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			{{Short description\|Town in West Bengal, India}}
	'''Tamluk''' is an ancient city of ] state in ], near the ].
			{{Use Indian English\|date=October 2016}}
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=September 2019}}
			<!-- See ] for details -->
			{{Infobox settlement
			\| name = Tamluk
			\| other_name = Tamralipta, Tamralipti, Tamolika
			\| settlement_type = City
			\| image_skyline = Bargabhima Temple Arnab Dutta.jpg
			\| image_alt =
			\| image_caption = ] at Tamluk
			\| nickname =
			\| image_map =
			\| map_alt =
			\| map_caption =
			\| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India3#Asia
			\| pushpin_label_position = right
			\| pushpin_map_alt =
			\| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
			\| coordinates = {{coord\|22.3\|N\|87.92\|E\|display=inline,title}}
			\| subdivision_type = Country
			\| subdivision_name = ]
			\| subdivision_type1 = ]
			\| subdivision_name1 = ]
			\| subdivision_type2 = ]
			\| subdivision_name2 = ]
			\| established_title = <!-- Established -->
			\| established_date =
			\| founder =
			\| named_for =
			\| government_type = ]
			\| governing_body = {{bulleted list\|Tamluk Municipality\|Haldia Development Authority}}
			\| unit_pref = Metric
			\| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web\|title=Tamluk Info\|url=https://www.sudawb.org/wbdma_oldversion/HTM/DIS/MUNI_ULB_Tamluk.htm\|website=sudawb.org\|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref>
			\| area_rank =
			\| area_total_km2 = 17.86
			\| elevation_footnotes =
			\| elevation_m = 7
			\| population_total = 65,306
			\| population_as_of = 2011
			\| population_rank =
			\| population_density_km2 = auto
			\| population_demonym =
			\| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/>
			\| demographics_type1 = Languages
			\| demographics1_title1 = Official
			\| demographics1_info1 = ]<ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web\|title=Fact and Figures\|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy\|website=www.wb.gov.in\|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India\|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf\|website=nclm.nic.in\|publisher=]\|access-date=2 March 2019\|page=85\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf\|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
			\| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
			\| demographics1_info2 = ]<ref name="wblangoff"/>
			\| timezone1 = ]
			\| utc_offset1 = +5:30
			\| postal_code_type = ]
			\| postal_code = 721636 721627 721648 721649
			\| area_code_type = Telephone code
			\| area_code = 91-3228
			\| registration_plate = WB 29-xxxx, WB 30-xxxx
			\| blank1_name_sec1 = ] constituency
			\| blank1_info_sec1 = ]
			\| blank2_name_sec1 = ] constituency
			\| blank2_info_sec1 = ]
			\| website = {{URL\|purbamedinipur.gov.in/}}
			\| footnotes =
			}}
			]
			]
			'''Tamluk''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|t\|æ\|m\|l\|ʊ\|k}}) is a town and a municipality in the ]n ] of ]. It is the headquarters of the ]. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present-day Tamluk is the site of the ancient city variously known as ] or Tamralipti, where Hien Chang, a Chinese traveller, visited the town, is now located on the banks of ], close to the ].

			==Name==
	Tamluk is the headquarters of Midnapore East district. It was home of many great leaders during independence movement.
			According to ], the name "Tamluk" is related to the older form ''Tamālikā'', which is a variant spelling (found in the '']'') of the ancient name '']'' (or ''Tāmralipta'').<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 229 --> Other names listed in the ''Trikāṇḍaśesha'' and the '']'' as referring to Tāmraliptī include ''Staṁbhapura'', ''Velākūla'', and ''Vishṇugṛiha''.<ref name="Ramachandran 1951"/>{{rp\|229}}

			==History==
	] is another town on the bank of ] and famous for ] (]) fishes.
			{{Main\|Tamralipta}}
			This ancient kingdom and port city was bounded by the ] in the south, ] in the east and ] in the west. The Rupnarayana is the joint flow of the rivers ] and ]. The Bay of Bengal and these great rivers with their numerous branches created a prosperous and easy water navigational system fostering commerce, culture and early contacts with the people outside the region. At the same time, these rivers helped to develop the agriculture in this region.<ref name=":2">{{cite book \|author=Dilip K. Chakrabarti \|title=Archaeological Geography of the Ganga Plain: The Lower and the Middle Ganga \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEZe-wAIiKIC&pg=PA125 \|year=2001 \|publisher=Orient Blackswan \|isbn=978-81-7824-016-9 \|page=125 }}</ref>

