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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Dharapat<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = <br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|23.137388|N|87.299252|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bankura district|Bankura]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]] <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 1,399<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = <br />
| registration_plate = WB <br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Bishnupur, Bankura#Politics|Bishnupur]]<br />
| website = {{URL|bankura.gov.in/}}<br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-WB]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Dharapat''' is a village in [[Bishnupur subdivision]] of [[Bankura district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is {{convert|12|km}} north of [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
{{OSM Location map<br />
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|mark-coord3={{coord|23|9|0|N|87|37|55|E}} | label-pos3=right|label3=Indas| numbered3=R| mark-title3= [[Indas]] (R)<br />
|mark-coord4={{coord|23|3|10|N|87|26|48|E}} | label-pos4=right|label4=Joypur| numbered4=R| mark-title4= [[Joypur, Bankura]] (R)<br />
|mark-coord5={{coord|22|55|22|N|87|36|36|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5=Jayrambati| numbered5=R| mark-title5= [[Jayrambati]] (R)<br />
|mark-coord6={{coord|23|12|16|N|87|31|50|E}} | label-pos6=right|label6=Patrasayer| numbered6=R| mark-title6= [[Patrasayer]] (R)<br />
|mark-coord7={{coord|23|10|10|N|87|19|25|E}} | label-pos7=top|label7=Radhanagar| numbered7=R| mark-title7= [[Radhanagar, Bankura]] (R)<br />
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|mark-coord9={{coord|23|0|15|N|87|40|21|E}} | label-pos9=bottom|label9=Laugram| numbered9=R| mark-title9= [[Laugram]] (R)<br />
|mark-coord10={{coord|23|6|40|N|87|18|51|E}} | label-pos10=bottom|label10=Joykrishnapur| numbered10=R| mark-title10= [[Joykrishnapur]] (R)<br />
|mark-coord11={{coord|23|3|50|N|87|19|12|E}}| label-pos11=right |label11=Bishnupur| numbered11=M| mark-title11 =[[Bishnupur, Bankura]] (M)| shape-color11=#800000<br />
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|mark-coord13={{coord|23|1|10|N|87|35|37|E}}| label-pos13=right |label13=Kotulpur| numbered13=CT| mark-title13 =[[Kotulpur]] (CT)| shape-color13=#A40000<br />
|mark-coord14={{coord|23|8|20|N|87|17|57|E}} | label-pos14=right|label14=Dharapat| numbered14=T| mark-title14= Dharapat (T) |shape-color14=black| label-size14=13|label-color14=black <!-- make the subject of the article stand out with black colors --><br />
|mark-coord15={{coord|23|7|25|N|87|21|18|E}} | label-pos15=bottom|label15=Dihar| numbered15=T| mark-title15= [[Dihar]] (T) |shape-color15=#AA6666<br />
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|mark-coord17={{coord|22|57|48|N|87|29|51|E}} | label-pos17=right|label17=Baital| numbered17=T| mark-title17= [[Baital, Bankura]] (T) |shape-color17=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord18={{coord|23|9|50|N|87|33|6|E}} | label-pos18=left|label18=Balsi|labela18= Purbapara| numbered18=T| mark-title18= [[Balsi Purbapara]] (T) |shape-color18=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord19={{coord|23|3|10|N|87|16|20|E}} | label-pos19=right|label19=Dwadashbari| numbered19=T| mark-title19= [[Dwadashbari]] (T) |shape-color19=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord20={{coord|23|2|15|N|87|27|42|E}} | label-pos20=right|label20=Gokulnagar| numbered20=T| mark-title20= [[Gokulnagar, Bankura]] (T) |shape-color20=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord21={{coord|23|7|36|N|87|23|0|E}} | label-pos21=right|label21=Gumut| numbered21=T| mark-title21= [[Gumut, Bankura]] (T) |shape-color21=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord22={{coord|23|16|28|N|87|31|26|E}} | label-pos22=left|label22=Hadal Narayanpur| numbered22=T| mark-title22= [[Hadal Narayanpur]] (T) |shape-color22=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord23={{coord|23|0|41|N|87|29|30|E}} | label-pos23=left|label23=Maynapur| numbered23=T| mark-title23= [[Maynapur]] (T) |shape-color23=#AA6666<br />
