Shyamsundar is a village in

Raina I Raina I (also spelled Rayna and called Rainagar) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Ra ...

CD block in

Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.Great revolutionary Rash behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha.This village is under this sub division. O ...

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in the Indian state of 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 Suba ...

in the state of

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History

Earlier, the village was called ‘Ahar Belma’ and the village was renamed after the deity was established there by Bisalakhya Bose.Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), , Vol II, page 603, Radical Impression, Kolkata.

Geography

Location

Shyamsundar is located at . It is 18 km from

Bardhaman Bardhaman (, ), officially Bardhaman Sadar, is a city and municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Purba Bardhaman district, having become a district capital during the period of British rule. Burdwan, an a ...

Urbanisation

95.54% of the population of Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 4.46% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the lowest 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.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Raina I CD block are located at Shyamsundar.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Shyamsundar had a total population of 4,903, of which 2,469 (50%) were males and 2,434 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 446. The total number of literates in Shyamsundar was 3,707 (83.17% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

There is Shymsundar railway station on the Bankura-Masagram line. As of 3 November 2021, MEMU services are available between Bankura and Masagram.

Education

In 1947, at the time of independence there were only three colleges in Bardhaman district – at Bardhaman, Kalna and Asansol.

Shyamsundar College Syamsundar College, established in 1948, is the general degree college in Shyamsundar, Purba Bardhaman district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to University of Burdwan, The University of Burdwa ...

was established in 1948. Syamsundar College was founded by Raibahadur Bisalaksha Bose, a social worker of Shyamsundar. Amongst those who helped in establishing the college were:

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, Kalipada Mukherjee,

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and Jadabendra Nath Panja. Subjects taught in the college include: physics, chemistry, mathematics, botany, zoology, microbiology, Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography, political science, education, philosophy, economics and commerce. Shyamsundar Ramlal Adarsha Vidyalaya, a boys only high school, and Adarsha Balika Vidyalaya, a girls only high school, are affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. Shymsundar Ramlal Adarsha Vidyalaya, a coeducational institution, is affiliated with West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre at Shyamsundar (with 10 beds).

References

{{Purba Bardhaman District Villages in Purba Bardhaman district