Tamluk is the district headquarters of Purba Medinipur

Purba Medinipur

Purba Medinipur district , or East Midnapore district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Burdwan division – one of the three administrative divisions of West Bengal. The headquarter is located at Tamluk...

 district of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present day Tamluk is the site of the ancient city variously known as Tamralipta

Tamralipta

Tamralipta or Tamralipti was the name of an ancient city on the Bay of Bengal believed by scholars to be on the site of Tamluk in modern-day India.-References:...

 or Tamralipti. The present town is located on the banks of the Rupnarayan River

Rupnarayan River

The Rupnarayan River is a river in India. It begins as the Dhaleswari in the Chhota Nagpur plateau foothills northeast of the town of Purulia. It then follows a tortuous southeasterly course past the town of Bankura, where it is known as the Dwarakeswar river. Near the town of Ghatal it is...

 close to the Bay of Bengal

Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...

.

Demographics

As of the 2001 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

 of India, Tamluk had a population of 45,826. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Tamluk has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 72%. In Tamluk, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

This ancient port city and kingdom was bounded by the Bay of Bengal in the south, river Rupnarayana in the east and Subarnarekha in the west. The Rupnarayana is the joint flow of the river Dwarkeshwar and the river Shilai. The Bay of Bengal and these great rivers and 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 3rd century BC. It was known as Tramralipti (in the Purans and the Mahabharata) or Tamralipta (in Mahabharata) or Tamalika (in historical documents) or 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 Dhritarastra.

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 kingdom of Venga and was long known as a port

also see

People

The region has its own distinct ethnic mix, stemming from successive migrations and invasions from both the west, east, and especially from northern India . Its history shows the complex combination of indigenous, Buddhist, Jain, Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

 and Islamic cultures, often introduced through physical conquest and political control, as well as through trade, travel, and migration.

Unlike other parts of Bengal, Tamluk was always well connected with the Gangetic plains. In fact, there is evidence to suggest that the culture of Aryavarta

Aryavarta

Āryāvarta is a name for Northern India in classical Sanskrit literature. The Manu Smriti gives the name to "the tract between the Himalaya and the Vindhya ranges, from the eastern to the Western Sea"....

 influenced life in early Tamluk. The worship of Bheema

Bhima

In the Mahābhārata, Bhima is one of the central characters of Mahabharata and the second of the Pandava brothers...

 is a sign of the socio-religious acceptance of Aryan culture in this area. Even in the recent past, Tamluk was divided into many areas based on caste

Caste

Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...

 and occupation, such as Malakar Para (Flower traders), Adhikary Para (Brahmins),Metia Para in Nimtala (Transport Business and Timber Merchants), Dey Para (Gold traders), and Mathore Para (Sweeper's colony).

Transport

Tamluk is well linked by road and rail. Tamluk is a major roadway junction with six bus-routes originating from it:

• Tamluk to Srirampur
  Srirampur
  For town in Hooghly district please see SeramporeSrirampur is a census town under Purbasthali police station of Kalna subdivision in Bardhaman in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Srirampur is located at...
  
   and Moyna
  Moyna
  Moyna is an administrative division in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Moyna and Nandakumar police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Mayna...
  
  
• Tamluk to Mecheda
  Mecheda
  Mecheda is a town in the West Bengal, India. The town is the gate way of Purba Medinipur Dist. upon S.E.Rly. and in proximity to Haldia, Tamluk, Digha and Midnapore.-Education:...
  
  , Kolaghat
  Kolaghat
  Kolaghat is a census town situated on the banks of the Rupnarayan River in the Midnapore East district of West Bengal. It is located in the Panskura–II community development block of the Tamluk subdivision. It is also the headquarters of the Panskura–II CD block...
  
  , and Kolkata
  Kolkata
  Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
  
  
• Tamluk to Panskura
  Panskura
  Panskura is a town, municipality and a Police station in Purba Medinipur in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Panskura is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 metres . Its a situated on the NH6 on the way from Kolkata to Kharagpur.-Economy:The livelihood of the common people...
  
