Labhpur

• Name — Labhpur • Type — Census Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — India • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — West Bengal • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Birbhum • Unit Pref — Metric • Elevation M — 35 • Population Total — 5,419 • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Demographics Type1 — Languages • Demographics1 Title1 — Official • Demographics1 Info1 — Bengali, English • Time Zone1 — IST • Utc Offset1 — +5:30 • Postal Code Type — PIN • Postal Code — 731303 • Area Code Type — Telephone code • Area Code — 03463 • Registration Plate — WB • Custom Label1 Sec1 — Sex ratio • Custom Data1 Sec1 — 944 ♂/♀ • Custom Label2 Sec1 — Lok Sabha constituency • Custom Data2 Sec1 — Bolpur • Custom Label3 Sec1 — Vidhan Sabha constituency • Custom Data3 Sec1 — Labpur • Website — birbhum.nic.in

Labpur is located at. It has an average elevation of 35 m. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. It lies in the flood plains of Mayurakshi River and when water is released from Massanjore dam and Tilpara barrage in large quantities, flood waters wreak havoc in the area. In 2006, nearly 50,000 people were marooned in Labhpur and surrounding blocks of Birbhum district.

As per the 2011 Census of India, Labhpur had a total population of 5,419 of which 2,762 (51%) were males and 2,657 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 443. The total number of literates in Labhpur was 4,193 (84.26% of the population over 6 years).

As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Labhpur covered an area of 2.1069 km 2.

• Sambhunath College, Labhpur. (Estd. 1963)

Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, the Bengali writer, was born at Labhpur on 23 July 1898. He passed matriculation from Labhpur in 1916. Many of his novels and stories carry vivid descriptions of the area. • Illustration — House of Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya In the novel Hansulibanker Upkatha, he writes, "The Hansulibank countryside is somewhat rough land. Here, man’s fight is more with land, than that with rivers. When drought comes, in extreme summer, the river becomes a desert, it is a land of sand – only deep water somehow manages to weave a narrow way through it. The land then is transformed into rock. The grass dries up. The land heats up as if it is a piece of heated-up iron." In his novel Ganadevata, he quotes a rural rhyme • Poush-Poush, golden Poush, • Come Poush but don’t go away, don’t ever leave, • Don’t leave Poush, Don’t, • The husband and son will eat a full bowl of rice.

• Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, novelist • Pranab Mukherjee, president of India