (many temples)
* Pathra (34 temples)
* Radhakantapur (two temples)
* Ramjibanpur (many temples)
* Shaulan (Shyama Sundara temple)
* Shrirampur (Lakshmi Janardana temple)

Purba Bardhaman|

* Amrargar (several temples)
* Baidyapur (Jora Deul)
* Bardhaman (many temples)
* Kalna City (many temples)
* Kogram (Mangal Chandi temple)
* Mankar (several temples)
* Sribati (Sri Visweaswara, Sri Bholanath and Sri Chandreswar temples)

Purba Medinipur|

* Alangiri (2 temples + rasmancha)
* Bhagabanpur (Dakhsina Kali temple)
* Dihibahiri (Jagannath temple)
* Egra (Shiva deul)
* Jukhia (Radha Govinda temple)
* Mahishadal (Madan Gopala temple}
* Paikbheri (Shyama Sundar temple)
* Panchrol (4 temples)

Purulia district|

* Achkoda (old atchahlas)
* Anaijambad (Digambar Jain Temple)
* Budhpur (Shiva temple)
* Cheliyama (Radha Binode temple)
* Chharra (old Jain temple)
* Deulghata (old temples)
* Garh Panchkot (old pancha-ratna and other temples)
* Haraktor (old idols)
* Pakbirra (old Jain temples)
* Para (old temples)
* Telkupi (old submerged temples)

See also|

* Bengal temple architecture
* Hindu temples in West Bengal
* Jain centres in West Bengal

## External reading

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* https://sobbanglay.com/sob/mankar/

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