Bharatchandra Ray Gunakor ( Bengali : ভারতচন্দ্র রায় গুণাকর ; 1712–1760) was an 18th-century Bengali and Sanskrit Sakta court poet and song composer. He is mostly known for his poetic work, Annadamangal or Annapurnamangal . He is often referred to simply as Bharatchandra. Maharaja Krishnachandra of Nadia conferred him with the title Gunakor, after which he became famous as Ray Gunakor Bharatchandra .
28-575: Bharatchandra was born to Narendranarayan Ray and Bhavani Devi in Penro-Bhurshut village (in the present-day Howrah district ) which is currently near Amta, Howrah area. He was youngest of the four children. His father entered a property dispute with the Raja of Bardhaman , and in the process disrespected Raja Kirti Chandra Ray's mother Rani Bishnukumari. As a result, they took away all his lands. A penniless Narendranarayan fled away, while Bharatchandra
56-613: A literacy rate of 83.85%. 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.82% and 0.31% of the population respectively. Total area in Howrah District is 1467 km . Total population is 4,273,099 as per census 2001 records. 57.91% of the population live in Howrah Sadar subdivision and rest 42.09% live in Uluberia subdivision. Population Density: 2913 per km . Hindus are
84-903: A sex ratio of 960 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79.04%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes collectively account for 33.96% (SC: 19.08% and ST: 14.88%) of the district's total population. The prominent communities in this group, in terms of the district's total population, are Santal (9.05%), Bagdi /Duley (6.27%), Bhumij (1.65%), Lohar (1.33%), Namasudra (1.3%), Munda (1.13%), Jalia Kaibartta (1.02%), Lodha / Kharia (0.88%), Dhoba (0.83%), Hari/Mehtar (0.81%), Bauri (0.76%), Mal (0.6%), Dom (0.56%), Chamar (0.53%), Bhuiya (0.53%), Kora (0.49%), Rajbanshi (0.43%), Pan/Sawasi (0.38%), Sunri (excluding Saha) (0.34%), Keot /Keyot (0.33%), Kandra (0.31%), Savar (0.31%), Rajwar (0.26%), Ho (0.25%), Mahar (0.24%), Kadar (0.23%), Baiga (0.22%), Mahali (0.21%), Khaira (0.2%), and Pod/Poundra (0.19%). After bifurcation,
112-593: A portion of Bharatchandra's Annadamangal into Russian. He also borrowed from the lyrics composed by Bharatchandra for the musical composition of the two translated plays he stage in Kolkata. Howrah district Howrah district ( / ˈ h aʊ r ə / , Bengali: [ˈɦao̯ɽa] ) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India . Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in
140-442: A rural area divided into gram panchayats along with census towns . The district has 30 police stations (Howrah Police Commissionerate has 16 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS and Howrah Rural PD has 10 general police stations including 1 Women PS, 1 Cyber Crime PS), 157 gram panchayats and 50 census towns. According to the 2011 census Howrah district has a population of 4,850,029, roughly equal to
168-772: A total of 640 ). It is one of the eleven districts in West Bengal currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). 106 districts spanning 10 states across India, described as being part of Left Wing Extremism activities, constitute the Red corridor . In West Bengal the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum are part of the Red corridor. However, as of July 2016, there has been no reported incidents of Maoist related activities from these districts for
196-589: A village in Bashberia area of Hooghly district . There, while living in Ramchandra Munshi's house, he mastered Persian. After his education, he worked as a Mokhtar to facilitate his paternal household's property management. He had to leave his ancestral home because of property disputes and marriage of his own choice. He roamed from place to place. He passed some time in Cuttack , Orissa in the domain of
224-509: Is divided into 16 assembly constituencies : Sankrail and Uluberia North constituencies will remain reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. The division is represented in the Lok Sabha by the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) and Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency) . Midnapore West Paschim Medinipur (English: West Medinipur , alternative spelling Midnapore ) district
252-536: Is drought prone. Although the district is away from the sea, cyclones hit it frequently in October–November. Midnapore is the district headquarters. Kharagpur is the largest city in the district. Other important towns and cities in the district include: Salboni , Ghatal , Belda , Chandrakona , Ramjibanpur , Garbeta , Balichak , Dantan , Mohanpur , Keshiari , Keshpur , Narayangarh , Sabang , Daspur , Goaltore and Debra . Paschim Medinipur district