  , Kharagpur
  Kharagpur
  Kharagpur is an industrial city in India. It is located in the Midnapore West district of the state of West Bengal.Kharagpur was chosen as the location of the first campus of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology . The IITs are the premier technical education institutes in India and...
  
   and Ghatal
  Ghatal
  Ghatal is head quarters of Ghatal subdivision in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It also has a community development block. Ghatal is flood-prone area and in many years is flooded by the Rupnarayan River. This town is old one. The river Shilabati divided the town into two parts....
  
  
• Tamluk to Haldia
  Haldia
  Haldia has a typical moderate climate with winter temperatures ranging from a low of around 7 degrees Celsius to a high of 22 degrees Celsius. Winters are chilly and is when the residents hold the Haldia Utsav festival. Summers can be very hot and humid. Usual summer temperatures in May, the...
  
  , Durgachowk
• Tamluk to Digha
  Digha
  Digha is a seaside resort town in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies in East Midnapore district and at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal. It is the most popular sea resort in the West Bengal....
  
  , Contai
  Contai
  Contai is head quarters of Contai subdivision in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. There are three community development blocks in Contai.- History :...
  
  , and Egra
  Egra
  Egra is head quarters of Egra subdivision in Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. it is a town with a municipality and community development blocks.-Geography:...
  
  

Tamluk is a railway junction; routes are given below:

• Howrah to Haldia, via Tamluk
• Howrah to Digha, via Tamluk and Contai
• Haldia to Kharagpur via Tamluk

Direct trains from Howrah Jn.

• 2857UP TAMRALIPTA EXPRESS Howrah Jn Dep.Time 06:40 Tamluk Jn 08:16
• 8001UP KANDARI EXPRESS Howrah Jn Dep.Time 07:50 Tamluk Jn 09:41
• 5722UP PAHARIA EXPRESS Howrah Jn Dep.Time 14:15 Tamluk Jn 15:51 ( Saturday Only )

List of trains that pass via Tamluk Junction

Train Number	Train Name	Source Station	Destination Station
12857/12857	Tamralipta Express	Howrah Jn(HWH)	Digha(DGHA)
18001/18002	Kandari Express	Howrah Jn(HWH)	Digha(DGHA)
13501/13502	Haldia Asansol Express	Haldia(HLZ)	Asansol(ASN)
12755	Haldia Chennai Express	Haldia(HLZ)	Chennai Central(MAS)
15721/15722	Paharia Express	Digha(DGHA)	New jalpaiguri(NJP)
05671	Digha Guwahati Special	Digha(DGHA)	Guwahati(GHY)

Buddhist Tirtha

During Fa-Hien's visit to Bengal, Fa-hien is said to have travelled eastward along the course of the Ganges river, and during his journey, he came across Buddhist stupas and monks at several places. In Tamluk/Tamralipti Fa-hien had spent two years, and visited twenty-two monasteries, inhabited by monks in Tamluk.

Since Bengal was adjacent to Magadha, it is possible that the Buddha had visited parts of gamtsa sdres al rashit fucthe Port City Of Tamluk to commemorate these visits.

Asoka's Reign and the Post-Maurya Period epigraphic and other sources reveal that Buddhism had established a powerful footing in Bengal during Asoka's reign. The discovery of a Mauryan inscription in Brahmi characters at Mahasthan in the district of Bogra, in Bangladesh, bearing the name Pudanagala (Pundranagara) and the recovery of many Mauryan coins and other artifacts dating from the fourth and third centuries BC suggest that the Gangetic delta was under the control of the Mauryan empire. The Chinese traveller, I-tsing, is said to have noticed Asoka's stupas near tamralipti (Tamluk).

In southern Bengal from the time of Asoka to the Pala period, both the Hinayana and Mahayana, not the tantric, forms of Buddhism were practised. But a mystic form of Buddhism developed in Bengal during the Pala period and its profound impact entirely changed the course and history of Buddhism. This medieval Buddhist movement was founded by the tantric acharyas known as Siddhas who are traditionally believed to be men of psychic and supernatural powers. Buddhism, as a typical tantric form of mysticism, reached a stage in Bengal in the hands of the Siddhas where it was easily assimilated to Shaktism

Shaktism

Shaktism is a denomination of Hinduism that focuses worship upon Shakti or Devi – the Hindu Divine Mother – as the absolute, ultimate Godhead...

