Gumut, Bankura


Gumut is a village and gram panchayat in the Bishnupur CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. It includes Muninagar.

Geography

Location

Gumut is located at.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Gumut had a total population of 1,723, of which 872 were males and 851 were females. There were 162 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Gumut was 1,136.

Education

Gumut Vidyasagar Sisu Shiksha Niketan was established in 2010 and Gumut Girls Primary School was established in 1939.
Muninagar Radhakanta Bidyapith is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1956. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 10 computers, a library with 2,500 books and a playground.

Culture

mentions the Muninagar Radha Kanta temple, located in Gumut, as a smooth twin deul plain laterite temple built in 1678.
He further elaborates that in the tradition of Odisha, the porch or jagamohona is under a separate roof. It is as large as or larger than the main shrine in base dimensions. It is attached to the main shrine by a passageway. Similarly, a natmandapa or a bhogmandapa could be attached. The shrine or deul is in rekha style and the other buildings are in pirha style. This tradition had a strong influence on the medieval temples in Midnapore and Bankura. The pirha style is generally used for the tower of the jagamohana and rarely for the main shrine. Sometimes, the jagamohana is reduced to an entry porch. It can also be the other way around. At places such as Kharar and the 17th century Radha Kanta temple at Muninagar and earlier at Baidyapur, the porch is almost as high as the main shrine, giving the impression of twin deuls.
The temple of Radha Kanta at Muninagar is included in the List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal by the Archaeological Survey of India.
The pictures are a part of Wiki Explores Bankura programme, an initiative by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group