280-551: Is home to the most villages of any district in India. The 2011 census lists Paschim Medinipur as having 8,694 villages, of which 7,600 are populated, and 1,094 uninhabited. The district with the next highest number of villages, Mayurbhanj , in the state of Odisha , has 3,950 villages, 3,751 of which are inhabited. In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Paschim Medinipur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of
308-598: Is known as Kalikamangal and the third and the final part, which narrates the story of Man Singh I and Bhavananda Majumdar is known as Annapurnamangal . His another work, Rasamanjari is a Bengali-language adaptation of a Maithili work of the same name written by Bhanudatta. Nagashtaka , a bi-lingual poetic work in Sanskrit and Bengali, shows his mastery over Sanskrit metres. His other notable works include: Gangashtaka in Sanskrit, Satyanarayan Panchali and an incomplete work, Chandi Natak . Gerasim Lebedev translated
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#1732797788893336-458: Is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal , India . It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur . On 4 April 2017, the Jhargram subdivision was upgraded to a district. GDP of West Midnapore district is 12 billion USD. Paschim Medinipur, located in the south-western part of West Bengal, was created with the partition of
364-835: Is the district headquarters. There are 28 police stations, 21 development blocks, 7 municipalities and 290 gram panchayats in this district. Other than municipality area, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 11 urban units: 7 municipalities and 4 census towns . There are 15 assembly constituencies in Paschim Medinipur district. They belong to four Lok Sabha constituencies. Medinipur and Ghatal constituencies both comprise six constituencies of Paschim Medinipur district and one from Purba Medinipur district. Jhargram constituency contains two constituencies of Paschim Medinipur district, while Arambagh contains one constituency. According to
392-458: The 2011 census Paschim Medinipur district has a population of 5,913,457, roughly equal to the nation of Eritrea or the US state of Missouri . This gives it a ranking of 14th in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 636 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,650/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 14.44%. Paschim Medinipur has
420-623: The Maratha power. Later he went back to Bengal. When Bharatchandra was residing in the house of Indranarayan Chaudhury , the Diwan of the French government at Chandernagore , his talent was noticed by Maharaja Krishnachandra of Krishnanagar and Bharatchandra became his court poet. He was bestowed with the title Raygunakar and received huge amount of land in Mulajore from Krishnachandra. He
448-713: The boundary is an artificial one except for Bally Canal on north-east and Damodar River on north-west. Annual normal rainfall is 1461 millimetre per year. Annual maximum temperature varies between 32-39 °C, whereas minimum temperature varies between 8-10 °C. Howrah District is split into the Howrah Sadar subdivision and the Uluberia subdivision . The Howrah Sadar subdivision has 1 municipal corporation with 1 municipality and 5 community development (CD) blocks . The Uluberia subdivision has 1 municipality and 9 community development blocks. Each block consists of
476-479: The district had a population of 4,776,909, of which 655,250 (13.72%) live in urban areas. The divided district has a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 892,763 (18.69%) and 546,167 (11.43%) of the population, respectively. Languages of Paschim Medinipur district (2011) At the 2011 census, 87.15% spoke Bengali , 6.29% Santali , 2.49% Hindi and 0.93% Telugu as their first language. Other languages spoken in
504-513: The district. NH 14 and NH 16 (old numbering NH 60 ) from Bankura to Balasore, cuts across the district and roughly is the dividing line between the two natural divisions. To the east of this road, the soil is fertile alluvial and the area is flat. To the west, the Chota Nagpur Plateau gradually slopes down, creating an undulating area with infertile laterite rocks and soil. The landscape changes from dense dry deciduous forests in
532-652: The erstwhile Midnapore district , then the largest district of India, on 1 January 2002. It ranks second in terms of geographical area (9,295.28 km ) amongst the districts of the state, next to South 24-Parganas (9,960 km ). It ranks third in terms of rural population (4.58 million) following South 24-Parganas (5.82 million) and Murshidabad (5.13 million). It ranked fourth in terms of percentage of tribal population (14.87) following Jalpaiguri (18.87), Purulia (18.27) and Dakshin Dinajpur (16.12) in 2011. Broadly speaking, there are two natural divisions of
