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{{for|the village in Bihar|Hetampur, Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hetampur
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Hetampur Royal Palace.jpg 04.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Hetampur Royal palace
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.781936|N|87.403346|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Birbhum District|Birbhum]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
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| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total = 2,388
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2011" />
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| population_rank =
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 731124
| area_code = 91 3462
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]] code
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-BR]]
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Birbhum]]
| website = {{URL|birbhum.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Dubrajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dubrajpur]]
}}

'''Hetampur''' is a large village<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web |title=Hetampur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/318226-hetampur-west-bengal.html |publisher=Census 2011 |access-date=1 September 2018 |archive-date=1 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901221158/https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/318226-hetampur-west-bengal.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Suri Sadar subdivision]] of [[Birbhum District]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is situated near [[Dubrajpur]]. The village is famous for the Royal and historical palace.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://birbhum.gov.in/birtour2.htm | title = Hetampur | access-date = 2007-08-24 | publisher = Birbhum district administration | archive-date = 14 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714233102/http://www.birbhum.gov.in/birtour2.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Geography==
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===Location===
Hetampur is located at {{Coord|23.781936|N|87.403346|E|source:yahoomaps_region:IN-WB |format=dms}}.

==Demographics==
As of the 2011 Census, Hetampur had a population of 2,388; 1,188 males and 1,200 females, giving a ratio of 1010 compared to the West Bengal state average of 950.<ref name="Census 2011" /> There were 282 children aged 0–6 and a child sex ratio of 1104, compared to the West Bengal state average of 956.

Hetampur village had a literacy rate of 76.21%, compared to 76.26% of West Bengal- male literacy was 84.82% and female was 67.59%<ref name="Census 2011" />

==Education==
At Hetampur [[Krishna Chandra College]], popularly known as Hetampur Mahavidyalaya is one of the reputed and oldest college of the West Bengal. There are also few schools and training institutes such as Hetampur Raj High School, Hetampur Girls’ High School, St. Andrus, Hetampur Model School, DAV Public School, Rabindra Najrul Smrit B. Ed College, Hetampur Rajbati Primary Teachers Training Institute etc.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hetampurrajbatiptti.org/aboutus.html| title = Hetampur Rajbati Primary Teachers Training Institute| accessdate = 2007-09-16| last = | first = | work = | publisher = Hetampur Rajbati PTTI| archive-date = 26 July 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110726145909/http://www.hetampurrajbatiptti.org/aboutus.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

==Culture==

===Rajbari===
The Rajbari was built in the shape of a castle with 999 doors which has given it the name ''Hetampur HajarDuari''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-11 |title=শীতের ছোট্ট ট্রিপে চলুন হেতমপুর রাজবাড়ি! এই বাড়িতেই হয়েছিল গুপি-বাঘার শ্যুটিং |url=https://bengali.news18.com/photogallery/south-bengal/short-trip-can-be-hetampur-rajbari-in-birbhum-l18-pbd-1409841.html |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=News18 বাংলা |language=bn}}</ref> (''hajar'' is one thousand in Bengali, ''duari'' means doored). Hetampur Rajbari has been used by film directors such as [[Satyajit Ray]], [[Mrinal Sen]], [[Tarun Majumdar]], Raja Sen, Dilip Roy, [[Sandip Ray]] and others in many Bengali films – [[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]], [[Abhijan (1962 film)|Abhijan]], [[Mrigayaa|Mrigaya]], and [[Ganadevata (film)|Ganadebata]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=23&id=171683&usrsess=1 | title = Where history speaks in whispers | access-date = 2007-09-16 | publisher = The Statesman, 20 January 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Amitabha Gupta |title=Tales of a palace: Exploring the built heritage of Hetampur |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/exploring-the-history-and-stories-behind-the-grand-ranjan-palace-at-hetampur-and-nearby-rajnagar-in-west-bengals-birbhum-district/cid/1872331 |access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref>

===Temples===
Hetampur has many interesting terracotta temples in various styles of architecture. During the late 1940s till about 1952 Indian artist [[Mukul Dey]] conducted detailed photographic survey of Birbhum-Barddhaman group of terracotta temples. He visited Hetampur and photo recorded the '''Gol-Mandir''', the '''Chandranath Shiva temple''' and the '''Dewanji temples''' here. Chandranatha Siva Mandir in Hetampur of Dubrajpur, Birbhum built in 1847 is Octagonal pinnacled - Naba Ratna type with terracotta on three sides. Dewanji Mandir nearby is tightly ridged Rekha type with small terracotta facade of 19th century Birbhum-Barddhaman style having rich terracotta on two sides. Out of these three temples, the '''Gol-Mandir''' temple is no longer in existence at Hetampur. Its memory survives only in the photographs by [[Mukul Dey]]. A portrait of [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]], European nuns and priests form the theme of decoration on a 19th-century temple in Hetampur.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.chitralekha.org/terracottas1.htm| title = Mukul Dey Archives| access-date = 2007-09-16| publisher = Chitralekha| archive-date = 27 September 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927081432/http://www.chitralekha.org/terracottas1.htm| url-status = live}}</ref>

===Temple picture gallery===
<gallery widths="250px" heights="200px">
File:Temple of Dewanji Hetampur.JPG|Dewanji temple
File:Dewanji temple of Hetampur in Birbhum district 16.jpg|Terracotta carvings in Dewanji temple
File:Chandranath Shiva temple of Hetampur in Birbhum district 44.jpg|Chandranath Shiva temple
File:Chandranath Shiva temple of Hetampur in Birbhum district 27.jpg|Terracotta carvings at Chandranath Shiva temple
</gallery>

===Fair===
Bipracharan Chakravarty of the Hetampur Raj family started a [[Saraswati Puja]] at Hetampur. His grandson, Ramranjan, started a 3-days fair on the occasion. The fair continues on the grounds of the Hetampur Rajbari. [[Gurusaday Dutt]] had once presented [[raibeshe]] bratachari during the fair. Many renowned personalities were invited to attend the fair and some of them came. Hetampur Royal Theatre and Ranjan Opera had their inaugural shows at the fair.<ref name = "Mukhopadhyay">Mukhopadhyay Aditya, ''Birbhumer Mela'', ''Paschim Banga '', Birbhum Special Issue, February 2006, {{in lang|bn}}, pp. 203-214, Information & Cultural Department, Government of West Bengal.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Nobility of the Raj}}

{{Birbhum District}}
{{Temple towns in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Villages in Birbhum district]]

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