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Kashipur, Purulia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kashipur


city
Kashipur
Location of Kashipur
in West Bengal and India
Coordinates 23.43N 86.67ECoordinates: 23.43N 86.67E
Country
India
State West Bengal
District(s)
Purulia
MLA Rabindranath Hembram
Population
186,980 (2001)
Time zone
IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
Elevation
158 m (518 ft)
Footnotes[show]
Website
purulia.gov.in/egov/egov_initiative.html
See Kashipur for disambiguation
Kashipur (Bengali: ) is a town, community development bloc and assembly
constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Contents [hide]
1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Administration
5 Politics
6 References
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Geography
Kashipur is located at 23.43N 86.67E[1]. It has an average elevation of 158 m (518
ft). The area forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario
is undulating land with scattered hills.[2]
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History
Kashipur was also a princely state under British India. The descendants of Royal
family still live in Kashipur Palace. There is a Rajbari & Debi Bari made by the
Maharajas of Kashipur. Kashipur is situated seven kilometers from Adra. The famous
story told is about migration of people from UP to Kashipur on request of the
Maharajas of Kashipur. It is said that Kashipur had a thin population. Since the soil
was not fertile, the population was thin and so the Maharaja of Kashipur gave

lucrative incentives like Zamindari etc, to the people of UP to migrate and settle at
Kashipur.
Maharaja Neelmoni Singh Deo was the first ruler of Kashipur (now as small block of
Purulia district) who was abandoned child of some nearby kingdom and was brought
up by local tribals. Later on, he acquired a lot of fame and created his own kingdom
which mainly confined to Purulia district and extended up to Ramgarh and Bishnupur.
It is said that Maharaja Neelmoni Singh Deo fought with Britishers and made
Panchkoot area free from Britishers. Later, he was arrested and put in Alipore Central
Jail at Calcutta. He had built a huge palace which was reconstructed by his grandson,
Maharaja Jyoti Prasad Singdeo. The last ruler was Maharaja Bhuvaneswari Prasad
Singhdeo
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Demographics
In the 2001 census, Kashipur community development bloc had a total population of
186, 980 of which 95,259 were males and 91,721 were females. Decadal growth for
the period 1991-2001 was 11.75% for Kashipur, against 13.96% in Purulia district.
Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%. Adra urban units was under Kashipur
CD Bloc[3]
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Administration
Kashipur is an intermediate panchayat in Purulia district, with Agardi-Chitra, Barrah,
Beko, Gagnabad, Gotandih, Hadalda-Upparah, Kalidaha, Kashipur, Manihara,
Rangamati-Ranjandihi, Simla-Dhanara, Sonaijuri and Sonathali village panchayats
under it..[4] kashipur rajbari
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Politics
Rabindranath Hembram of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) has won the
Kashipur assembly, reserved for scheduled castes, thrice in a row, defeating his
nearest rivals Anath Bandhu Patar of All India Trinamool Congress in 2006,
Buddheswar Saen of AITC in 2001, Subhas Chandra Patar of Indian National
Congress in 1996. Surendranath Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Nandalal Saren of INC in
1991, Anil Baraan Murmu of INC in 1987, Subhash Chandra Patar of INC in 1982,
and Rampada Majhi of INC in 1977. [5]
Kashipur is part of Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]

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