Somsar is a small village located on the bank of the river Damodar in the
Bankura District
Bankura district (Pron: bãkuɽa) is an District#India, administrative unit in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five Divisions of West Bengal, administrative divisi ...
. As per the Census of 2011, Somsar has a population of 4421 people of which 2136 are females and 2285 are males. The literacy rate of Somsar is 63.12% which is significantly lower than the state level literacy rate that stands at 76.26% and there are 957 households there. It is surrounded by villages like Palash Danga and Bhagitpur.
The name of the village has its origin from the village deity – Someshwar. Someshwar is still now being worshipped in an ancient Shiva temple by the people of Somsar.
The village has rich natural surroundings and is considered as an ideal picnic place by the people of
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
.
Somsar Sri Ramakrishna Seva Mandir is one of the few prominent places to visit in Somsar.
Swami Bhuteshananda
Swami Bhuteshananda was born on 8 September 1901 at Somsar (an interior village) in Bengal Presidency. His premonastic name was Vijay Chandra. His father was Purna Chandra Roy and his mother Charubala Devi. In his student life, he met Jnan M ...
- the 12th President of the
Ramakrishna Mission
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a spiritual and philanthropic organisation headquartered in Belur Math, West Bengal. The mission is named after the Indian Hindu spiritual guru and mystic Ramakrishna. The mission was founde ...
was born in this village in 1901.
References
Villages in Bankura district
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