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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kogram
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| nickname =
| coordinates = {{coord|23|32|20|N|87|53|53|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name =
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| website = {{URL|http://purbabardhaman.gov.in/}}
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'''Kogram''' is a village in [[Mongalkote]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in [[Katwa subdivision]] of [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==
[[File:View of the Ajay River from Mangalchandi Temple, Ujani (1).jpg|thumb|left|200 px|Ajay from Mangalchandi temple]]
According to [[Binoy Ghosh]], Kogram is located at the confluence of the [[Ajay River|Ajay]] and the [[Kunur River|Kunur]]. The Ajay has been eating up parts of Kogram and pushing it back. In olden days Ujani or Ujaninagar (not to be confused with [[Ujjaini]]) covered a much bigger area, covering present day Kogram, [[Mongalkote]] and surrounding areas. [[Kabikankan Mukundaram Chakrabarti|Kabikankan Mukundaram]] (16th century poet), in his [[Chandimangal]], as well as other poets of the era, have spoken of the fortified Ujani, its king Vikramkesari and its merchants. Ujani was the home of Dhanapati Sadagar. It was also the paternal home of [[Behula]] of [[Manasamangal]] fame. In the olden days, many merchants lived in the riverine territory now a part of [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]] and [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]] districts, with easy access to the port-town of [[Saptagram]]. Around 700 merchants are said to have come to Ujani to attend the last rites Dhanapati Sadagar’s father. The merchants had close links and were mostly centered around Karjana and Saptagram.<ref name=binoyghosh>Ghosh, Binoy, ''Paschim Banger Sanskriti'', (in Bengali), part I, 1976 edition, page 190-203, Prakash Bhaban</ref>

Binoy Ghosh says that it is thought that the merchant class had operated from this riverine territory for around fifteen hundred years and the merchant families amassed enormous wealth. It was a common practice to anchor or submerge the boats in ‘Bhramarar Daha’ when not in use. They used to sail to far off lands. Dhanapati Sadagar had sailed to what is present day [[Sri Lanka]], and when he did not return for a long time, his son, Srimanta Sadagar, set sail in search of him. Life in the region was affected with the changing course of rivers and the arrival of European merchants.<ref name=binoyghosh/>

See also - [[Kasba, Bardhaman|Kasba]] for Champaknagari of [[Chand Sadagar]] and [[Manasamangal]] fame.

==Geography==
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===Location===
It is located at {{coord|23|32|20|N|87|53|53|E|}}.

===Urbanisation===
88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision live in rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population live in urban areas.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman | work = Table 2.2 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 25 January 2019 | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | url-status = dead }}</ref> The map alongside show some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]] Kogram had a total population of 383, of which 209 (55%) were males and 174 (45%) were females. Population below 6 years was 46. The total number of literates in Kogram was 219 (64.99% 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 = 20 March 2017 }}</ref>

==Culture==
[[Kumud Ranjan Mullick]], a notable [[Bengali literature|Bengali writer and poet]], was born at Kogram on 3 March 1882, and wrote many of his poems there. He was a teacher at Mathrun School located nearby. Lochan Das, author of [[Chaitanya Mangala]] (16th century), was born at Kogram. There is a memorial temple in the village.<ref name=Wikimapia>{{cite web|title=Location of Kogram|url=http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=23.538504&lon=87.896644&z=17&m=b&show=/1136896/Kogram-Residence-of-famous-Poet-Kumudranjan-Mallik|publisher=Wikimapia|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang|bn}}, Vol II, p 621, Radical Impression. {{ISBN|81-85459-36-3}}</ref>
[[File:Mangalchandi Temple, Ujani (2).jpg|thumb|200 px|Mangalchandi temple]]
Kogram is a sakti peetha and is famous for the temple of goddess [[Chandi]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://purbabardhaman.gov.in/general_info/tourism.php |title = Purba Bardhaman district| work= Tourism|publisher= District Administration | access-date = 18 February 2019}}</ref>

It is said that a piece of the right arm-bend of Sati fell at Kogram and it is considered one of the fifty one shakti peethas.<ref>Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang|bn}}, Vol II, pages 587, Radical Impression. {{ISBN|81-85459-36-3}}</ref>

As in other parts of neighbouring rural Bengal, in the Ujani-Kogram area also, the non-Aryan content in the regional religious practices were predominant. There was conflict and gradual assimilation of other schools of thought. At one point of time [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Tantra|tantric]] practices and [[Jainism]] must have prevailed at Ujani. In the temple of Chandi there is an ancient idol of [[Gautam Buddha]]. Earlier, there was also an idol of Jain [[tirthankara]] [[Shantinatha]] – it was taken away and is now at [[Bangiya Sahitya Parishad]] in Kolkata.<ref name=binoyghosh/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Kogram}}

{{Purba Bardhaman District}}
{{Temple towns in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Villages in Purba Bardhaman district]]

Kogram - Revision history

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