|mark-coord24={{coord|23|10|36|N|87|34|18|E}} | label-pos24=right|label24=Patit Dommahal| numbered24=T| mark-title24= [[Patit Dommahal]] (T) |shape-color24=#AA6666<br />
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===Location===<br />
Dharapat is located at {{coord|23.137388|N|87.299252|E|display=inline}}.<br />
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<small>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.</small><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Dharapati had a total population of 1,399 of which 718 (51%) were males and 681 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 168. The total number of literates in Dharapati was 772 (62.71% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 14 October 2016 }}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Dharapat JB Primary School was established in 1960.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://schools.org.in/bankura/19132203301/dharapat-j-b-p-s.html |title = Dharapat JB PS|publisher= Schools.org.in| access-date = 4 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Culture==<br />
Bankura district was once under the influence of [[Jainism]] and a number of Jain relics lie scattered in the district. Jain relics at villages [[Sonatapal]], [[Bahulara]], Dharapat, [[Harmasra]] and [[Pareshnath|Paresnath]] (near Ambiknagar) are now taken as Hindu relics and some of the intact images are daily worshipped as Hindu deities. The temples at Dharapat and Bahulara villages have naked Jain images, which are known as "Nangta Thakur" or the naked deities. These deities are there along with Hindu deities.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hindubooks.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=144&page=9 | title = Temples and Legends of Bengal | access-date = 2009-07-12 | work = Bankura | publisher = Hindu Books | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110617103235/http://www.hindubooks.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=144&page=9 | archive-date = 17 June 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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According to a Bengali inscription in the main temple at Dharapat, it was built in 1694 or 1704. The idol is thought to be of Shyama Chand Thakur, commonly known as Nangta Thakur. The temple was built by Advesh, Raja of Dharapat. Barren women of the locality worship at the temple with the hope of bearing a child.<ref>O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Bankura'', ''Bengal District Gazetteers'', p. 195, 1995 reprint, first published 1908, Government of West Bengal</ref> The temple came up in place of a plastered laterite structure that had collapsed. The new temple has four small statues of flying lions on its four sides. There are three excellent stone idols in the temple — two Jain deities and Vishnu. All three are on the outer walls. There are a number of abandoned temples in the village. There are some stone relics in Dharapat. One of them, and a very interesting one, is a statue of Parasnath that has been converted into a Vishnu idol by carefully adding two hands. It obviously signifies the overpowering Hindu influence after the decline of Jainism in the area.<ref>{{cite web<br />
| url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081012/jsp/calcutta/story_9953884.jsp<br />
| title = Next weekend you can be at ... Dharapat | access-date = 2009-07-12 | publisher = The Telegraph, 12 October 2008}}</ref><br />
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See also - [[Bengal temple architecture]]<br />
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==Dharapat picture gallery==<br />
<gallery widths="150px" heights="100px"><br />
File:Deul of Dharapat (03).jpg|Deul of Dharapat<br />
File:Deul of Dharapat (38).jpg|Statue of Jain Tirthankar on the wall<br />
File:Deul of Dharapat (15).jpg|Statue of Jain Tirthankar on the wall<br />
File:Deul of Dharapat (35).jpg|Statue of Vishnu on the wall <br />
File:Deul of Dharapat (08).jpg|Statue of Jain Tirthankar on the wall<br />
File:Deul of Dharapat (26).jpg|Floral relief<br />
File:Deul of Dharapat (25).jpg|Floral relief<br />
File:Deul of Dharapat (11).jpg|Floral relief<br />
File:Deul of Dharapat (18).jpg|Closer view of the bottom<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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