Mankar is a village in

Galsi I Galsi I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Bud Bud, a constituent gram panchayat ...

CD Block in

Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The uneven laterite territory found in the western part of Paschim Bardhaman district extends up to ...

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the distri ...

in the state of

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, India.

Mythology

It is said that the

Pandava The Pandavas ( Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) refers to the five legendary brothers— Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva—who are the central characters of the Hindu epic '' Mahabharata''. They are acknowle ...

s lived in hiding at Mankar during their ''agyatbasa''. There is a very old temple with idols of the Pandavas.

Geography

Location

Mankar is located at .

Urbanisation

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. 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

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).

Transport

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

Education

Kanad Institute of Engineering and Management Kanad Institute of Engineering and Management abbreviated as KIEM is a private engineering institution in Kolkata, West Bengal, India which offers undergraduate (B.Tech) four-year engineering degree courses in five disciplines. The college is aff ...

was established at Mankar in 2008. It is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology.

Mankar College Mankar College, established in 1987, is a general degree college in Mankar, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and science, and graduate course in Bengali. There are five languages taught: ...

at Mankar was established in 1987. It is affiliated with

Kazi Nazrul University Kazi Nazrul University (KNU) is a Public Collegiate university in Asansol, West Bengal. The university has been named after the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The university was established under the Kazi Nazrul University Act, 2012. Assent of the Go ...

(K.N.U.). It offers honours courses in Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, English, history, geography, political science, philosophy, accountancy, computer science and mathematics. 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. Mankar High School, a co-educational higher secondary unit, is affiliated with West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for higher secondary classes. Mankar High School was established in 1855. Mankar Girls High School was established in 1957.

Culture

David J. McCutchion focuses on several temples at Mankar: *Deuleswara

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hin ...

temple at Raypur, with rich

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*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

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*Domed octagonal Radha Ballav temple with a veranda * Pancharatna dolmancha

Mankar picture gallery

File:Morol family Pancharatna Temple of Lakhsmi Jananrdan at Mankar in Purba Bardhaman district 01.jpg, Lakshmi Janardan temple of Morol family File:Central arch panel of Morol family Pancharatna Temple of Lakhsmi Jananrdan at Mankar in Purba Bardhaman district.jpg, Central arch panel of Morol family temple File:Pancha Ratna Lakshmi Janardan temple of Kar family at Mankar in Purba Bardhaman district,.jpg, Lakshmi Janardan temple of Kar family File:Deul Shiva temple of Banerjee family in Bhattacharya Para at Mankar in Purba Bardhaman district.jpg, Shiva temple of Banerjee family File:Shiva and Parvati in Terracotta adorning walls of Deul temple of Banerjee family at Mankar in Purba Bardhaman district.jpg, Terracotta wall decoration of Shiva and Parvati in the Banerjee family temple File:Pancha Ratna with triple entrance Siva temple of Dutta family at Mankar situated in Purba Bardhaman district.jpg, Shiva temple of Dutta family File:Ruined dome shaped Octagonal Radhaballava Temple in the Interiors of Ruined Rang Mahal Palace at Mankar in Purba Bardhaman District.jpg, Ruined Radha Ballav temple File:Pancha Ratna Dolmancha at Mankar in Purba Bardhaman district.jpg, Pancha-ratna Dol Mancha File:Ananadamoyee Temple complex at Mankar in Purba Bardhaman district.jpg, Anandamoyee temple complex File:Straight shot of Two Octagonal Chala temple inside the Ruined Rang Mahal Palace at Mankar in Purba Bardhaman District.jpg, Chala temples in the ruined Rang Mahal complex

Healthcare

Mankar Rural Hospital at Mankar (with 30 beds) and Pursha Rural Hospital at

Pursha Pursha is a village in Galsi I CD Block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Pursha is located at . Urbanisation 73.58% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar N ...

(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). See also -

Healthcare in West Bengal Healthcare in West Bengal features a universal health care system run by the state and the federal governments. The Constitution of India charges every state with "raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the im ...