	Archaeological remains show continuous settlement from about ]; it was known as ''~~'Tamralipta'~~'' or '''Tamalitti''', ~~and~~ was a seaport, now buried under river silt. For this reason, Tamluk has many ponds, lakes remaining today.		Archaeological remains show continuous settlement from about the 3rd century BC. It was known as Tramralipta (in the ] and the '']''), Tamralipta (in the ''Mahabharata''), Tamalika (in historical documents), Tamalitti (in foreigners' descriptions), or Tamoluk (in the ]). It was a seaport, now buried under river ]. For this reason, Tamluk has many ponds and lakes remaining today.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Schendel\|first=Willem van\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Y2bBQAAQBAJ\|title=A History of Bangladesh\|date=2009-02-12\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-1-316-26497-3\|pages=16\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal\|last1=Tripati\|first1=S.\|last2=Rao\|first2=S.\|date=1994-01-01\|title=Tamralipti: The Ancient Port of India\|url=\|journal=Studies in History and Culture\|volume=2\|pages=33–39}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=History {{!}} Purba Medinipur {{!}} India \|url=https://purbamedinipur.gov.in/history/ \|access-date=2022-03-18 \|language=en-US}}</ref>

			In the ''Mahabharata'' (Bhishma Parba/Nabam Adhyay), while describing the names of the holiest rivers and kingdoms of India, Sanjay took the name of "Tramralipta" to Dhritarashtra.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book\|last=Puri\|first=Baij Nath\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cz8uAAAAMAAJ\|title=Cities of Ancient India\|date=1966\|publisher=Meenakshi Prakashan\|pages=110\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Choudhury\|first=Pratap Chandra\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EE1uAAAAMAAJ\|title=Assam-Bengal Relations from the Earliest Times to the Twelfth Century A.D.\|date=1988\|publisher=Spectrum Publications\|pages=67\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

			Tamluk was also known as Bhivas, in religious texts, and Madhya Desh, as the Middle State of Utkal/Kalinga and Banga.{{cn\|date=March 2022}}
	==Landmarks and travel==
	The famous ] is in the center of town and very popularly visited by individuals from ].

			According to ] sources, Tamralipti was the capital of the tamralipti janapada and was long known as a port.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Schmiedchen \|first1=Annette \|title=Medieval Endowment Cultures in Western India: Buddhist and Muslim Encounters – Some Preliminary Observations \|journal=Mondes de l'Asie du Sud et de l'Asie Centrale \|date=2019 \|page=7 \|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03012318/document}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Paine \|first=Lincoln \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6vglAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT265 \|title=The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World \|date=2014-02-06 \|publisher=Atlantic Books \|isbn=978-1-78239-357-3 \|pages=265 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ramachandran 1951">{{Cite journal \|last=Ramachandran \|first=T. N. \|date=1951 \|title=Tāmraliptī (Taṁluk) \|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3248590 \|journal=Artibus Asiae \|volume=14 \|issue=3 \|pages=226–239 \|doi=10.2307/3248590 \|jstor=3248590 \|issn=0004-3648}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Bhaumick \|first=Manoranjan \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCFuAAAAMAAJ \|title=History, Culture, and Antiquities of Tāmralipta \|date=2001 \|publisher=Punthi Pustak \|isbn=978-81-86791-27-1 \|language=en \|pages=7-8}}</ref>
	Tamluk rajbari is on the outskirts of town. The literal translation for "rajbari" is king's house, once housing one of the many kings in West Bengal.

			==Archaeology==
	Very popular picnic destination in Tamluk near the rail station.
			Several archaeological find sites have been found in Tamluk, including a number of high mounds in the town as well as in and around various tanks.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 230 --> The ], in the middle of town, is built on one such mound.<ref name=":0">{{Citation \|last=Pinakpani \|title=English: Bargabhima, the ancient temple of Tamluk in Purba Medinipur district \|date=2023-08-20 \|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Bargabhima,_the_ancient_temple_of_Tamluk_in_Purba_Medinipur_district_02.jpg \|access-date=2024-04-12}}</ref><!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 230 --> Another mound is now occupied by the local Mission house. Here, people digging a well found wood fragments at a depth of 50 feet, which T. N. Ramachandran compared to the remains of the Maurya-era wooden palisade found at ].<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 230 --> At another high mound, this one by the Rupnarayan riverbank, a hoard of about 350 coins dated to the 1st-2nd centuries BCE was found by K. N. Dikshit in the early 1920s.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 230-2 --><ref name="Ramachandran 1951"/>{{rp\|230-2}}

