Gumut | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Location in West Bengal, India | |
| Coordinates: 23°07ā²37ā³N 87°23ā²00ā³E / 23.126883°N 87.383452°E | |
| Country | |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Population (2011) | |
| ⢠Total | 1,723 |
| Languages | |
| ⢠Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 722140 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03243 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Website | bankura |
Gumut is a village and gram panchayat in the Bishnupur CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. It includes Muninagar.
Geography[edit | edit source]
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Location[edit | edit source]
Gumut is located at 23°07ā²37ā³N 87°23ā²00ā³E / 23.126883°N 87.383452°E.
Note: 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[edit | edit source]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Gumut had a total population of 1,723, of which 872 (51%) were males and 851 (49%) were females. There were 162 persons in the age range of 0ā6 years. The total number of literate persons in Gumut was 1,136 (72.77% of the population over 6 years).[1]
Education[edit | edit source]
Gumut Vidyasagar Sisu Shiksha Niketan was established in 2010 and Gumut Girls Primary School was established in 1939.[2][3]
Muninagar Radhakanta Bidyapith is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1956. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 10 computers, a library with 2,500 books and a playground.[4]
Culture[edit | edit source]
David J. McCutchion mentions the Muninagar Radha Kanta temple, located in Gumut, as a smooth twin deuls plain laterite temple built in 1678.[5]
At places such as Kharar and the 17th century Radha Kanta temple at Muninagar and earlier at Baidyapur, the porch is almost as high as the main shrine, giving the impression of twin deuls.[6]
The temple of Radha Kanta at Muninagar (at Sr No S-WB-10) is included in the List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal by the Archaeological Survey of India.[7]
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Radhakanta Deul Muninagar
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View from across the pond
References[edit | edit source]
- ā "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal ā District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ā "Gumut Vidyasagar SS Niketan". Schools.org. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ā "Gumut Girls PS". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ā "Muninagar Radhakanta Bidyapith". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ā McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 70. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
- ā McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 67-68. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
- ā "Protected Monuments in West Bengal". Archaeological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

