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Charida

Coordinates: 23°12′17″N 86°01′53″E / 23.2046°N 86.0314°E / 23.2046; 86.0314
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Charida
Village
Masks at Charida
Masks at Charida
Charida is located in West Bengal
Charida
Charida
Location in West Bengal, India
Charida is located in India
Charida
Charida
Charida (India)
Coordinates: 23°12′17″N 86°01′53″E / 23.2046°N 86.0314°E / 23.2046; 86.0314
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurulia
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,568
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
723152
Telephone/STD code03254
Lok Sabha constituencyPurulia
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBaghmundi
Websitepurulia.gov.in
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J
H
A
R
K
H
A
N
D
Chandni Hill
Ajodhya
Hills
Chamtuburu
Subarnarekha River
T
Murguma Dam
Bamni Falls
T
T
Purulia Pumped Storage Power Station
Ajodhya Hill top
T
Charida
X
H
Suisa (H)
R
Tulin (R)
Patardi
R
R
Masina, Purulia (R)
R
Kotshila (R)
R
Jiudaru (R)
R
Jargo, Purulia (R)
R
Baghmundi (R)
R
Ananda Nagar, Purulia (R)
R
Agharpur (R)
M
Jhalda (M)
C
Jaypur, Purulia (Census Town)
C
Begunkodor (Census Town)
C
Chekya (Census Town)
Places in Jhalda subdivision in Purulia district. Key:
M: municipality, C: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, X: craft centre, T: tourist centre, △: hills
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the locations in the larger map on click through may vary slightly.

}} Charida (also referred to as Chorida, Chorda) is a village in the Baghmundi CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Location

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Charida is located at 23°12′17″N 86°01′53″E / 23.2046°N 86.0314°E / 23.2046; 86.0314.

Charida is about 5 km from Baghmundi village, at the scenic foothills of the Ajodhya Hills.[1][2]

Area overview

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Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. Jhalda subdivision, shown in the map alongside, is located in the western part of the district, bordering Jharkhand. The Subarnarekha flows along a short stretch of its western border. It is an overwhelmingly rural subdivision with 91.02% of the population living in the rural areas and 8.98% living in the urban areas. There are 3 census towns in the subdivision. The map alongside shows some of the tourist attractions in the Ajodhya Hills. The area is home to Purulia Chhau dance with spectacular masks made at Charida. The remnants of old temples and deities are found in the subdivision also, as in other parts of the district.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Demographics

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According to the 2011 Census of India, Chorda had a total population of 2,568, of which 1,353 (53%) were males and 1,215 (47%) were females. There were 385 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Chorda was 1,416 (64.86% of the population over 6 years).[9]

Culture

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Charida is famous for the Chhau masks used in the Purulia Chhau dance.[1] Around 150 families are involved in mask-making. It involves five elaborate processes and depending on the intricacies involved it takes two to seven days to complete a mask. "The Chhau craft itself dates back 150 years, to the reign of King Madan Mohan Singh Deo of Baghmundi". A chau mask festival is organised at Charida in January–February. Some of the craftsmen have travelled to far off places such as Japan and France "to showcase their work and popularise Chhau."[2]

"The Kirat-Kiratin avtar of Shiva and Durga is the inspiration" behind the Chhau mask. Apart from their traditional use in the Purulia chhau dance, the masks have become a drawing room show piece. Traditionally, only people of lower castes were involved in mask making but the growing demand of the item is drawing in people from all castes into this profession.[2]

Gambhir Singh Mura, an outstanding Chhau dancer and a Padma Shri awardee, belonged to the nearby village of Pitikiri Bamni. Now, his statue adorns Charida.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Banerjee, Tania. "Charida, the village of mask makers". The Hindu, 9 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
  4. ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purulia". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Purulia". Department of Tourism. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Chhau dance of Purulia". Itsavpedia. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  7. ^ "District Census Handbook: Puruliya – Series 20, Part Xii A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Page 102: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Deuli, Harup and Suisa, Crumbling Temples, Scattered Statues and Single Room Museum". Rangan Dutta/ Wordpress. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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