			Just east of the Rajbari in central Tamluk is a large square tank called Khātpukūr, which probably dates from the 15th century.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 230, 7 --> Digging here, Ramachandran's group found terracotta remains with similarities to Shunga-period artifacts, but because of where they were found, Ramachandran did not assign them a date.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 235-6 --> Among the artifacts found at Khātpukūr were a couple of Egyptian-style vases, which also could not be dated.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 235 --> They may have been either imports from Egypt or local imitations of Egyptian style.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 235 --> Either way, their presence indicates long-distance cultural contact due to maritime trade, as would be expected at a major port like Tāmraliptī.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 235 --> At another site, "an oblong tank next to the local school", old brick walls and terracotta fragments were found under Gurusday Dutt.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 230 --> Various items were found in and around a couple of tanks on Adhikaripara Road, Padambasan Road, and School Road.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 237 --><ref name="Ramachandran 1951"/>{{rp\|230, 235-7}}
	==External links==
	*

			A group led by T. N. Ramachandran undertook a survey of various sites in Tamluk in the 1940s.<!-- Ramachandran 1951, p. 229-30 --><ref name="Ramachandran 1951"/>{{rp\|229-30}}
	{{WestBengal-geo-stub}}

			==Geography==
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			Tamluk is located on the right bank of the Rupnarayan river, about 19 km upstream from where it joins the ].<ref name="Ramachandran 1951"/>{{rp\|226}}

			===Police station===
			]
			Tamluk police station has jurisdiction over Tamluk (municipality) and ] CD Block. Tamluk police station covers an area of 214.14 km<sup>2</sup> with a population of 352,748.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php \|title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur \|work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 \|publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 10 November 2016 \|url-status = usurped \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170729135056/http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php \|archive-date = 29 July 2017 \|df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = http://emdp.co.in/detailstation/TAMLUK \|title = Tamluk PS \| publisher= Purba Medinipur District Police \| access-date = 10 November 2016}}</ref>

			==Demographics==
			{{Historical populations
			\|1972 \|5,849
			\|1881 \|6,044
			\|1891 \|6,612
			\|1901 \|8,085
			\|1911 \|8,048
			\|1921 \|8,348
			\|1931 \|9,095
			\|1941 \|12,079
			\|1951 \|13,599
			\|1961 \|17,986
			\|1971 \|22,478
			\|1981 \|29,367
			\|1991 \|
			\|2001 \|
			\|2011 \|65,306
			\|footnote=
			\|source=]<ref>{{cite journal\|first=Pranab \|last= Ganguly \|first2=Suvas \|last2=Bose \|date=\|title=Population Trends in Midnapore District, West Bengal, 1872–1981 \|journal=Vidyasagar University: Journal of Social Sciences \|others=Inaugural Number 1991–1992 \|url=https://www.academia.edu/7661574/Population_Trends_in_Midnapore_District_West_Bengal_1872_1981 \|publisher=Vidyasagar University \|location=Midnapore \|pages=1–13 }}</ref>}}
			According to ], Tamluk had a total population of 65,306, of which 33,260 were males and 32,046 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 6,180. The total number of literates in Tamluk was 53,318, which constituted 81.6% of the population with male literacy of 85.0% and female literacy of 78.1%. The effective literacy rate of population (7 years and above) of Tamluk was 90.2%, of which male literacy rate was 94.0% and female literacy rate was 86.2%. The ] population was 4,441 and 201 respectively. Tamluk had 14489 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web \|title=Census of India: Tamluk \|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=390725 \|website=www.censusindia.gov.in \|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>

			==Transport==
			Tamluk has two railway stations - ] and ].