. The fusion between Saktism and Buddhist mysticism gave rise to new schools of Saktism and some forms of popular religion in which Buddhism is said to have survived, despite its decline in the face of Brahmanism.

Tamluk was also an eye-witness of these historical changes of Buddhism. Once the famous Buddhist Tantric Devi Tara or Ugratara, who used to be worshiped in a Buddhist Vihar in Tamluk, started to be recognised as Hindu Devi Kali named as Barghobhima. The temple of Devi barghobhima is built on the site of a Buddhist vihara.

Tamluk, the famous Buddhist Religious and Academic centre of South East Bengal and Eastern India gradually became a centre of Sanatan Shakti Peeth.

Tamluk is also home to the Tamluk Temples—a collection of 36 ancient Buddhist and Hindu temples that are traced back to the Pala Empire

Pala Empire

The Pāla Empire was one of the major middle kingdoms of India existed from 750–1174 CE. It was ruled by a Buddhist dynasty from Bengal in the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, all the rulers bearing names ending with the suffix Pala , which means protector. The Palas were often described...

 of Bengal. These temples feature some of the oldest Buddhist architecture from the original Dharmapala

Dharmapala

In Vajrayana Buddhism, a dharmapāla is a type of wrathful deity. The name means "Dharma-defender" in Sanskrit, and the dharmapālas are also known as the Defenders of the Law , or the Protectors of the Law, in English....

 Guardians seen today as Nio Protectors across Japan to original symbolism of Amitabha Buddha and the Bodhisattva

Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is either an enlightened existence or an enlightenment-being or, given the variant Sanskrit spelling satva rather than sattva, "heroic-minded one for enlightenment ." The Pali term has sometimes been translated as "wisdom-being," although in modern publications, and...

 path. The architecture is also similar to Vikramashila University and includes a monastery for the Siddha Acharyas who founded Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India . It is the state religion of Bhutan...

. The Tamluk temples have been declared Heritage Site

Heritage site

A Heritage Site is a location designated as important to the cultural heritage of a governing body such as a township, county, province, state, or country. It is a non-moveable object such as a historic site or national monument, but it may include several sites grouped together such as...

s by the Archeological Survey of India.

Sanatan Shakti Peeth

It is an important pilgrim place of the Hindus and one of the 51 sacred places of Shakti Peeth where left ankle of Sati

Dakshayani

Dākshāyani or Satī is a Hindu Goddess of marital felicity and longevity. She is worshipped particularly by Hindu women to seek the long life of their husbands...

/Parvati

Parvati

Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...

 fell. The temple's presiding deity is known as Shri Barghobhima Devi.

" Bivasete Bam Gulfa Felila keshab / Bhima Rupa Debi tate Kapali Bhairav" - Annadamongal by Bharatchandra Rai.

" Tamoluker Barghabhima Raikhan-r Kali" - Dharomongal by Manikram.

" Gokule Gomatinama / Tamralipte Barghobhima / Uttare Bidita Bishwakaya " Chandimongal by Mukundaram Chakrovorty.

Vaisnav/Vaishnav Thirtha

In the vaishnava/vaisnava dharma Tamluk is also an important Vaishnav/vaisnava Tirtha. According to Kashidas Mahabharat and Jaimini's Mahabharat Supreme Lord Sri Krishna and Arjun came here to release the Devine Horse of Ashwamedh Yagna from King Tramradhwaja. The land of Tamluk is always devine and sacred because it was touched by the lotus feet of Sri Krishna.

In various Vaisnava religious writing Tamluk is mentioned as the next "Vrindavan" where on the next Kalp (Next Creation of the universe) Sri Krishna will play his Rass Leela.

Sri Krishna himself confessed his affection with Tamluk to Arjuna, the son of Kunti.

Tamoliptat Param Sthanam Nasmakam Pritirishyate

Mamakam Hridayang Lakkha Jathatyajyang Tatha Maya

Tamoliptang Hi Natyajyamidameba Sunischatam

Tyajyami Sarbatirthani Kale Kale Yuge Yuge

Tamoliptantta Kausteya Na tyajyami Kadachana.

