Rampurhat

Rampurhat (alternatively Rampur Hat; in Bengali ) is a town and a municipality in Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a small and peaceful town near the West Bengal / Jharkhand border. Distance from Kolkata is approximately 219 KM (railway distance).

Geography

Rampurhat is located at 24.17 North and 87.78 East.

Rampurhat is also an important rail station (Soon going to be a junction) which connects the southern part of bengal to northern & also to north east states.So many long diatance trains like Cochin Exp, Bangalore-Guwahati,Thrivandrum-Guwahati is operational via Rampurhat,which is also an important stoppage for the trains like Ganadebata Exp, KanchanKanya Exp, Uttarbanga Exp, Saraighat Exp , Newly launched Shahid Exp, Howrah-Malda Intercity Exp, Kanchan Jungha Exp.

As state expressway no-4 passed through the town it is also well connected by road. Frequent State Transport Corp's buses & private owned buses helped the travellers to move to Siliguri, Coachbehar,Kolkata, Durgapur, Asansol, Medinipur, Malda ,Dumka ,Deoghar throughout the day.

Demographics

As of 200 India census, Rampurhat had a population of 50,609. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Rampurhat has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 66%. In Rampurhat, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economics

Some years back, there was a popular joke about the career of Rampurhat people:
There are two kinds of people at Rampurhat
i) MR (medical representative)
ii) jobless

But the town is also khown for Stone crushers & mines, which are situated on the Bengal - Jharkhand border. This belt provides employment to a wide range of peoples from all over Birbhum District & Santhal Pargana.

Education

There are 4 major schools for high studies - namely J. L. Vidyabhaban (one of the best educational institutes in Birbhum), Rampurhat High School (one of the oldest school in Birbhum, estd. in 1886), Rampurhat Girls' High School and Rampurhat High School for Girls and one college - Rampurhat College.