			==Education==
			===Schools===
			* ] :- It is an CBSE English - Medium School
			* Tamralipta Public School, an ICSE and ISC affiliated school
			* Matangini Mission School, Tamluk :- It is a Bengali & English - Medium School
			* ] :- A school under West Bengal board, established on 1852.
			* ] :- A school under West Bengal board
			* ] :- A school under West Bengal board
			* Demari High School :- A school under West Bengal board
			* Tamralipta Vidyapith School : A school under West Bengal board
			*Ratnali Adarsha Valika Vidyalaya : A school under West Bengal board
			*Radhaballavpur Bhima Charan Basu Vidyapith : A school under West Bengal board
			*Kulberia Bhimdeb Adarsha Vidyapith :A school under West Bengal board
			*Bhander Beria Debendra High School : A school under West Bengal board
			*Kakgechia Satyanarayan High School : A school under West Bengal board
			*Jogikhop Girl High School : A school under West Bengal board
			*Banhichar High School : A school under West Bengal board
			*Kelomal Santoshini High School : A school under West Bengal board
			*Nakibasan High School : A school under West Bengal board
			* Daharpur Tapashili High School
			* Salgechia High School
			* Zilla Public School

			===Colleges===
			]]]
			* ] was established in 1948. It is affiliated to ]. It offers courses in arts, science, commerce and education.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://tamraliptamahavidyalaya.org/main/ \|title = Tamralipta Mahaviyalaya \| publisher= TM \| access-date = 1 April 2017}}</ref>
			* ] was established at Nimtouri, Tamluk in 2015. It is affiliated to ].


			* ], established in 2022. It is affiliated to ].

			==Landmarks and tourist places==
			]
			* Rupnarayan river bank: The bank of river Rupnarayan is famous for picnic.{{citation needed\|date=July 2020}}
			* ]: Nearly 1150-year-old Temple of Kali named as Devi Bargobhima. This temple is a part of 51 ].<ref name=":0" /> ] say that the small finger of left feet of ]/] fell here when Lord ] cut the sacred Body of Goddess Sati into several pieces to pacify Lord ].
			* Tamluk Rajbari: Located on the outskirts of town, the old ruined royal abode of the ] (Mayur/Peacock),<ref>{{citation \|title=Bargabhima temple: seeking an unknown mystery \|publisher=IIJCRT \|url=https://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2102193.pdf \|author=Shashwati Pandit \|date=2 February 2021 }}</ref> is a tourist destination.
			* Rakhit Bati: It is another place to visit in Tamluk. In the beginning of 19th century it was a secret centre of the then revolutionary party ]. The historian late Shri Tailakyanath Rakhit rebuilt this building.
			* ]: At geonkhali river Rupnarayan joins Hooghly river.

			== Notable people==
			* ], young revolutionary and martyr
			* ], ] revolutionary and martyr
			* ], ] activist and leader of ]
			* ], former chief minister of ].
			* ], Co founder of ] of British India & after independence he also served the state government as `Industry and Commerce Minister'.
			* ], artist.
			* ],<ref>{{Cite web\|title=.:: Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik ::.\|url=https://www.midnapore.in/people/mani_lal_bhaumik.html\|access-date=2021-07-16\|website=www.midnapore.in}}</ref> Indian American physicist and best-selling author
			* ], former cricketer of ] and a politician.

			==Gallery==
			<gallery>
			Image: Khudiram Bose 1905.jpg\|Khudiram Bose
			Image: Tamluk Junction railway station.jpg\|Tamluk Junction railway station
			Image: Tamluk Junction Foot-over Bridge.jpg \|Tamluk Junction Foot-over Bridge
			Image:A view from foot over bridge.jpg \|A view of station from foot overbridge
			Image:Tamluk, rupnarayan river.jpg\|Rupnarayan river bank, Tamluk
			Image:Ruined royal palace of Tamluk, a heritage building in East Medinipur 19.jpg\|Ruined royal palace of Tamluk
			Image:Bargabhima, the ancient temple of Tamluk in Purba Medinipur district 07.jpg\|Bargabhima, the ancient temple of Tamluk
			Image:East Medinipur District and Session Court at Tamluk, Old and New building 02.jpg\|East Medinipur District and Session Court at Tamluk
			</gallery>

			==See also==
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]

			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

			==External links==
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	Important People from Tamluk -

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	Matangini Hazra
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	Mani Bhowmik
	Biman Bihari Das
	Paresh Maity

Latest revision as of 04:51, 5 January 2025

Town in West Bengal, India

City in West Bengal, India

Tamluk Tamralipta, Tamralipti, Tamolika
City
Bargabhima temple at Tamluk
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Coordinates: 22°18′N 87°55′E / 22.3°N 87.92°E / 22.3; 87.92
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Tamluk Municipality Haldia Development Authority
Area
• Total	17.86 km (6.90 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population
• Total	65,306
• Density	3,700/km (9,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	721636 721627 721648 721649
Telephone code	91-3228
Vehicle registration	WB 29-xxxx, WB 30-xxxx
Lok Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Tamluk
Website	purbamedinipur.gov.in

Tamluk (/ˈtæmlʊk/) is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Purba Medinipur district. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present-day Tamluk is the site of the ancient city variously known as Tamralipta or Tamralipti, where Hien Chang, a Chinese traveller, visited the town, is now located on the banks of Rupnarayan River, close to the Bay of Bengal.

