Hetampur
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Hetampur is a large village
Geography
5miles
River
River
Barrage
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, B: Barrage.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
Hetampur is located at 23°46′55″N 87°24′12″E / 23.781936°N 87.403346°E.
Demographics
As of the 2011 Census, Hetampur had a population of 2,388; 1,188 males and 1,200 females, giving a ratio of 1010 compared to the West Bengal state average of 950.[1] There were 282 children aged 0–6 and a child sex ratio of 1104, compared to the West Bengal state average of 956.
Hetampur village had a literacy rate of 76.21%, compared to 76.26% of West Bengal- male literacy was 84.82% and female was 67.59%[1]
Education
At Hetampur Krishna Chandra College, popularly known as Hetampur Mahavidyalaya is one of the reputed and oldest college of the West Bengal. There are also few schools and training institutes such as Hetampur Raj High School, Hetampur Girls’ High School, St. Andrus, Hetampur Model School, DAV Public School, Rabindra Najrul Smrit B. Ed College, Hetampur Rajbati Primary Teachers Training Institute etc.[3]
Culture
Rajbari
The Rajbari was built in the shape of a castle with 999 doors which has given it the name Hetampur HajarDuari.[4] (hajar is one thousand in Bengali, duari means doored). Hetampur Rajbari has been used by film directors such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Tarun Majumdar, Raja Sen, Dilip Roy, Sandip Ray and others in many Bengali films – Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, Abhijan, Mrigaya, and Ganadebata.[5][6]
Temples
Hetampur has many interesting terracotta temples in various styles of architecture. During the late 1940s till about 1952 Indian artist
Temple picture gallery
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Dewanji temple -
Terracotta carvings in Dewanji temple -
Chandranath Shiva temple -
Terracotta carvings at Chandranath Shiva temple
Fair
Bipracharan Chakravarty of the Hetampur Raj family started a
References
- ^ a b c d "Hetampur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal". Census 2011. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Hetampur". Birbhum district administration. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- ^ "Hetampur Rajbati Primary Teachers Training Institute". Hetampur Rajbati PTTI. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
- ^ "শীতের ছোট্ট ট্রিপে চলুন হেতমপুর রাজবাড়ি! এই বাড়িতেই হয়েছিল গুপি-বাঘার শ্যুটিং". News18 বাংলা (in Bengali). 11 December 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Where history speaks in whispers". The Statesman, 20 January 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2007. [dead link]
- ^ Amitabha Gupta. "Tales of a palace: Exploring the built heritage of Hetampur". Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Mukul Dey Archives". Chitralekha. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
- ^ Mukhopadhyay Aditya, Birbhumer Mela, Paschim Banga , Birbhum Special Issue, February 2006, (in Bengali), pp. 203-214, Information & Cultural Department, Government of West Bengal.
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