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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| image_skyline = Ganpur temples (Birbhum) - Rameswar Shiva temple complex (10). Temples and the terracotta panels of Gangpur Rameswar temple complex (10).jpg
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| image_caption = Rameswar Shiva temple complex - terracota carving
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
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| postal_code = 731216
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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'''Gonpur''' (also spelled Ganpur) is an old village in [[Mohammad Bazar (community development block)|Mohammad Bazar]] CD Block in [[Suri Sadar subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]], [[West Bengal]], India.

==Geography==
It is situated beside [[National Highway (India)|NH 14]] (old numbering NH 60). This village is surrounded on four sides with "Ganpur [[Reserved forests and protected forests of India|reserved forests]]".<ref>http://wikimapia.org/22953593/Ganpur-forest</ref> A narrow canal passes through south of the village.

Ganpur is mainly covered with [[Laterite|moram]] soil, and this sal forest is on [[Laterite|moram]] soil. The villagers, living in villages ([[Ulpahari]], Ghaga, Choubata, Shabla etc.) located inside the forest, have realised that they can make a living by selling plates (''thalis''/"tharis") made of ''sal'' leaves.<ref>Ghosh, Kanailal, ''Birbhumer Bon Udbhidjo O Banyapran'', ''Paschim Banga'', Birbhum Special Issue, February 2006, {{in lang|bn}},</ref>

==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Ganpur had a total population of 2,706 of which 1,347 (50%) were males and 1,359 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 257. The total number of literates in Ganpur was 2,059 (84.08% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 6 February 2018 }}</ref>

==Education==
Basantika Institute of Engineering and Technology (Polytechnic) at Gonpur offers diploma courses in engineering.
<ref>{{cite web| url = http://bietp.com/ |title = Basantika Institute of Engineering and Technology (Polytechnic) | publisher= BIETP | access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref>

There are two primary schools and a high school(H.S) in the village. This schools are well maintained and well equipped with modern facilities. There are about 800 students in the high school offering two streams, arts and science in higher secondary level.

==Culture==
[[File:Ganpur temples (Birbhum) - Rameswar Shiva temple complex (03).jpg|thumb|left|300px|Rameswar Shiva temple complex]]
[[David McCutchion|David J. McCutchion]] mentions the many small [[Char-chala|char chala]] temples of the 18th and 19th centuries built of brick with facades richly carved, at Ganpur. He also mentions a Visnu temple of the Mondal family, built around 1769. It is an [[At-chala|at chala]] temple built of brick with ''phulpathar'' facades richly carved.<ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 31. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>

Ganpur Sabuj Sansad Gramin Pathagar, a government-sponsored library, was established in 1980. It has its own pucca building.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/uploads/district_library/gov_Birbhum.pdf | title = List of Govt. Sponsored Libraries in the district of BIRBHUM | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 7 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180204182450/http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/uploads/district_library/gov_Birbhum.pdf | archive-date = 4 February 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Birbhum District}}

[[Category:Villages in Birbhum district]]

{{Birbhum-geo-stub}}

Gonpur - Revision history

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