Name

According to T. N. Ramachandran, the name "Tamluk" is related to the older form Tamālikā, which is a variant spelling (found in the Trikāṇḍaśesha) of the ancient name Tāmraliptī (or Tāmralipta). Other names listed in the Trikāṇḍaśesha and the Abhidānachintāmaṇi as referring to Tāmraliptī include Staṁbhapura, Velākūla, and Vishṇugṛiha.

History

Main article: Tamralipta

This ancient kingdom and port city was bounded by the Bay of Bengal in the south, Rupnarayan River in the east and Subarnarekha River in the west. The Rupnarayana is the joint flow of the rivers Dwarakeswar and Silai. The Bay of Bengal and these great rivers with their numerous branches created a prosperous and easy water navigational system fostering commerce, culture and early contacts with the people outside the region. At the same time, these rivers helped to develop the agriculture in this region.

Archaeological remains show continuous settlement from about the 3rd century BC. It was known as Tramralipta (in the Puranas and the Mahabharata), Tamralipta (in the Mahabharata), Tamalika (in historical documents), Tamalitti (in foreigners' descriptions), or Tamoluk (in the British Raj). It was a seaport, now buried under river silt. For this reason, Tamluk has many ponds and lakes remaining today.

In the Mahabharata (Bhishma Parba/Nabam Adhyay), while describing the names of the holiest rivers and kingdoms of India, Sanjay took the name of "Tramralipta" to Dhritarashtra.

Tamluk was also known as Bhivas, in religious texts, and Madhya Desh, as the Middle State of Utkal/Kalinga and Banga.

According to Jain sources, Tamralipti was the capital of the tamralipti janapada and was long known as a port.

Archaeology

Several archaeological find sites have been found in Tamluk, including a number of high mounds in the town as well as in and around various tanks. The Bargabhīmā Temple, in the middle of town, is built on one such mound. Another mound is now occupied by the local Mission house. Here, people digging a well found wood fragments at a depth of 50 feet, which T. N. Ramachandran compared to the remains of the Maurya-era wooden palisade found at Pataliputra. At another high mound, this one by the Rupnarayan riverbank, a hoard of about 350 coins dated to the 1st-2nd centuries BCE was found by K. N. Dikshit in the early 1920s.

Just east of the Rajbari in central Tamluk is a large square tank called Khātpukūr, which probably dates from the 15th century. Digging here, Ramachandran's group found terracotta remains with similarities to Shunga-period artifacts, but because of where they were found, Ramachandran did not assign them a date. Among the artifacts found at Khātpukūr were a couple of Egyptian-style vases, which also could not be dated. They may have been either imports from Egypt or local imitations of Egyptian style. Either way, their presence indicates long-distance cultural contact due to maritime trade, as would be expected at a major port like Tāmraliptī. At another site, "an oblong tank next to the local school", old brick walls and terracotta fragments were found under Gurusday Dutt. Various items were found in and around a couple of tanks on Adhikaripara Road, Padambasan Road, and School Road.

A group led by T. N. Ramachandran undertook a survey of various sites in Tamluk in the 1940s.

Geography

8km
5miles Purbba GopalpurH

Dakshin MaynadalH

Rupnarayan BhabanipurR

Chak SrikrishnapurR

ChandipurR

NandakumarR

MoynaR

Janu BasanR

Uttar MechogramR

Shyamsundarpur PatnaR

ChataraR

ErashalCT

KotbarCT

GoasafatCT

Dakshin BaguanCT

AnantapurCT

ShantipurCT

KakdihiCT

KharishaCT

MihitikriCT

AmalharaCT

KolaghatCT

TamlukM PanskuraM

Cities and towns in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Tamluk is located on the right bank of the Rupnarayan river, about 19 km upstream from where it joins the Hooghly River.

