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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bhimgara
| other_name = Bhimgara
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Railway Station in Sainthia Andal line 01.jpg
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| image_caption = Bhimgarh Jn. railway station
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| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.7419800|N|87.2872500|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Birbhum District|Birbhum]]
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Birbhum]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Dubrajpur#Politics|Dubrajpur]]
| website = {{URL|birbhum.nic.in}}
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'''Bhimgara''' is a village in [[Khoyrasol (community development block)|Khoyrasol]] CD Block in [[Suri Sadar subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]] in the Indian state of West Bengal.

==Geography==
Bhimgarh is located at {{coord|23.7419800|N|87.2872500|E|source:yahoomap_region:IN-WB|format=dms}} on the north bank of [[Ajay River]].

==History==
There are remains of an old fort with low earthen ramparts beaten by the weather to low gentle mounds. The place is attributed to the five [[Pandava]]s, who are said to have stayed here for some time during their exile. On the other side of the river is [[Pandaveswar]], where there are some temples also attributed to the Pandavas. There is a small temple known as Bhimeswara with a [[lingam]] supposed to have been set up by [[Bhima|Bhim]], one of the Pandavas.<ref name= omalley>O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Birbhum'', Bengal District Gazetteers, p. 122, first published 1910, 1996 reprint, Government of West Bengal</ref>

==Transport==
[[Bhimgara Junction railway station]] is situated on the [[Andal-Sainthia Branch Line]] of [[Eastern Railway (India)|Eastern Railway]].<ref name= omalley/><ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/18255 | title= 53535 => 63535 Andal-Sainthia Memu| work= Time Table |publisher= Indiarailinfo | access-date = 22 January 2018}}</ref> As of 2018, the Bhimgara-Palasthali line has remained in-operative.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/palasthali-psme/89*16 | title = Departures from PSME/ +-*/6540Palasthali | publisher = Indiarailinfo | access-date = 22 January 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[National Highway 14 (India)|NH 14]], running from Morgam (in Murshidabad district) to Kharagpur (in Paschim Medinipur district), passes through Bhimgara.<ref>Google maps</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Birbhum District}}

[[Category:Villages in Birbhum district]]

{{Birbhum-geo-stub}}

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