Bolpur
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Bolpur বোলপুর Bolpur-Santiniketan |
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| Town | |
 Bolpur
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| Coordinates: 23°40′N 87°43′E / 23.67°N 87.72°ECoordinates: 23°40′N 87°43′E / 23.67°N 87.72°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 80,210 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bolpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bolpur, Nanoor |
| Website | birbhum |
Bolpur-Santiniketan is a municipality and subdivision head quarter in Birbhum District in the state of West Bengal, India. It is 145 km north of Kolkata and is best known for its proximity to Visva Bharati, the university set up by the Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. Given its proximity to Santiniketan and Sriniketan, it is one of the seats of culture and education in West Bengal.
Bolpur subdivision is at the south border of Birbhum district.
The name "bolpur" comes form the word "boli-pur". In Bengali "boli" means "slaughter" and "pur means "city".
About 150 years ago, Bolpur was a small village under supur porgana. Kalikapur a known place of Bolpur was the origin of the typical village in past. There were no rail lines, no developed roads. Paddy land were seen around the village. "Lalmati" (red soil) was found everywhere. Many villages named Sian, Dihipara, Khosakdampur, Paruldanga, Goalpara, Ballavpur, Bandhgara, Surul, Supur, Raipur were the boundary line around Bolpur.
East India company established the first railway line in 1859, when the Sahebganj loopline was extended beyond the river Ajay. Bolpur railway station was established in 1860. Along with this, court, police station, sub registry office, etc., were established in old Bolpur. Then people started residing here. Christian missionaries came; they founded a church that was known as Mission compound. Paddy storage house, stationary shops, grocery shops, garment shops etc. were on the east side near Bolpur railway station. About 19 husking machines were here at that time.
Maharshi Debendranath Tagore established a centre of religious mediation in Bolpur. Rabindranath Tagore established Visva Bharati Viswavidyalaya. These were the main reasons for the huge extension, development and popularity of Bolpur.
Provincial names proved the upcoming gradual development of Bolpur. Kachharipatti is just beside court house, Trishulapatti is the commercial paddy trading centre. Kalibaroarytala was the service place for Bolpur set up by some initiative people. Netaji made a conference. Here Harisava stood against "Bramhopasana". Every week these two conferences were held in Bolpur. Bijaykrishna Ghoswami, Shivnath Shastri, Shasibhusan Basu like many wisemen gave religious advice. Beside this, prayer committee was set up.
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