Police station

Tamluk police station has jurisdiction over Tamluk (municipality) and Tamluk CD Block. Tamluk police station covers an area of 214.14 km with a population of 352,748.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1972	5,849	—
1881	6,044	+3.3%
1891	6,612	+9.4%
1901	8,085	+22.3%
1911	8,048	−0.5%
1921	8,348	+3.7%
1931	9,095	+8.9%
1941	12,079	+32.8%
1951	13,599	+12.6%
1961	17,986	+32.3%
1971	22,478	+25.0%
1981	29,367	+30.6%
1991		—
2001		—
2011	65,306	—
Source: Census of India

According to 2011 Indian Census, Tamluk had a total population of 65,306, of which 33,260 were males and 32,046 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 6,180. The total number of literates in Tamluk was 53,318, which constituted 81.6% of the population with male literacy of 85.0% and female literacy of 78.1%. The effective literacy rate of population (7 years and above) of Tamluk was 90.2%, of which male literacy rate was 94.0% and female literacy rate was 86.2%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 4,441 and 201 respectively. Tamluk had 14489 households in 2011.

Transport

Tamluk has two railway stations - Tamluk Junction and Sahid Matangini.

Education

Schools

Sudhir Memorial Institute Tamluk :- It is an CBSE English - Medium School
Tamralipta Public School, an ICSE and ISC affiliated school
Matangini Mission School, Tamluk :- It is a Bengali & English - Medium School
Tamluk Hamilton High School :- A school under West Bengal board, established on 1852.
Rajkumari Santanamoyee Girls' High School :- A school under West Bengal board
Tamluk High School :- A school under West Bengal board
Demari High School :- A school under West Bengal board
Tamralipta Vidyapith School : A school under West Bengal board
Ratnali Adarsha Valika Vidyalaya : A school under West Bengal board
Radhaballavpur Bhima Charan Basu Vidyapith : A school under West Bengal board
Kulberia Bhimdeb Adarsha Vidyapith :A school under West Bengal board
Bhander Beria Debendra High School : A school under West Bengal board
Kakgechia Satyanarayan High School : A school under West Bengal board
Jogikhop Girl High School : A school under West Bengal board
Banhichar High School : A school under West Bengal board
Kelomal Santoshini High School : A school under West Bengal board
Nakibasan High School : A school under West Bengal board
Daharpur Tapashili High School
Salgechia High School
Zilla Public School

Colleges

Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya was established in 1948. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. It offers courses in arts, science, commerce and education.
Shahid Matangini Hazra Government College for Women was established at Nimtouri, Tamluk in 2015. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University.

Tamralipto Government Medical College and Hospital, established in 2022. It is affiliated to WBUHS.

Landmarks and tourist places

Rupnarayan river bank: The bank of river Rupnarayan is famous for picnic.
Devi Barghobhima: Nearly 1150-year-old Temple of Kali named as Devi Bargobhima. This temple is a part of 51 Shakti Peethas. Puranas say that the small finger of left feet of Sati/Parvati fell here when Lord Vishnu cut the sacred Body of Goddess Sati into several pieces to pacify Lord Shiva.
Tamluk Rajbari: Located on the outskirts of town, the old ruined royal abode of the Bhanj dynasty (Mayur/Peacock), is a tourist destination.
Rakhit Bati: It is another place to visit in Tamluk. In the beginning of 19th century it was a secret centre of the then revolutionary party Anusilan Samiti & Gupta samiti. The historian late Shri Tailakyanath Rakhit rebuilt this building.
Geonkhali: At geonkhali river Rupnarayan joins Hooghly river.

Notable people

Khudiram Bose, young revolutionary and martyr
Matangini Hazra, Indian independence movement revolutionary and martyr
Satish Chandra Samanta, Indian independence movement activist and leader of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar
Ajoy Mukherjee, former chief minister of West Bengal.
Sushil Kumar Dhara, Co founder of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar of British India & after independence he also served the state government as `Industry and Commerce Minister'.
Paresh Maity, artist.
Mani Lal Bhaumik, Indian American physicist and best-selling author
Ashok Dinda, former cricketer of Indian National Cricket Team and a politician.

