Panchmura

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Panchmura
পাঁচমুড়া
Village
Panchmura is located in West Bengal
Panchmura
Panchmura
Location in West Bengal, India
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Lok Sabha constituency Bankura
Vidhan Sabha constituency Taldangra

Panchmura is a gram panchayat under Taldangra intermediate panchayat, in Khatra subdivision of Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] It is 21 km (13 mi) from Bishnupur and is famous for the terracotta Bankura horse, a folk artefact and now the national symbol for Indian handicrafts.[2]

Geography

Panchmura is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It has an average elevation of 68 m (223 ft).[3]

Census villages under Panchmura gram panchayat are as follows: Nutangram, Danduria, Dhobajor, Banskopa, Kanaipur, Radhanagar, Amjor, Panchmura, Adhkara, Kukutia, Jaypur, Chakiambedia, Lalbandh, Deulbhira, Bhetuadanga, Jambedia, Rasiagara, Shyamsundarpur and Tatar.[4]

Bankura horse

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Main article: Bankura horse

The terracotta Bankura horse, the logo of All India Handicrafts,[5] and an item which now adorns drawing rooms across the world as symbols of Indian folk-art, is produced in Panchmura[6]

References

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