28/08/2014
In 1879, the district acquired its present shape with the thanas of Khatra and Raipur and the outpost of Simplapal being transferred from Manbhum, and the thanas of Sonamukhi, Kotulpur and Indas being retransferred from Burdwan.
However, it was known for sometime as West Burdwan and in 1881 came to be known as Bankura district. Click to know more...
The earliest signs of human habitation in the area was at Dihar. By about 1000 BC chalcolithic people had settled on the north bank of the Dwarakesw - Bankura - 1 Development Block & Panchayat Samity
