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{{Infobox school
| name = Bankura Zilla School
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| address = Machantala,<br /> Bankura - 722101, [[West Bengal]], India
| medium = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
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| schoolboard = West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
| authority =
| affiliation = WBBSE
| founder = G. N. Cheek and Francis Goldsberry
| chairperson =
| headmaster = Shri Baridbaran Mishra
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| established = {{start date and age|1840}}
| students = 781 (approximate)
| grades =
| campus = Urban
| type = Governmental
| faculty = 28 (till 01.01.2013)
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'''Bankura Zilla School''' is one of the oldest and Best <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060603/asp/bengal/story_6305978.asp|title=Bankura scores a perfect three, again|date= 3 June 2006|accessdate=1 January 2013|publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=371031&catid=72&show=archive&year=2011&month=5&day=28&Itemid=66|title=They ALso came out with flying colours|date= 27 May 2011|accessdate=1 January 2013|publisher=The Statesman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-201018001/once-topper-always-topper.html|title=Once a topper always a topper|date=3 June 2003|accessdate=1 January 2013|publisher=The Statesman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&show=archive&id=371032&catid=72&year=2011&month=05&day=28&Itemid=66|title=Kolkata second in 'merit list'|date= 27 May 2011|accessdate=1 January 2013|publisher=The Statesman}}</ref> schools of [[Bankura District]], [[West Bengal]]. Established in 1840 this school is popularly known as Zilla School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiastudychannel.com/schools/58491-Bankura-Zilla-School.aspx|title=Bankura Zilla School Bankura: Details and Reviews|date=11 September 2011|accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref> The main language of instruction used is Bengali.

==History==
Bankura Zilla School was established by Dr. G. N. Cheek, a civil surgeon and indigo planter, and Mr. Francis Goldsberry, the Bankura District Sessions Judge as the first English school of the district, Bankura Free School in the year 1840, which later renamed to Bankura Zilla School. The school started in 'Sepoy Barrack Hospital' building which was established in the year 1809. Nowadays this building is termed as 'hall' in the school.

It is converted to Zilla School in the year 1846 and renamed to zilla school. After being converted into govt school, eastern and western part of the main building were extended. The office room of the existing school was made with the financial assistance of Maharaja Mahatabchand Bahadur of Burdwan in 1851.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bankura.org.in/Portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45%3Ahistoricaledifices&catid=50%3Ahistory&Itemid=27|title=Historical Edifices Of Bankura Town|accessdate=30 November 2012}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Affiliation==
This school is affiliated to [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] and [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbbse.org/sbankura.htm|title=WBBSE, Bankura|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>

==Academics==
Bankura Zilla School has been consistently producing several top performers in West Bengal Madhyamik examination as well as Higher Secondary Exam. For Example in 2017, six students from Bankura Zilla School were in top 10 in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/six-students-from-bankura-school-in-top-10/articleshow/58875120.cms|title=Madhyamik results 2017: West Bengal Madhyamik toppers: Six students from Bankura school in top 10 | Kolkata News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Purulia Zilla School]]
*[[Bishnupur High School (Bankura)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Zilla Schools}}
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Schools in Bankura district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1840]]
[[Category:1840 establishments in British India]]

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