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	\| postal_code = 721242		\| postal_code = 721242
	~~\| chairman = Nirmal Chowdhury (Nepa)~~
	\| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency		\| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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	===Location===		===Location===
	Ramjibanpur is located at {{Coord\|22.83\|N\|87.62\|E\|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Ramjibanpur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ramjibanpur]</ref> ~~It has~~ an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet).		Ramjibanpur is located at {{Coord\|22.83\|N\|87.62\|E\|}},<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Ramjibanpur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ramjibanpur]</ref> at an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet).

	===Area overview===		===Area overview===
	[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the [[Bengal Renaissance]], was born at [[Birsingha]] on 26 September 1820.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vidyasagar,_Ishwar_Chandra \|title= Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra \|publisher=Banglapedia \|access-date=24 July 2016 \|last=Murshid \|first=Ghulam}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php \|title=Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar \|publisher=www.whereincity.com \|access-date=24 July 2016 }}</ref>		[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the [[Bengal Renaissance]], was born at [[Birsingha]] on 26 September 1820.<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vidyasagar,_Ishwar_Chandra \|title= Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra \|publisher=Banglapedia \|access-date=24 July 2016 \|last=Murshid \|first=Ghulam}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php \|title=Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar \|publisher=www.whereincity.com \|access-date=24 July 2016 }}</ref>

	Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has [[Alluvium\|alluvial]] soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report\| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011\| work= page 27-28\| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 10 September 2020}}</ref> It has a density of population of 1,099 per km<sup>2</sup>, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and ~~86.67% lives~~ in the rural areas.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \| title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013\| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)\| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics \|access-date = 10 September 2020}}</ref>		Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has [[Alluvium\|alluvial]] soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report\| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011\| work= page 27-28\| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 10 September 2020}}</ref> It has a density of population of 1,099 per km<sup>2</sup>, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and the rest in the rural areas.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \| title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013\| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)\| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics \|access-date = 10 September 2020}}</ref>

	<small>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.</small>		<small>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.</small>

	==Demographics==		==Demographics==
	As per [[2011 Census of India]], Ramjibanpur had a ~~total~~ population of 19,611 of which 10,030 (51%) were males and 9,581 (49%) ~~were~~ females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,109. The total number of literate persons in Ramjibanpur was 14,735 (84.19% 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 = 28 August 2020 }}</ref>		As per [[2011 Census of India]], Ramjibanpur had a population of 19,611 of which 10,030 (51%) were males and 9,581 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,109. The total number of literate persons in Ramjibanpur was 14,735 (84.19% 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 = 28 August 2020 }}</ref>

	{{As of\|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999\|archive-date=2004-06-16\|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)\|access-date=2008-11-01\|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Ramjibanpur had a population of 17,363. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ramjibanpur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Ramjibanpur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.		{{As of\|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999\|archive-date=2004-06-16\|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)\|access-date=2008-11-01\|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Ramjibanpur had a population of 17,363. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ramjibanpur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Ramjibanpur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

	==Culture==		==Culture==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	{{commons category\|Ramjibanpur~~, Ghatal subdivision~~}}		{{commons category\|Ramjibanpur}}

	{{Paschim Medinipur District}}		{{Paschim Medinipur District}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
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Sridharlal Jiu Temple of Piri family at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur 07.jpg
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'''Ramjibanpur''' is a city and a municipality in the [[Ghatal subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Ramjibanpur is located at {{Coord|22.83|N|87.62|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Ramjibanpur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ramjibanpur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet).

===Area overview===
[[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]], scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the [[Bengal Renaissance]], was born at [[Birsingha]] on 26 September 1820.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vidyasagar,_Ishwar_Chandra |title= Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra |publisher=Banglapedia |access-date=24 July 2016 |last=Murshid |first=Ghulam}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php |title=Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |publisher=www.whereincity.com |access-date=24 July 2016 }}</ref>

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has [[Alluvium|alluvial]] soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011| work= page 27-28| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 10 September 2020}}</ref> It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics |access-date = 10 September 2020}}</ref>

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==
As per [[2011 Census of India]], Ramjibanpur had a total population of 19,611 of which 10,030 (51%) were males and 9,581 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,109. The total number of literate persons in Ramjibanpur was 14,735 (84.19% 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 = 28 August 2020 }}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Ramjibanpur had a population of 17,363. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ramjibanpur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Ramjibanpur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Culture==
[[David McCutchion|David J. McCutchion]] mentions:<ref>McCutchion, David J., ''Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal'', first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 46, 48, 51, 63,64. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN| 978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref>
*The Vishnu temple in Dayalbazar as a small ''[[Bengal temple architecture#Dalan temple|flat roofed]]'' or ''chandni'' type, with terracotta decoration, built in 1833, measuring 14’ square’
*The Radhakanta temple in Natunhat, in the same category as the Vishnu temple, with terracotta decoration, built in 1829, measuring 14’ 10” x 15’.
*The Sridhara and Shiva temples (two attached temples), in the same category as the Vishnu temple, with extended façade for extra chambers, plain, measuring 24’ 3” x 3’.
* a ''pancha-ratna'' temple with ridged rekha turrets and porch on triple archway, of the standard West Bengal type with facades fully decorated.
* a ''pancha-ratna'' with ridged rekha turrets and single entrance with figures above the archway and around the façade.
*a West Bengal ''nava-ratna'', with terracotta decoration, now fallen to ruin.

==Ramjibanpur picture gallery==
<gallery widths="180px" heights="150px">
File:Pancha Ratna Damodar temple of Piri family at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur 12.jpg|Damodar temple of Piri family
File:Pancha Ratna Damodar temple of Piri family at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur 10.jpg|Damodar temple
File:Sridharlal Jiu Temple of Piri family at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur 01.jpg|Sridharlaljiu temple of Piri family
File:Buro Siva Temple at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur 01.jpg|Buro Shiva temple, possibly built in 1866
File:New Parbatinath temple at Ramjibanpur under Chandrakona police station at Paschim Medinipur of West Bengal 01.jpg|Parbatinath temple: the old temple built in 1801-02 collapsed and this new temple was built
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Ramjibanpur, Ghatal subdivision}}

{{Paschim Medinipur District}}
{{Temple towns in West Bengal}}
{{Paschim Medinipur topics}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Paschim Medinipur district]]