Gallery

Khudiram Bose
Tamluk Junction railway station
Tamluk Junction Foot-over Bridge
A view of station from foot overbridge
Rupnarayan river bank, Tamluk
Ruined royal palace of Tamluk
Bargabhima, the ancient temple of Tamluk
East Medinipur District and Session Court at Tamluk

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External links

Media related to Tamluk at Wikimedia Commons
Tamluk travel guide from Wikivoyage
Tamluk Municipality
Purba Medinipur District Official Website
Paschim Medinipur District Official Website
Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya
On temples of Midnapur

Cities, towns, locations and neighbourhoods in Purba Medinipur District, Medinipur division

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Cities, towns and locations in Paschim Medinipur district

Cities, municipal
and census towns

Tamluk subdivision	Amalhara Bahiri Dakshin Baguan Erashal Goasafat Kakdihi Kharisha Kotbar Kolaghat Mecheda Mihitikri Panskura Shantipur Tamluk
Haldia subdivision	Ashadtalya Barda Garh Kamalpur Haldia Nandigram
Egra subdivision	Amarshi Kasba Benudia Egra Hincha Gerya
Contai subdivision	Basantia Contai Khadalgobra

Locations
other than cities and towns

Tamluk subdivision	Anantapur Bhabanipur Bhogpur Brajalalchak Chak Srikrishnapur Chandipur Chatara Dakshin Maynadal Janu Basan Kishorchak Moyna Nandakumar Purbba Gopalpur Tilkhoja Uttar Mechogram
Haldia subdivision	Chaitanyapur Geonkhali Kukrahati Mahishadal Nayachar Reyepara Sona Chura
Egra subdivision	Alangiri Bhagabanpur Gangadharbar Golara Nij Kajlagarh Kalaberia Kismat Bajkul Madhabpur Paikbheri Panchetgarh Panchrol Palpara Patashpur Pratapdighi Ramchandrapur Shipur Tethi Bari
Contai subdivision	Bara Bankuya Baratala Bhupatinagar Daisai Dariapur Depal Digha Dholmari Dihibahiri Durmut Janka Jukhia Junput Kamarda Kharipukuria Khejuri Majna Mandarmani Marishda Ramnagar Silaberia

