Hetampur
Hetampur | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Hetampur Royal palace | |
  Hetampur Location in West Bengal, India | |
| Coordinates:23°46′55″N87°24′12″E/ 23.781936°N 87.403346°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,388 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
| PIN | 731124 |
| Telephone/STDcode | 91 3462 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Lok Sabhaconstituency | Birbhum |
| Vidhan Sabhaconstituency | Dubrajpur |
| Website | birbhum |
Hetampuris a large village[1]inSuri Sadar subdivisionofBirbhum Districtin theIndianstateofWest Bengal.It is situated nearDubrajpur.The village is famous for the Royal and historical palace.[2]
Geography
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M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, B: Barrage.
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Location
[edit]Hetampur is located at23°46′55″N87°24′12″E/ 23.781936°N 87.403346°E.
Demographics
[edit]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
[edit]At HetampurKrishna 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
[edit]Rajbari
[edit]The Rajbari was built in the shape of a castle with 999 doors which has given it the nameHetampur HajarDuari.[4](hajaris one thousand in Bengali,duarimeans doored). Hetampur Rajbari has been used by film directors such asSatyajit Ray,Mrinal Sen,Tarun Majumdar,Raja Sen, Dilip Roy,Sandip Rayand others in many Bengali films –Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne,Abhijan,Mrigaya,andGanadebata.[5][6]
Temples
[edit]Hetampur has many interesting terracotta temples in various styles of architecture. During the late 1940s till about 1952 Indian artistMukul Deyconducted detailed photographic survey of Birbhum-Barddhaman group of terracotta temples. He visited Hetampur and photo recorded theGol-Mandir,theChandranath Shiva templeand theDewanji templeshere. Chandranatha Siva Mandir in Hetampur of Dubrajpur, Birbhum built in 1847 is Octagonal pinnacled - Naba Ratna type with terracotta on three sides. Dewanji Mandir nearby is tightly ridged Rekha type with small terracotta facade of 19th century Birbhum-Barddhaman style having rich terracotta on two sides. Out of these three temples, theGol-Mandirtemple is no longer in existence at Hetampur. Its memory survives only in the photographs byMukul Dey.A portrait ofQueen Victoria,European nuns and priests form the theme of decoration on a 19th-century temple in Hetampur.[7]
Temple picture gallery
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Dewanji temple -
Terracotta carvings in Dewanji temple -
Chandranath Shiva temple -
Terracotta carvings at Chandranath Shiva temple
Fair
[edit]Bipracharan Chakravarty of the Hetampur Raj family started aSaraswati Pujaat Hetampur. His grandson, Ramranjan, started a 3-days fair on the occasion. The fair continues on the grounds of the Hetampur Rajbari.Gurusaday Dutthad once presentedraibeshebratachari during the fair. Many renowned personalities were invited to attend the fair and some of them came. Hetampur Royal Theatre and Ranjan Opera had their inaugural shows at the fair.[8]
References
[edit]- ^abcd"Hetampur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal".Census 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 1 September 2018.Retrieved1 September2018.
- ^"Hetampur".Birbhum district administration.Archivedfrom the original on 14 July 2011.Retrieved24 August2007.
- ^"Hetampur Rajbati Primary Teachers Training Institute".Hetampur Rajbati PTTI.Archivedfrom the original on 26 July 2011.Retrieved16 September2007.
- ^"শীতের ছোট্ট ট্রিপে চলুন হেতমপুর রাজবাড়ি! এই বাড়িতেই হয়েছিল গুপি-বাঘার শ্যুটিং".News18 বাংলা(in Bengali). 11 December 2023.Retrieved9 April2024.
- ^"Where history speaks in whispers".The Statesman, 20 January 2007.Retrieved16 September2007.[dead link]
- ^Amitabha Gupta."Tales of a palace: Exploring the built heritage of Hetampur".Retrieved9 April2024.
- ^"Mukul Dey Archives".Chitralekha.Archivedfrom the original on 27 September 2007.Retrieved16 September2007.
- ^Mukhopadhyay Aditya,Birbhumer Mela,Paschim Banga,Birbhum Special Issue, February 2006,(in Bengali),pp. 203-214, Information & Cultural Department, Government of West Bengal.
