Sonamukhi (community development block)
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Sonamukhi সোনামুখী |
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| Community development block সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক |
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 Sonamukhi
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| Coordinates: 23°18′00″N 87°25′00″E / 23.3°N 87.416667°ECoordinates: 23°18′00″N 87°25′00″E / 23.3°N 87.416667°E | |
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 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
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| • Type | Community development block |
| Area | |
| • Total | 368.30 km2 (142.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 158,697 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 722207 (Sonamukhi) 722110 (Dhansimla) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03243 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Vehicle registration | WB-67, WB-68 |
| Literacy | 66.16% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sonamukhi |
| Website | bankura |
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Sonamukhi is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bishnupur subdivision of Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
From around the 7th century AD till around the advent of British rule, for around a millennium, history of Bankura district is identical with the rise and fall of the Hindu Rajas of Bishnupur. The Bishnupur Rajas, who were at the summit of their fortunes towards the end of the 17th century, started declining in the first half of the 18th century. First, the Maharaja of Burdwan seized the Fatehpur Mahal, and then the Maratha invasions laid waste their country.
Bishnupur was ceded to the British with the rest of Burdwan chakla in 1760. In 1787, Bishnupur was united with Birbhum to form a separate administrative unit. In 1793 it was transferred to the Burdwan collectorate. In 1879, the district acquired its present shape with the thanas of Khatra and Raipur and the outpost of Simplapal being transferred from Manbhum, and the thanas of Sonamukhi, Kotulpur and Indas being retransferred from Burdwan. However, it was known for sometime as West Burdwan and in 1881 came to be known as Bankura district.
Sonamukhi is located at 23°18′00″N 87°25′00″E / 23.3°N 87.416667°E.
Sonamukhi CD Block is located in the eastern part of the district and belongs to the fertile low lying alluvial plains, similar to the predominating rice lands in the adjacent districts of West Bengal. Here, the eye constantly rests on wide expanses of rice fields, green in the rains but parched and dry in summer.
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