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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Raipur
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.636822|N|87.646872|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 2,320
| 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 = 731204
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]] code
| area_code = 03463
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]
| website = {{URL|birbhum.gov.in/}}
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-WB]]
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}}
: For other places with the same name see [[Raipur (disambiguation)]]
'''Raipur''' is a village under Raipur–Supur [[gram panchayat]] of [[Bolpur Sriniketan (community development block)|Bolpur Sriniketan]] block in [[Bolpur subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=census>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbphed.gov.in/applications/Phedweb/Block2Villpdf.php?State_Cd=19&Dist_Cd=08&Blk_Cd=0016 | title = Census Data District Name: Birbhum(08) Block Name: Bolpur-Sriniketan (0016) |format=PDF| publisher = Government of West Bengal| access-date = 2009-04-03}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

==History==
In 1863, [[Debendranath Tagore]] took on permanent lease {{convert|20|acre|m2}} of land, with two chhatim trees, at a yearly payment of Rs. 5, from '''Bhuban Mohan Sinha''', the [[talukdar]] of Raipur. He built a guest house and named it ''Santiniketan'' (the abode of peace). Gradually, the whole area came to be known as [[Santiniketan]].<ref>Basak, Tapan Kumar, ''Rabindranath-Santiniketan-Sriniketan (An Introduction)'', p. 2, B.B.Publication</ref>

[[Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha|Satyendra Prasanno Sinha]], a subsequent talukdar of Raipur, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Sinha, of Raipur, in 1919, becoming the first Indian member of the British [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1140607/jsp/opinion/story_18484855.jsp|title=The language of difference|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref>

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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===Location===
Raipur is located at {{coord|23.636822|N|87.646872|E|source:yahoomaps_region:IN-WB |format=dms}}.

The village lies on the road that bypasses the town of bolpur and is near to the BITM{{clarify|date=November 2013}}.

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

===Physical features===
Raipur is located in the south-eastern corner of the district which is an alluvial plain between [[Ajay River|Ajay]] and [[Mayurakshi River]]s. It has hot and dry summers, spread over March – May, followed by the monsoon from June to September. 78 per cent of the rainfall occurs during this period.<ref>Choudhuri, Tapan, ''Unnayaner Alokey Birbhum'', ''Paschim Banga '', Birbhum Special Issue, February 2006, {{in lang|bn}}, pp. 60-61, Information & Cultural Department, Government of West Bengal.</ref>

==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Raipur had a total population of 2,320 of which 1,195 (52%) were males and 1,125 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 246. The total number of literates in Raipur was 1,613 (77.77% 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 = 16 July 2019}}</ref>

In 2001, Raipur had an area of 37 ha and a population of 2,063, of which 987 belong to [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]] and 149 to scheduled tribes.<ref name=census/>

==Tourist Interest==
The ruins of the ancestral house of Bhuban Mohan Singha still stands at the end of the village. Tourists bound for [[Bolpur]]-[[Sriniketan]]-[[Santiniketan]] may easily pay a visit to this site. The grandeur and vast expanse of the once stately mansion can still be recognized.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Birbhum District}}

[[Category:Villages in Birbhum district]]

Raipur, Birbhum - Revision history

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