Charida
Charida | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Masks at Charida | |
  Charida Location in West Bengal, India  Charida Charida (India) | |
| Coordinates:23°12′17″N86°01′53″E/ 23.2046°N 86.0314°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purulia |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,568 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
| PIN | 723152 |
| Telephone/STDcode | 03254 |
| Lok Sabhaconstituency | Purulia |
| Vidhan Sabhaconstituency | Baghmundi |
| Website | purulia |
Charida(also referred to as Chorida, Chorda) is a village in theBaghmundiCD blockin theJhalda subdivisionof thePurulia districtin the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Geography
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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
[edit]Charida is located at23°12′17″N86°01′53″E/ 23.2046°N 86.0314°E.
Charida is about 5 km fromBaghmundivillage, at the scenic foothills of theAjodhya Hills.[1][2]
Area overview
[edit]Purulia district forms the lowest step of theChota 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, borderingJharkhand.TheSubarnarekhaflows 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 theAjodhya Hills.The area is home to PuruliaChhau dancewith 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][8]
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.
Demographics
[edit]According to the2011 Census of India,Chorda had a total population of 2,568, of which 1,353 (53%) were males and 1,215 (47%) were females. There were 385 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Chorda was 1,416 (64.86% of the population over 6 years).[9]
Culture
[edit]Charida is famous for theChhau masksused in the PuruliaChhau dance.[1]Around 150 families are involved in mask-making. It involves five elaborate processes and depending on the intricacies involved it takes two to seven days to complete a mask. "The Chhau craft itself dates back 150 years, to the reign of King Madan Mohan Singh Deo of Baghmundi". A chau mask festival is organised at Charida in January–February. Some of the craftsmen have travelled to far off places such as Japan and France "to showcase their work and popularise Chhau."[2]
"The Kirat-Kiratin avtar of Shiva and Durga is the inspiration" behind the Chhau mask. Apart from their traditional use in the Purulia chhau dance, the masks have become a drawing room show piece. Traditionally, only people of lower castes were involved in mask making but the growing demand of the item is drawing in people from all castes into this profession.[2]
Gambhir Singh Mura,an outstanding Chhau dancer and a Padma Shri awardee, belonged to the nearby village of Pitikiri Bamni. Now, his statue adorns Charida.[2]
Charida picture gallery
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Chhau performance -
A chhau mask -
The preliminary stage of mask-making -
The advanced stage of mask making -
Providing finishing touches -
An artist at work -
Masks on sale -
Charida mask -
Charida mask -
Statue of Gambhir Singh Mura
References
[edit]- ^ab"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.Archived(PDF)from the original on 22 September 2020.Retrieved28 January2020.
- ^abcdBanerjee, Tania."Charida, the village of mask makers".The Hindu, 9 June 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 29 January 2020.Retrieved28 January2020.
- ^Houlton, Sir John,Bihar, the Heart of India,1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
- ^"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia".Tables 2.1, 2.2.Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived fromthe originalon 21 January 2019.Retrieved12 January2020.
- ^"Purulia".Department of Tourism.Government of West Bengal. Archived fromthe originalon 13 June 2021.Retrieved1 February2020.
- ^"Chhau dance of Purulia".Itsavpedia.Archivedfrom the original on 27 September 2020.Retrieved1 February2020.
- ^"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.Archived(PDF)from the original on 22 September 2020.Retrieved28 January2020.
- ^"Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum".Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress.Archivedfrom the original on 10 February 2020.Retrieved21 January2020.
- ^"C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)".West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks.Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.Archivedfrom the original on 26 March 2015.Retrieved28 January2020.
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