Barabazar

Barabazar is a census town in the Barabazar CD block in the Manbazar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Before Indian independence in 1947, it was the capital of an expensive zamindari of Barabhum in British India.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Barabazar
Settlement.native_name: Barabazar
Settlement.native_name_lang: Bengali, Hindi, Kudmali, Santali
Settlement.other_name: Barabhum
Settlement.settlement_type: Census Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India West Bengal#India3
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in West Bengal, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: West Bengal
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Purulia
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_total: 8,056
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Official

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Contents

Geography
Area overview
Civic administration
Police station
Demographics
Infrastructure
Education
Transport
Healthcare
References

==Geography==

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