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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Labpur
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=== Police station ===
=== Police station ===
Labhpur police station has jurisdiction over [[Labpur (community development block)|Labhpur]] CD block.<ref name=handbook2008>{{cite web| url = http://birbhum.nic.in/dept/BAES_DIST_STAT_BK_2008.pdf  |title = District Statistical Handbook 2008, Birbhum  |work = Table 2.1  | publisher= Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://birbhumpolice.org/policestation.php |title = Birbhum Police |work = Police Stations | publisher= West Bengal Police| access-date = 30 January 2018}}</ref>
Labhpur police station has jurisdiction over [[Labpur (community development block)|Labhpur]] CD block.<ref name=handbook2008>{{cite web| url = http://birbhum.nic.in/dept/BAES_DIST_STAT_BK_2008.pdf  |title = District Statistical Handbook 2008, Birbhum  |work = Table 2.1  | publisher= Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://birbhumpolice.org/policestation.php | title = Birbhum Police | work = Police Stations | publisher = West Bengal Police | access-date = 30 January 2018 | archive-date = 12 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180212131641/http://birbhumpolice.org/policestation.php | url-status = dead }}</ref>


=== CD block HQ ===
=== CD block HQ ===
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== Economics ==
== Economics ==
{{quote box|width=360px|quote='''The charm of the narrow gauge train at Labhpur'''<br />The train at times rattled through the golden paddy fields, with the ducks floating in the ponds and the birds flying around. The cow boy returns with his herd along the muddy path. It's Bengal at its best all through! The curves on the track and the rattles of the moving rail bus made up for an extra ordinary recipe all through. And once the curves were passed by, the track seemed to move straight into the horizon.
Picturesque stations crossed our way through. A station like Labhpur, which has been declared as a model station, has been a dream for me to visit once in my life time. And today my dream came true.
Labhpur is the home town to the famous Bengali writer, [[Tarashankar Bandopadhyay]].
Another station that caught my attention particularly was Kirnahar. It is an old station, and has a lot of history behind it. The stations in this narrow gauge line have a similarity. Almost all of them have an existence of a [[banyan]] tree. It's wonderful to see them, truly!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/members/trips/sbasu-20050116-katwa.html |title=Ahmadpur-Katwa NG Trip |access-date=2007-09-12 |last=Basu |first=Saurabh |publisher=The Indian Railways Fan Club |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210153324/http://www.irfca.org/members/trips/sbasu-20050116-katwa.html |archive-date=10 February 2007 }}</ref>  |source= Saurabh Basu}}
Traditionally, there used to be a weekly market, locally called ''hat''. Apart from vegetables, such needs as pottery, wooden materials, iron materials, baskets, seeds etc. were available.
Traditionally, there used to be a weekly market, locally called ''hat''. Apart from vegetables, such needs as pottery, wooden materials, iron materials, baskets, seeds etc. were available.
But at present the economy of Labpur is changed. There are 4 main market 1.Old busstand market, 2.BDO complex, 3. Sastinagar market & 4. Hattala. Labpur is also important for the villages situated near Labpur.
But at present the economy of Labpur is changed. There are 4 main market 1.Old busstand market, 2.BDO complex, 3. Sastinagar market & 4. Hattala. Labpur is also important for the villages situated near Labpur.
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== Education ==
== Education ==
There are presently one high school for boys, one for girls, one junior high school, a junior high madrasha and a central government CBSE coeducational high school. There are also government-aided primary schools, several public primary schools, one degree college under B.U., one ICSE school, two CBSE Schools, one B.Ed and one D.El.Ed college. The main educational institutions in Labhpur town and its surroundings are :


'''College'''
'''College'''
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# Satyanarayan Shikshaniketan Girls' High School(H.S.) (Estd. 1958)
# Satyanarayan Shikshaniketan Girls' High School(H.S.) (Estd. 1958)
# Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya(CBSE) at Gopalpur. (Estd. 2007)
# Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya(CBSE) at Gopalpur. (Estd. 2007)
# St. Josheph's Convent School at Laghata. (Estd. 2005)
# St. Josheph's Convent School(ICSE) at Laghata. (Estd. 2005)
# Jakir Hossain Minority Educational Society (CBSE)
# Jakir Hossain Minority Educational Society (CBSE)
# Labpur Jr. High Madrasha. (Estd. 1977)
# Labpur Jr. High Madrasha. (Estd. 1977)
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# Bhaswati Vidyapith. (Estd. 2005)
# Bhaswati Vidyapith. (Estd. 2005)
'''Sambhunath College''': The college was established in 1963. It was named after Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay, the ex-Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University and justice of Calcutta High Court. The land was donated by the Bandyopadhyay(ex-Jamindars) family of Labpur and by Md. Kashem Mullick. The college was re-opened on 1 July 1973 after a period of closure since 1968. Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay, Sudhiranjan Das( VC of Viswa Bharati), Dr.D.M. Sen, Dr.Srikumar Bandyopadhyay, Dr.Satkari Mukhopadhyay, Dr.S.N.Mukherjee, Dr.Ramaranjan Mukhopadhyay, Sri Satya Narayan Bandyopadhyay, #Dr.K.D.Roy (first principal of the college) and many other eminent persons were present in the inaugural meeting on 16 August 1963.
'''Sambhunath College''': The college was established in 1963. It was named after Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay, the ex-Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University and justice of Calcutta High Court. The land was donated by the Bandyopadhyay(ex-Jamindars) family of Labpur and by Md. Kashem Mullick. The college was re-opened on 1 July 1973 after a period of closure since 1968. Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay, Sudhiranjan Das( VC of Viswa Bharati), Dr.D.M. Sen, Dr.Srikumar Bandyopadhyay, Dr.Satkari Mukhopadhyay, Dr.S.N.Mukherjee, Dr.Ramaranjan Mukhopadhyay, Sri Satya Narayan Bandyopadhyay, #Dr.K.D.Roy (first principal of the college) and many other eminent persons were present in the inaugural meeting on 16 August 1963.
The chair of the President of governing body of this College was honored by renowned persons like Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay, Somnath Chattopadhyay (ex-Speaker of Loksabha) and Pranab Mukherjee( now the President of India).<ref>Sambhunath College Golden Jubilee Souvenir</ref>
The chair of the President of governing body of this College was honored by renowned persons like Sambhunath Bandyopadhyay, Somnath Chattopadhyay (ex-Speaker of Loksabha) and Pranab Mukherjee(ex President of India).<ref>Sambhunath College Golden Jubilee Souvenir</ref>


== Culture ==
== Culture ==
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=== The Jagadharti Mandir of Banerjee Family in Babu Para ===
=== The Jagadharti Mandir of Banerjee Family in Babu Para ===
It is a very famous Temple in Labpur. It is a very old Puja that till continued. During puja The Banerjee Family Arrange a lunch (Prasad) for around 2000 to 3000 people. The Banerjee Family is actually a Jamindar Family.You should visit the Jagadharti Temple if you r visiting Labpur once.
It is a very famous Temple in Labpur. It is a very old Puja that till continued.


=== Bele ===
=== Bele ===