Laugram
Laugram | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 23°00′15″N 87°40′21″E / 23.0043°N 87.672611°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Bankura |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,469 |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC 5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 722141 |
Telephone/STD code | 03451 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Katulpur |
Website | bankura |
Laugram is a village and a gram panchayat in the Kotulpur CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
History
[edit]Adi Malla was the founder of the Malla dynasty, that ruled over Mallabhum for around nine centuries, and popular as the Bishnupur Raj. There is a story associated with his beginning. In 695 AD, a prince of one of the royal families of northern India made a pilgrimage with his wife to the Jagannath temple at Puri. He halted in the midst of a great forest at Laugram, 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) from Kotulpur. He left his wife who was about to give birth to a child in the care of a Brahmin. The wife gave birth to a son and they remained back in Laugram. When the child was around 7 years old, he started working as a cowherd. The child started showing signs of greatness and was ultimately trained as a warrior. When he was 15 years old he had no equal as a wrestler in the territory all around. It was this that earned him the sobriquet of Adi Malla, the original or unique wrestler. He became a chieftain by the grace of Raja of Padampur, near modern Joypur, 12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi) from Laugram. The Raja made him a grant of Laugram and some villages around it. There are other variants of this story.[1]
Geography
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M: Municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, T: ancient/ temple centre
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Location
[edit]Laugram is located at 23°00′15″N 87°40′21″E / 23.0043°N 87.672611°E.
Area overview
[edit]The map alongside shows the Bishnupur subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area has fertile low lying alluvial plains.[2] It is a predominantly rural area with 90.06% of the population living in rural areas and only 8.94% living in the urban areas.[3] It was a part of the core area of Mallabhum.[4]
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]According to the 2011 Census of India, Laugram had a total population of 4,469, of which 2,285 (51%) were males and 2,184 (49%) were females. There were 524 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Laugram was 2,728 (69.15% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Education
[edit]Lowgram Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2008. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.[6]
Healthcare
[edit]Laugram Karakheria primary health centre functions with 10 beds.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, Bankura, Bengal District Gazetteers, pp. 21-46, 1995 reprint, Government of West Bengal
- ^ "District Census Handbook Bankura" (PDF). pages 13-17. Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura". Table 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ O'Malley, L.S.S., ICS, Bankura, Bengal District Gazetteers, pp. 21–46, 1995 reprint, first published 1908, Government of West Bengal
- ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Lowgram Jr HS". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 April 2020.