Manbazar

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Manbazar | type = city | latd = 23.0667| longd =86.6500
state_name = West Bengal
district = Purulia
leader_title = MLA
leader_name = Shamya Pyari Mahato
altitude = 153
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 212,769 | population_density =
area_magnitude= sq. km
area_total =
area_telephone = 91 3253
postal_code = 723 131
vehicle_code_range =
sex_ratio =
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website = purulia.gov.in/egov/egov_initiative.html
footnotes = CD Bloc

Manbazar ( _bn. মানবাজার ) is a town, community development bloc and assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an old town at the edge of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. Manbazar, along with certain other areas such as Banduan, Jhalda, and Jaipur are part of the area of violent activities by Maoists, also referred to as Naxalites.cite web
url = http://www.ibnlive.com/news/security-tightened-before-bengal-polls/6784-4.html
title = Security tightened before Bengal polls | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = PTI | publisher = IBN Live] cite web
url = http://news.oneindia.in/2007/03/20/maoists-observe-24-hr-bandh-in-five-states-1174448190.html | title = Maoists observe 24-hr bandh in five states
accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = UNI | publisher = newsoneindia] cite web
url = http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=22&id=166326&usrsess=1 | title = Purulia alert after land-mine blasts | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = | publisher = "The Statesman", 4 Decemebr 2006] cite web
url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060309/asp/siliguri/story_5945096.asp| title = Terror shield for CPM | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = Jana | first = Naresh | work = | publisher = "The Telegraph", 9 March 2006]

History

Jaina Bhagavati-Sutra of 5th century AD mentions that Purulia was one of the sixteen mahajanapadas and was a part of the kingdom known as Vajra-bhumi in ancient times. In 1833, Manbhum district was carved out of Jungle Mahals district, with head quarters at Manbazar. In 1838, the headquarters was transferred to Purulia. In 1956, Manbhum district was partitioned between Bihar and West Bengal under the States Reorganization Act and the Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act 1956. [cite web
url = http://purulia.gov.in/district_profile/dist_profile.html
title = Historical background | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = | publisher = Purulia District ]

Geography

Manbazar is located at coord|23.0667|N|86.6500|E|. It is at an altitude of convert|153|m|abbr=on. [cite web
url = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Manbazar.html | title =Manbazar | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = | publisher = Fallingraingenomics] The area forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. [Houlton, Sir John, "Bihar, the Heart of India", 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.]

The Kangsabati Project has submerged large areas of Purulia District in the Manbazar area. [cite web | url =http://www.calcuttaweb.com/maps/purulia.shtml
title = Map of Purulia District | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = | publisher = calcuttaweb]

Demographics

In the 2001 census, Manbazar community development blocs had a total population of 212,769 of which 127,609 were males and 85,160 were females. Decadal growth for the period 1991-2001 was 8.56% for Manbazar I and 7.86% for Manbazar II, against 13.96% in Purulia district. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%. [cite web | url = http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_14.htm | title = Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, Purulia District | accessdate = 2008-02-02 | last = | first = | work = Census of India 2001 | publisher = Census Commission of India]

In Manbazar I CD Bloc the scheduled tribe population was 31,233 and the scheduled tribe population was 30,402. Each of these groups formed about a quarter of the total population. In Manbazar CD Bloc II, the scheduled tribe population was 43,826, which was almost half of the total population. The scheduled caste population was 7,266. [cite web
url = http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/HouseListingF/SCST/All_distSCST(TRU1)14.htm
title = TRU for all Districts (SC & ST and Total) | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = Census 2001 | publisher = Census Commission of India ]

Administration

Manbazar has two blocks. Manbazar I is an intermediate panchayat in Purulia district, with Bamnimajhihira, Baramasya Ramnagar, Bhalubasa, Bisra, Chandra-Pairachali, Dhanrah, Gopalnagar, Jitujuri and Kamtajangidai and Manbazar village panchayats under it. Manbazar II intermediate panchayat has Ankrobarakadam, Bargoria-Jamtoria, Bari-Jagda, Borojaragara, and Buribandh. [cite web | url = http://offerings.nic.in/directory/adminreps/viewpansum.asp?selstate=19&pno=66&ptype=V&parenttype=S | title = Village Panchayats of West Bengal | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = Purulia | publisher = National Panchayat Directory,Panchayat Informatics Division,NIC ]

Politics

Shamya Pyari Mahato of CPI(M) won the Manbazar assembly seat defeating Kamakshya Prasad Singhdeo of AITC in 2006 and Sitaram Mahata of AITC in 2001. Kamala Kanta Mahata of CPI(M) defeated Sitaram Mahato of INC in 1996, Nirmal Prasad Mahato of INC in 1991, and Sitaram Mahato of INC in 1987 and 1982. Nakul Chndra Mahata of CPI(M) defeated Sitaram Mahato of INC. [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/May2006/pollupd/ac/states/S25/..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5CElectionAnalysis%5CAE%5CS25%5CPartycomp234.htm
title =234 - Manbazar Assembly Constituency | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India ]

Manbazar is part of Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency). [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_ACPC.pdf
title = General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India ]

In 2006, Shamya Piyari Mahato , M.L.A. from Manabazar and a CPI(M) leader, had a narrow escape when twenty persons pumped bullets into her vehicle while she was travelling from her native village Bamni to Manbazar. [cite web
url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1363389.cms | title = MLA survives murder attack | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = Chakraborty | first = Debajyoti | work = | publisher = "Times of India", 8 January 2006] Manbazar, along with certain other areas such as Banduan, Jhalda, and Jaipur are part of the area of violent activities by Maoists., also referred to as Naxalites.

Culture

The ruins of a 12th/13th century Buudheswara Shiva and other temples lie at Budhpur, under Manbazar Police Station, convert|6|km|abbr=on north of Manbazar town on the road to Hura, on the north bank of the Kangsabati River (locally known as Kasai). [cite web
url = http://purulia.gov.in/tourism/tour_archeo.html | title = Archeological Tourist Interest | accessdate = 2008-03-02 | last = | first = | work = | publisher = Purulia District ]

References

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