Labhpur
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Labhpur লাভপুর |
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| Census Town | |
 Labhpur
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| Coordinates: 23°50′N 87°49′E / 23.83°N 87.82°ECoordinates: 23°50′N 87°49′E / 23.83°N 87.82°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,419 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 731303 |
| Telephone code | 91 3463 |
| Sex ratio | 944 ♂/♀ |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bolpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Labpur |
| Website | birbhum |
| CD Block | |
Labhpur (also spelt Labpur. Bengali script:লাভপুর), is a census town with a block office,a police station in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Known to the outside world as the native place of Tarashankar Bandopadhyay and one of the 51 Shakti Peethas and located on the Ahmedpur-Katwa narrow gauge railway, which is being converted into a broad gauge one. It is an extensive rural area subject to droughts in summer followed by occasional floods from the Kuye and Mayurakshi river to the east and north-east.
Labhpur is located at 23°50′N 87°49′E / 23.83°N 87.82°E. It has an average elevation of 35 m (115 ft).
It lies in the flood plains of Mayurakshi River and when water is released from Massanjore dam and Tilpara barrage in large quantities, flood waters wreak havoc in the area. In 2006, nearly 50,000 people were marooned in Labhpur and surrounding blocks of Birbhum district.
Labhpur is very rich in education. There are presently one high school for boys, one for girls, one junior high school, a junior high madrasha and a central government CBSE coeducational high school. There are also government-aided primary schools, several public primary schools, one degree college under B.U., one ICSE school, two CBSE Schools, one B.Ed and one D.El.Ed college. The main educational institutions in Labhpur town and its surroundings are :
College
High School
Primary School
Sambhunath College: The college was established in 1963. It was named after Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay, the ex-Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University and justice of Calcutta High Court. The land was donated by the Bandyopadhyay(ex-Jamindars) family of Labpur and by Md. Kashem Mullick. The college was re-opened on 1 July 1973 after a period of closure since 1968. Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay, Sudhiranjan Das( VC of Viswa Bharati), Dr.D.M. Sen, Dr.Srikumar Bandyopadhyay, Dr.Satkari Mukhopadhyay, Dr.S.N.Mukherjee, Dr.Ramaranjan Mukhopadhyay, Sri Satya Narayan Bandyopadhyay, Dr.K.D.Roy (first principal of the college) and many other eminent persons were present in the inaugural meeting on 16 August 1963. The chair of the President of governing body of this College was honored by renowned persons like Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay, Somnath Chattopadhyay(ex-Speaker of Loksabha) and Pranab Mukherjee( now the President of India).
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