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| District Headquarter: Bankura Bankura : A district with high percentage of Tribal population. Cultivation is the main source of income. Famous for music, art and culture. With the diverse variety of land with large tracts of forests, hills, the districts has found place the tourists map. Mukutmanipur, Bishnupur, Jhilmil are the main spots of attraction. Taluk Headquarters: Hirapur, Saltora, Mejia, Barjora, Gangajalghoti, Chhatna, Indpur, Khatra, Ranibandh, Raipur, Simlapal, Taldangra, Bishnupur, Onda, Jaipur, Kotalpur, Indas, Patrasaer, Sonamukhi. Telephone No of NIC Office : 03242-253974 E-mail Address of NIC DIO/DIA : wbbnk@hub2.nic.in
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It lies just north of the Dhaleshwari (Dhalkisor) River. As a major Grand Trunk Road and rail junction, Bankura is an agricultural distributing centre. Rice and oilseed milling, cotton weaving, metalware manufacture, and railway workshops are the major industries. Constituted a municipality in 1869, Bankura has several colleges, including a medical school, affiliated with the University of Burdwan. Bankura lies on a densely populated alluvial plain. Rice, wheat, corn (maize), and sugarcane are the chief crops in the surrounding agricultural area; mica, china clay, iron-ore, lead, zinc, and wolframite deposits are also worked in the locality.
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