Rampurhat: Difference between revisions

As per the census 2011, Rampurhat Municipality had a total population of 57,833 out of which 29,611 were males and 28,222 were females.<ref name= ‘census’>{{cite web| url = https://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801665-rampurhat-west-bengal.html | title= Rampurhat Town Population Census 2011 | work=  |publisher= Population Census | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

Literacy rate in Rampurhat town was 85.71%.<ref name= ‘census’/>

[[Rampurhat Junction railway station]] has 6 platforms, 90 trains halt at this station, and it is the originating or terminating station for 19 trains. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/rampurhat-junction-rph/439 | title= Rampurhat Junction | work=  |publisher= India Rail Info | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

[[National Highway 14 (India)|National Highway 14]] passes through Rampurhat and meets [[National Highway 114A (India)|National Highway 114A]] <ref >{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=Department of Road Transport and Highways|access-date=12 July 2023|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rampurhat is on the [[Panagarh–Morgram Highway]]. The Dubrajpur-Morgram sector of the Highway is part of NH 14. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://dbpedia.org/page/Panagarh%E2%80%93Morgram_Highway | title= About Panagarh-Morgam Highway | work=  |publisher= DBpedia | access-date = 15 July 2023}}</ref>

Some of the points of tourist interest are: <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tripadvisor.in/Tourism-g12030356-Rampurhat_Birbhum_District_West_Bengal-Vacations.html | title= Essential Rampurhat | work=  |publisher= Tripadvisor | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

*Maa Tara temple at [[Tarapith]], 6 km from Rampurhat.

[[Tarapith]], a [[Shaktism|shakti peeth]], is 6 km from Rampurhat. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://tarapithonline.com/ | title= Joy Tara | work=  |publisher= Tarapith on line | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

*[[Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital]] is one of the four new state-run medical colleges in West Bengal. It opened its doors in 2018. It has a capacity of 100 students for MBBS degree. The first batch was admitted in 2019. It is affiliated with the [[West Bengal University of Health Sciences]]. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.rampurhatgmch.edu.in/ | title= Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital | work=  |publisher= RGMCH | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

*Rampurhat High School, established in 1886, is a Bengali-medium boys only institution, with facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/birbhum/19082401601/rampurhat-high-school.html | title= Rampurhat High School | work=  |publisher= Schools.org | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

*Rampurhat Girls’ High School, established in 1948, is a Bengali-medium girls only institution, with facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/birbhum/19082400601/rampurhat-girls-high-school.html | title= Rampurhat Girls’ High School | work=  |publisher= Schools.org | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

*Rampurhat High School For Girls, established in 1974, is a Bengali medium girls only institution, with facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/birbhum/19082401602/rampurhat-highschool-for-girls.html | title= Rampurhat High School For Girls | work=  |publisher= Schools,org| access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

*Rampurhat Railway Adarsha Vidyamandir, established in 1984, is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution, with facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. <ref>{{cite web| url =  https://schools.org.in/birbhum/19082401401/rampurhat-railway-adarsha-vidyamandir-h-s.html| title= Rampurhat Railway Adarsha Vidyamandir | work=  |publisher= Schools.org| access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

*Rampurhat Jitendralal Vidyabahaban, established in 1957, is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution, with facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/birbhum/19082400501/rampurhat-jitendralal-vidyabhaban.html | title= Rampurhat Jitendralal Vidyabahaban | work= |publisher= Schools.org | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

*Rampurhat Hazimoulabox High Madrasa, established in 1970, is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution, having facilities for teaching from class V to class  XII. It is a recognized Madrasa. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/birbhum/19082401001/rampurhat-hazimoulabox-high-ma.html | title= Rampurhat Hazimoulabox High MA | work=  |publisher=Schools.org | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

Rampurhat actively participated in the [[Quit India Movement]]. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://indianculture.gov.in/digital-district-repository/district-repository/quit-india-movement-rampurhat | title= Quit India Movement in Rampurhat | work=  |publisher= Ministry of Culture, Government of India | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>

[[Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and [[Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] serve Rampurhat. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | title=  Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006| work=  |publisher= Delimitation Commission | access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://birbhum.gov.in/constituencies/ | title= Birbhum | work=  About District-Constituencies |publisher= Government of West Bengal| access-date = 14 July 2023}}</ref>