560-488: The fields. Much of the area is water-logged. Paschim Medinipur district is subject to both floods and drought . Ghatal and parts of Kharagpur subdivision covering an area of 142,647 hectares (1,426.47 km ) are flood prone. Water logging during the rainy season affects Ghatal and the southern parts of Kharagpur subdivision and results in loss of crops in such areas as Sabang, Pingla and Narayangarh CD Blocks. 335,248 hectares (3,352.48 km ) Medinipur Sadar subdivision
588-611: The form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut . The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah . The Howrah district lies between 22°48′ N and 22°12′ N latitudes and between 88°23′ E and 87°50′ E longitudes. The district is bounded by the Hooghly River and the North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts on the east, on the north by the Hooghly district (Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions), and on
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#1732797788893616-589: The majority population. Muslims, unlike the rest of Bengal, are more concentrated in urban areas than Hindus. Muslims are a significant minority in Panchla (46.62%), Uluberia I (43.92%), Uluberia II (39.36%) and Bagnan I (36.74%) blocks and make up a significant minority (44.79%) in Uluberia city. Languages of Howrah District (2011) According to the 2011 census, 84.99% of the population spoke Bengali , 10.92% Hindi and 2.86% Urdu as their first language. Hindi and Urdu are mainly spoken in urban areas. The district
644-409: The nation of Singapore or the US state of Alabama . This gives it a ranking of 23rd in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 3,306 inhabitants per square kilometre (8,560/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.31%. 63.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Haora has a sex ratio of 935 females for every 1000 males and
672-943: The previous 4 years. In the period 2009–2011 LWE violence resulted in more than 500 deaths and a similar number missing in Paschim Medinipur district. Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: The district comprises three subdivisions: Kharagpur, Medinipur Sadar and Ghatal. Kharagpur subdivision consists of Kharagpur municipality and ten community development blocks: Dantan–I, Dantan–II, Pingla, Kharagpur–I, Kharagpur–II, Sabang, Mohanpur, Narayangarh, Keshiari and Debra. Medinipur Sadar subdivision consists of Midnapore municipality and six community development blocks: Medinipur Sadar, Garhbeta–I, Garhbeta–II, Garhbeta–III, Keshpur and Shalboni. Ghatal subdivision consists of five municipalities ( Ramjibanpur , Chandrakona , Khirpai , Kharar and Ghatal ) and five community development blocks: Chandrakona–I, Chandrakona–II, Daspur–I, Daspur–II and Ghatal. Midnapore
700-655: The south by Midnapore East district ( Tamluk sub-division). On the west Howrah district is bordered by the Ghatal sub-division of Midnapore West district, and partly by the Arambagh sub-division of Hooghly district to the north-west, and the Tamluk sub-division of Midnapore East district to the south-west. Boundaries of the district are naturally determined by Rupnarayan River on west and south-west, and by Bhagirathi-Hooghly river on east and south-east side. On north side,
728-548: The west to marshy wetlands in the east. The alluvial portion may be further subdivided into two divisions. First, it is a strip of purely deltaic country nearer to the Hooghly and the Rupnarayan, intersected by numerous rivers and watercourses subject to tidal influences. Second, it is rest of the eastern half of the district. It is a monotonous rice plain with numerous waterways and tidal creeks intersecting it. The tidal creeks are lined with embankments to prevent flooding of
756-482: Was taken to his maternal uncle's home in Naoapara. While staying there he learned Sanskrit at the nearby village of Tajpur. When he was 14 he mastered the language and married the daughter of Narottam Acharya of nearby Sarada village. On returning home his elder brothers mocked him for learning Sanskrit as they thought the language would be of no use for them. Bharatchandra felt bad and left home for West Debanandpur,
784-472: Was the first poet in the Bengali language to be identified as a people's poet, and lent a new grace and beauty to the language. The most notable work of Bharatchandra is Annadamangal or Annapurnamangal . This work, completed in 1752, is divided into three parts. The first part, which eulogises the goddess Annapurna is known as Annadamangal . The second part, which narrates the story of Vidya and Sundar
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