Bhuchungmari
Bhuchungmari | |
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Village | |
  Bhuchungmari Location in West Bengal, India  Bhuchungmari Bhuchungmari (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°23′37″N 89°34′15″E / 26.3935°N 89.5707°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,541 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03582 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Cooch Behar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Natabari |
| Website | coochbehar |
Bhuchungmari is a village in the Tufanganj I CD block in the Tufanganj subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in West Bengal, India
Geography
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temple
Pratham
Khanda
CT: census town, M: municipal town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
[edit]Bhuchungmari is located at 26°23′37″N 89°34′15″E / 26.3935°N 89.5707°E.
Area overview
[edit]The map alongside shows the eastern part of the district. In Tufanganj subdivision 6.97% of the population lives in the urban areas and 93.02% lives in the rural areas. In Dinhata subdivision 5.98% of the population lives in the urban areas and 94.02% lives in the urban areas.[1] The entire district forms the flat alluvial flood plains of mighty rivers.[2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
[edit]As per the 2011 Census of India, Bhuchungmari had a total population of 1,541. There were 792 (51%) males and 748 (49%) females. There were 211 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Bhuchungmari was 955 (71.80% of the population over 6 years).[3]
Culture
[edit]The Balarama temple is a simple structure with bell metal idols inside. Along with the worship of Balarama, Krishna, Ganesha and Narugopal are also worshipped. Special festivities mark Rath Yatra, Janmastami and Dolyatra. Although it is a broken temple it is under the Cooch Behar Debuttor Sangstha. The ruins of the earlier temple is there just opposite the existing temple.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, pages 17-21 Physical feafures. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Koch Bihar Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), Data compilation and writing by Dr. Shyamachand Mukhopadhayay, published by the Department of Archaeology, Government of West Bengal, Second edition 1974, Page 57.
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