Hetampur Bihar India
Hetampur,
Bihar
Hetampur,
Bihar
Hetampur is a large village in Jagdispur tehsil
of Bhojpur district, Bihar, India. Hetampur is a village
in Jagdispur tehsil of Bhojpur district, Bihar. Hetampur
has its connection with the historical ancient town of Ujjain. Its Police
Station is at Tiyar. It is the largest of 91 villages of Jagdispur Block,
geographically surrounded by Kataibojh, Araila, Mahuaon and Rangarua villages.
There are lot of smaller habitats (called Tolas in local lingo) spread across
vast agricultural swathes of Hetampur. Hetampur is a very old village with
agro-based economy.
Historical Importance
Ancient grand Lord Shiva
temple and adjoining sacred pond
Lord Somnath Mandir
This Temple is also known as Prachin Somnath Temple and it has been referred in the Hindu religious book called Mahashivapuran as the village's temple name was Himkarpur Somnath Mandir. Important festive occasions associated with Somnath Temple are the village fairs (Mela) arranged during Mahashivratri and Shravan Shivratri. Villagers from far flung areas in district come to attend these village fairs. Major attractions of a visit is pilgrimage and view of Lord (ancient natural Shivlinga). Also a point of attraction are the drama played by local village young men during Mahashivratri. The entire design of the temple is based on Baidyanath Temple. It is less crowded and more spacious, so it is far more enjoyable.The view of the sacred pond is just incredible.
Kali Temple
There is a temple
of Ma Kali adjoining the Lord Shiva Temple(Shiv Mathiya temple or Prachin
Somnath Temple).This Hindu temple was built as the Zamindars of this village
were Ujjain rajputs and their kuladevi or Kuladevata(Family deity) is
Ma Kaalratri.It is also a beautiful temple adjoining the sacred pond with
its beautiful small garden.
Huge orchards
This village also
used to be famous for the big Mango orchards around it. The saying goes that
the orchards used to be so dense that even sunlight could not penetrate through
it and that was the reason for naming one of the orchards as Anharibagh (the orchard
which is ever dark).In 1858 the british army had placed canons in this dense
orchard against Kunwar singh. This place was discovered by ASI as Gargaj. Sadly
the case is not the same now, as the village remains a stark contrast of its
old glory. Due to Naxalism during 1977 to 1990 the dense orchard was cut by the
local people.Now some new orchards are grown again by the villagers.This is a
good sign.
Hetampur Ahra
Vehicles
on Ahra Barrage
Another important
point of this village is huge man-made barrage and adjoining artificial lake to
store rain water to be utilized for irrigation purpose. It is called Hetampur
Ahra in local lingo. Hetampur Ahra is almost 2.5-km-long barrage starting in east
from Anharibagh to the western periphery of the village. It is a man-made
marvel of old time villagers. Apart from having a vast rainwater catchment area
in the south, Ahra is also fed water from two irrigation canals of Son River in
east and west. There are number of parallel smaller irrigation channels
originating from Ahra directs towards North direction which cover 75% of
Cultivable lands of Hetampur and its smaller Tolas. History of the district
show that Hetampur never had drought till the 1990s even during worst monsoon
failure years due to Ahra. However, as on date maintenance of Ahra is the
biggest victim of irresponsible and partisan caste politics of the villagers.
As regards to local and district administration, Hetampur is a village which was
never in the focus despite the huge potential and remarkable demography.
Ancient Zamindari lineage
Hetampur used to
be a Zamindari village in erstwhile Princely state of Jagdishpur with
its roots with ancient Holy and Princely town of Ujjain till abolition of
Zamindari system in India. After the death of 1857 hero Babu Kunwar Singh on 26
th April 1858 his younger brother Amar Singh fought against British army and
won Bihiya,Hetampur and Dalip pur.On 17th October 1858 the British army
defeated Amar singh and Hetampur came under the British .
Association with Indian
Freedom Struggle
Hetampur was a center of 1857 first war of
independence.According to Dr.Sarvadeo Tiwari Rakesh(poet) Hari Singh was a
great followers of Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur,while the local ujjain zamindars
were against Kunwar Singh because they ruled under Maharaja of Dumraon not
under Jagdishpur. Hetampur had lot of pre-independence highly educated and
acclaimed personalities who devoted their precious lives for the cause of
nation. Pandit Gopichand Mishra a scholar of vedas and Srimadbhagwat visited
Burma,Siamdesh-Thiland,Singapore etc. during 1890 to 1905.He had a Bhagwat
katha party including his younger brother Ramchandra Mishra and some brahmins
of Kataibojh.Later Brijnandan Mishra (poet) and Kishori Mishra were associated
with congress movement. Brijnandan Mishra was awarded with Tamra Patra by Indira
Gandhi govt in 1973. One of the prominent freedom fighters belonging to this
village was Late Narsingh Deo Singh (1914–2005). He was involved with Freedom
Struggle during his school days at Uday Pratap College (Kshtriya College),
Varanasi. He left his Graduation mid-way to join the freedom struggle and went
to jail fighting Britishers during Quit India movement to spend 8 months in
Hazaribagh Central Jail along with Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee. However, his
jail term was cut short because of untimely death of his wife due to illness.
By virtue of his association with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Sri ND
Singh also courted arrest against the GoI decision of banning RSS in 1949 and
spent 10 months in Bankipur Central Jail. He was an authority of
Mathematics, English, Hindi and Sanskrit Literature. After earning his Masters
and B.Ed, Sri Singh became an educationist. He had a vision of getting
education to the poor and helpless of this nation and spent his entire life for
same. He selflessly spread the light of knowledge through his various
assignments as Senior Teacher/ Asst Head Master & Head Master in Brahmapur
High School (Bihar), Bihiya High School (Bihar), Marwari Sanatan Vidyalaya,
Raniganj (West Bengal) and Hindu Hindi Vidyalaya, Andal (West Bengal). He is
still remembered and hugely regarded across the towns and districts where he
worked.