Neighbourhoods

Haldia subdivision	Durgachak Sutahata

v t e Municipalities and CD blocks of West Bengal
Municipal corporations	Asansol Bidhannagar Chandannagar Durgapur Howrah Kolkata Siliguri
Municipalities	Alipurduar Arambagh Ashoknagar Kalyangarh Baduria Baidyabati Balurghat Bangaon Bankura Bansberia Baranagar Barasat Bardhaman Barrackpore Baruipur Basirhat Beldanga Berhampore Bhadreswar Bhatpara Birnagar Bishnupur Bolpur Budge Budge Buniadpur Chakdaha Champdani Chandrakona Contai Cooch Behar Dainhat Dalkhola Darjeeling Dhuliyan Dhupguri Diamond Harbour Dinhata Dubrajpur Dum Dum Egra English Bazar Gangarampur Garulia Gayespur Ghatal Gobardanga Guskara Habra Haldia Haldibari Halisahar Haringhata Hugli-Chuchura Islampur Jalpaiguri Jangipur Jaynagar Majilpur Jhalda Jhargram Jiaganj Azimganj Kaliaganj Kalimpong Kalna Kalyani Kamarhati Kanchrapara Kandi Katwa Kharagpur Kharar Khardaha Khirpai Konnagar Krishnanagar Kurseong Madhyamgram Maheshtala Mainaguri Malbazar Mathabhanga Mekhliganj Memari Murshidabad Nabadwip Naihati Nalhati New Barrackpore North Barrackpur North Dum Dum Old Malda Panihati Panskura Pujali Purulia Raghunathpur Raiganj Rajarhat Rajpur Sonarpur Ramjibanpur Rampurhat Ranaghat Rishra Sainthia Shantipur Sonamukhi South Dum Dum Suri Taki Tamluk Tarakeswar Titagarh Tufanganj Uluberia Uttarpara
Community development blocks	A Alipurduar I Alipurduar II Amdanga Amta I Amta II Andal Arambagh Arsha Ausgram I Ausgram II B Baduria Bagdah Baghmundi Bagnan I Bagnan II Balagarh Balarampur Balurghat Bally Jagachha Bamangola Bandwan Bangaon Bankura I Bankura II Barjora Bansihari Barabani Barabazar Barrackpore I Barrackpore II Barasat I Barasat II Baruipur Basanti Basirhat I Basirhat II Beldanga I Beldanga II Berhampore Bhagawangola I Bhagawangola II Bhagabanpur I Bhagabanpur II Bhangar I Bhangar II Bharatpur I Bharatpur II Bhatar Binpur I Binpur II Bishnupur, Bankura Bishnupur I, South 24 Parganas Bishnupur II, South 24 Parganas Bolpur Sriniketan Budge Budge I Budge Budge II Burdwan I Burdwan II Burwan C Canning I Canning II Chakdaha Chanchal I Chanchal II Chandipur Chanditala I Chanditala II Chapra Chandrakona I Chandrakona II Chhatna Chinsurah Mogra Chopra Contai I Contai II Contai III Cooch Behar I Cooch Behar II D Darjeeling Pulbazar Dantan I Dantan II Daspur I Daspur II Debra Deganga Diamond Harbour I Diamond Harbour II Deshapran Dhaniakhali Dhupguri Dinhata I Dinhata II Domjur Domkal Dubrajpur E Egra I Egra II English Bazar F Falakata Falta Farakka Faridpur Durgapur G Gaighata Galsi I Galsi II Gangajalghati Gangarampur Garhbeta I Garhbeta II Garhbeta III Gazole Ghatal Goalpokhar I Goalpokhar II Goghat I Goghat II Gopiballavpur I Gopiballavpur II Gorubathan Gosaba H Habibpur Habra I Habra II Haldia Haldibari Hanskhali Hariharpara Haringhata Haripal Harirampur Harishchandrapur I Harishchandrapur II Haroa Hasnabad Hemtabad Hili Hingalganj Hirbandh Hura I Ilambazar Indas Indpur Islampur Itahar J Jagatballavpur Jalangi Jalpaiguri Jamalpur Jamboni Jamuria Jangipara Jaynagar I Jaynagar II Jhalda I Jhalda II Jhargram Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri Joypur, Bankura Joypur, Purulia K Kakdwip Kalchini Kaliachak I Kaliachak II Kaliachak III Kaliaganj Kaliganj Kalimpong I Kalimpong II Kalna I Kalna II Kandi Kanksa Karandighi Karimpur I Karimpur II Kashipur Katwa I Katwa II Keshiari Keshpur Ketugram I Ketugram II Khanakul I Khanakul II Khandaghosh Kharagpur I Kharagpur II Khargram Kharibari Khatra Khejuri I Khejuri II Khoyrasole Kolaghat Kotulpur Krishnaganj Krishnanagar I Krishnanagar II Kulpi Kultali Kumarganj Kumargram Kurseong Kushmandi L Labpur Lalgola M Madarihat-Birpara Magrahat I Magrahat II Mahisadal Mal Manbazar I Manbazar II Mandirbazar Manikchak Manteswar Mathabhanga I Mathabhanga II Mathurapur I Mathurapur II Matiali Matigara Maynaguri Mayureswar I Mayureswar II Mejia Mekhliganj Memari I Memari II Midnapore Sadar Minakhan Mirik Mohammad Bazar Mohanpur Mongalkote Moyna Murarai I Murarai II Murshidabad-Jiaganj N Nabadwip Nabagram Nagrakata Nakashipara Nalhati I Nalhati II Namkhana Nandakumar Nandigram I Nandigram II Nanoor Naoda Narayangarh Naxalbari Nayagram Neturia O Old Malda Onda P Panchla Pandabeswar Pandua Panskura Para Patashpur I Patashpur II Patharpratima Patrasayer Phansidewa Pingla Polba Dadpur Puncha Purbasthali I Purbasthali II Pursurah Purulia I Purulia II R Raghunathganj I Raghunathganj II Raghunathpur I Raghunathpur II Raiganj Raina I Raina II Raipur Rajarhat Rajganj Rajnagar Ramnagar I Ramnagar II Rampurhat I Rampurhat II Ranaghat I Ranaghat II Rangli Rangliot Ranibandh Raniganj Raninagar I Raninagar II Ratua I Ratua II S Sabang Sagar Sagardighi Sahid Matangini Sainthia Salanpur Salboni Saltora Samserganj Sandeshkhali I Sandeshkhali II Sankrail, Howrah Sankrail, Jhargram Santipur Santuri Sarenga Shyampur I Shyampur II Simlapal Singur Sitai Sitalkuchi Sonamukhi Sonarpur Sreerampur Uttarpara Suri I Suri II Sutahata Suti I Suti II Swarupnagar T Taldangra Tamluk Tapan Tarakeswar Tehatta I Tehatta II Thakurpukur Maheshtala Tufanganj I Tufanganj II U Udaynarayanpur Uluberia I Uluberia II
See also	List of cities in West Bengal by population
Similar to tehsils in many states of India