Mansinhapur is a census town

Census town

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 under Jagatballavpur

Jagatballavpur

Jagatballavpur is an administrative division in Howrah Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jagatballavpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Munsirhat...

 police station in Sadar subdivision

Howrah Sadar subdivision

Howrah Sadar subdivision , is a subdivision of the Howrah district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Howrah municipal corporation and Bally municipality and five community development blocs: Bally Jagacha, Domjur, Panchla, Sankrail and Jagatballavpur. The five blocks contain 67...

 of Howrah district

Howrah District

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 in the India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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History

The town is said to have been named after the Mughal

Mughal Empire

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 general Raja Man Singh

Man Singh I of Amber

Raja Shri Man Singh Ji Saheb was the Kacchwaha King of Amber, a state later known as Jaipur...

 as he is believed to have set up camp here on the banks of the Gouriganga River, while on his way to Orissa on a military expedition.

Demographics

India census

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, Mansinhapur had a population of 5401. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mansinhapur has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 70%. In Mansinhapur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Culture

There are three old temples in this town: Dharmathakur

Dharmathakur

Dharmathakur is a Hindu god worshipped by villagers in the traditional Rarh region in the present day Indian state of West Bengal as one of their special village gods...

temple in Panditpara built in 1812, Radhakantajiu temple, Raghunathjiu temple. None of the temples presently have any terracotta carvings.