Population
Hetampur is a large village located in Jagdishpur of Bhojpur
district, Bihar with total 1214 families residing. The Hetampur village has
population of 7575 of which 3962 are males while 3613 are females as per
Population Census 2011.
In Hetampur village population of children with age 0–6 is
1314 which makes up 17.35% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of
Hetampur village is 912 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child
Sex Ratio for the Hetampur as per census is 874, lower than Bihar average of
935.
Hetampur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar.
In 2011, literacy rate of Hetampur village was 61.12% compared to 61.80% of
Bihar. In Hetampur Male literacy stands at 73.87% while female literacy rate
was 47.27%.
The village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village)
who is elected representative of village.
Castes
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.26% of total population in
Hetampur village. The village Hetampur currently doesn't have any Schedule
Tribe (ST) population.
Economy
In Hetampur village out of total population, 3274 were
engaged in work activities. 35.86% of workers describe their work as Main Work
(Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.14% were involved in
Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3274 workers
engaged in Main Work, 365 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 344 were Agricultural
labourer.
Flora & Fauna
Nilgai (Bluebull)
Agriculture in hetampur village
·
There
are still lot of private orchards in the Western part of village.
· Village area has many beautiful birds, like sparrow, parrots, pigeon etc. Monsoon time special attraction in and around Ahra and orchards are scores of White lovely Egrets (Bagula).
· Wild Deers
· Domesticated Ox, Bulls, Cows, Horses, Donkeys & Pigs.
Educational Institutes
Area is in desperate need of
improvement in the area of Educational facilities. Most of the good schools are
located far from the village but few schools are providing bus pickup service
to students from village now.
·
Govt Primary School at Hetampur,Near Small Canal
·
Govt Primary School at Somnath Mandir
·
Brahma Baba Kanya Bal Vikas Madhya Vidyalay Hetampur
·
Pragya Niketan Near Police Station, Jagdishpur, Bihar
·
JNV Behea, Bhojpur Navodya Vidyalya Rd, behea, Bihar
·
Cambridge Public School Koilara, Jagdishpur, Bihar State
Highway 102, behea, Bihar
·
Sawarath Sahu Government Boys High SchoolJagdishpur, Bihar
·
Mount Carmel Academy Jagdishpur, Bihar
·
Kashturba Girls High School Balpar, behea, Bihar
·
M D Carmel School National Highway 30, Bihar
·
St.Xavier's School Bihar State Highway 102, Jagdishpur, Bihar
·
Mahant Sahajanand Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir Jagdishpur, Bihar
·
High School, Jadopur Jadopur, Bihar
Language
Common dialect is Bhojpuri
language. Hindi and English are also used.
Villages
near Hetampur
·
Kamriaon 3.8 km
·
Jagdishpur 4.1 km
·
Rani Sagar 8.1 km
·
Shahpur 9.0 km
·
Raghunathpur 9.1 km
·
Barhampur 14 km
·
Baligaon 14 km
·
Nawada 15 km
·
Benwaliya 16 km
·
Chaugain 17 km
Infrastructure
Village Streets & Bylanes
·
Of late streets have been paved with bricks and
drainage system also has been made. However, both do not have any lasting
impact on the quality of life in village due to lack of maintenance and
unawareness of villagers.
Buildings
·
There are few Government Buildings, viz Community
Hall, Panchayat Bhawan, Godown, Primary Schools.
·
Mostly private houses are of Brick and mortar type,
with some well planned and beautifully constructed huge houses.
Water
·
Canals from Son, Channels of Ahra & Diesel
operated Pumpsets are mostly used for irrigation purpose.
·
Handpumps and wells are primary sources of drinking
water for the villagers. Government and governance has no visibility in this
part.
Electricity
·
A substation has been installed and performing in
Hetampur village.
·
Around 3-4 transformers are installed and village is
receiving electricity for 17-18 hrs daily
·
All permanent residents have electrical connections
and meter installed in their homes.
·
There are street lights installed by Government of
Bihar.
Communication Towers
·
There are two Ground Based Towers providing
connectivity to most of the major TSPs.
Banking
·
Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank
Markets
·
Jagdishpur
·
Nayka tola
·
behea
·
Banahi
·
Uttardaha
Hospital
The village has a non-functional
Government Health Centre. It has negligible medical facility, not to talk of a
hospital and if any injury case happens they either go to local doctors like
Kesoji,Mahendra doctor or they go to Shahpur or bihya.
In case of any emergency, Patna or Varanasi or Kolkata or Delhi or Bangalore
are available options.
Oil pipeline
The village is just 5.2 km away
from Jagdishpur-Haldia pipeline of GAIL and this region
will also be benefitted from it in near future.
Connectivity
Railways
Nearest railway stations are
Banahi,Behea and Ara which are well connected with Major Railway Stations of
North and Eastern Railways.
Roadways
·
Highways:- State Highway 102(5.2 km away), NH
30(16.3 km away), NH 84(20.2 km away)
·
It is connected to Jagdishpur, Shahpur, Piro and
State Highway 102 at Jagdishpur through Rural roads.
·
There is also a new road completed under Pradhamantri
Gramin Sarak Yojna of Govt. of India and its very fine running parallel to
canal called Hetampur road connecting Jagdishpur, State Highway,
Naykatola, Shivpur, Hetampur and many more places
Airways
Nearest
Airport is Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Phulwari Sharif, Patna which is
nearly 90 km away from Hetampur
Postal
Address
Post Office:
HETAMPUR, District: Bhojpur, Bihar, Pin Code: 802158 India
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