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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Maynapur
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal # India
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.0144|N|87.4917|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bankura district|Bankura]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 5256
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 722138
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code
| area_code = 03244
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Katulpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katulpur]]
| website = {{URL|bankura.gov.in/}}
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'''Maynapur''' is a village and a [[gram panchayat]] in the [[Joypur, Bankura (community development block)|Joypur]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Bishnupur subdivision]] of the [[Bankura district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==

According to [[Binoy Ghosh]], various claims about Maynapur’s links with Lau Sen and Ramai Pandit, of ‘Sunya Puran’ fame, are merely mythological speculation when many historians have doubts about their existence. Maynapur was an ancient cultural centre of [[Mallabhum]]. The discovery of images of Buddha has only given rise to some new thinking, but the place is deeply rooted in the [[Dharmathakur]]-based culture of the region. The Hakanda temple is an important landmark in the village.<ref>Ghosh, Binoy, ''Paschim Banger Sanskriti'', {{in lang|bn}}, part I, 1976 edition, pages 375-379, Prakash Bhaban, Kolkata.</ref>

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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|mark-coord19={{coord|23|3|10|N|87|16|20|E}} | label-pos19=right|label19=Dwadashbari| numbered19=T| mark-title19= [[Dwadashbari]] (T) |shape-color19=#AA6666
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===Location===
Maynapur is located at {{coord|23.0144|N|87.4917|E|display=inline}}.

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==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Maynapur had a total population of 5,256, of which 2,690 (51%) were males and 2,566 (49%) were females. There were 484 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Maynapur was 4,043 (84.72% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_p190ca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 22 April 2020}}</ref>

==Transport==
Maynapur is linked to Bishnupur by an electrified single track line. There is a daily train service between Maynapur and Bankura.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-bankura-maynapur-memu-68096/21827/955/10107 |title = 68096- Bankura-Maynapur MEMU|publisher= IndiaRailInfo | access-date = 22 April 2020}}</ref>

==Education==
Maynapur C. Mukhopadhaya Madhyamik Shiksha Kendra is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2004. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/bankura/19130806601/maynapur-c-mukhopadhya-msk.html|title = Maynapur C. Mukhopadhaya MSK |publisher= Schools.org.in| access-date = 4 May 2020}}</ref>

Kuchiakole R.B. Institution is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1862. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 6 computers, a library with 1,356 books and a playground.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/bankura/19130806802/kuchiakole-r-b-institution.html |title = Kuchiakole R.B. Institution |publisher= Schools.org.in | access-date = 4 May 2020}}</ref>

Ashurali Jyotish Chandra High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1964. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 3 computers and a library with 2,700 books.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/bankura/19130807001/ashurali-j-c-h-s.html |title = Ashurali JC HS |publisher= Schools.org.in | access-date = 4 May 2020}}</ref>

[[Chatra Ramai Pandit Mahavidyalaya]], was established at [[Chatra, Bankura|Chatra]], PO Darapur in 2000.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://crpmahavidyalaya.in/about-college/ |title = Chatra Ramai Pandit Mahavidyalaya |publisher= CRPM| access-date = 14 April 2020}}</ref>

==Culture==
[[David McCutchion|David J. McCutchion]] mentions that the Damodara temple built in 1845 has a terracotta façade and the Hakanda temple as a plain laterite structure.<ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, page 26, 49. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>
<gallery widths="250px" heights="200px">
File:Hakanda temple of Moynapur in Bankura district 13.jpg|Hakanda temple in Maynapur
File:Hakanda temple of Moynapur in Bankura district 03.jpg|Hakanda temple
File:Hakanda temple of Moynapur in Bankura district 02.jpg|The area around Hakanda temple
</gallery>
The pictures are a part of Wiki Explores Bankura programme, an initiative by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

See also - [[Bengal temple architecture]]

==Healthcare==
Joypur Block Primary Health Centre, with 15 beds at [[Joypur, Bankura|Joypur]], is the major government medical facility in the Joypur CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal|access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Moynapur, Bankura}}

{{Bankura District}}
{{Temple towns in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Villages in Bankura district]]

Maynapur - Revision history

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