It means : Tamluk is the supreme place of religion, the way my wife Lakshmi Devi stays in my heart, Tamluk is alywas nearer to my heart in such a way, Again and again, time to time i will leave all Pilgrimage, but will never leave tamluk for a moment even.

Christianity In Tamluk

The ancient religious centre of Buddhist and Hindus also came under the influence of Christianity. The first Christians in Tamluk were the Portuguese themselves. After their intermarriage with local women, their descendants became the first indigenous Christians. Then came the local converts to Christianity from both Hinduism and Islam.

In Tamluk, the Portuguese settlement had a church built in 1635. The flourishing slave market at Tamluk in the seventeenth century was mentioned by Shihabuddin Talish. In 1724, Valintine had mentioned the wax trade at Tamluk, while Carreri in 1695 had found Tamluk under Portuguese control and Christianity.

• This rapidly modernising small town is full of mandirs (temples). Lord Chaitanya purified the land of Tamluk with his lotus feet the way to Neelachal/Puri. There is mandir of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. It is called "Harir Mandir". Chaitanya Dev arrived here in 1507 (1402 Shakaba) and took a holy bath. When the divine self of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu left this world in 1534 his disciple Bashudev Ghosh built the Harir Mandir in Tamluk.

At Tamluk's southern part there is a sacred ghat to take bath on the day of Makar Sankranti and is considered as one of the holiest in India.

Following are the special religious places of interest of Tamluk:

• Barghobhima Mandir
• Harir Mandir & Mahaprabhur Dalan (Near Jelkhanar More)
• Jishnu-Hari Mandir
• Radhamadhav & Radharaman Mandir (at Rajbari)
• Ramkrishna Mission Sevashram

Following are the Special religious festivals of Tamluk:

• Ratha Yatra (At Demari Football Ground)
• Charak Mela
• Makar Sankrant Barunir Mela (Very famous)
• Bhim Mela (On 11th day of Bengali month Magha)
• Kali Mela (at RAJARAMPUR in the Bengali month of Chaitra)
• Ratha Jatra (at Harir Hat in the Bengali month of Ashar)
• Bhim Mela ( at Bamanara village on Bhim Ekadashi day)

Economy

As a seaport, Tamluk was once famous as a centre for trade. Currently it also a place of affluent people. It is one of the highest "Premium Collecting Area" of LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India) on a pan-India basis.

The main trade presently is of "Pan Leaf" (betel leaf). The building of bus bodies is another important business as is transport.

Art and culture

Tamluk is always praised for its reach cultural activities. There are lots of Arts schools, Dance Schools and Drama groups.

Tamluk which is also an important craft center is located just 85 km south-west of Kolkata. People of tamluk is sober, cultured and rich.

Landmarks

The bank of river Rupnarayan is famous for picnic.

There is a nearly 1150 year old Temple of Kali named here as Devi

Devi

Devī is the Sanskrit word for Goddess, used mostly in Hinduism, its related masculine term is deva. Devi is synonymous with Shakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism. She is the female counterpart without whom the male aspect, which represents...

 Barghobhima. This temple is a part of 51 Shakti Peethas

Shakti Peethas

The Shakti Pithas are places of worship consecrated to the goddess Shakti or Parvati or Sati or Durga, the female principal of Hinduism and the main deity of the Shakta sect...

. Puranas

Puranas

The Puranas are a genre of important Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography.Puranas...

 say that the small finger of left feet of Sati

Dakshayani

Dākshāyani or Satī is a Hindu Goddess of marital felicity and longevity. She is worshipped particularly by Hindu women to seek the long life of their husbands...

/Parvati

Parvati

Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...

 fell here when Lord Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....

 cut the sacred Body of Goddess Sati into several pieces to make Lord Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

 quite.

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. The Mayura-dhwaja (Peackok) Dynasty had been named in Mahabharata, Bhagvat, Bramhabaibarto Puran etc. as a very rich and wealthest one of that region.

There is an Archeological Museum in Tamluk; it is a must see place of the town. Mr Kamal Kundu is the one of the prominent person who did his best to run this museum. The Tamralipta Museum at Tamluk contains artifacts of tamra or copper. Inscribed copper templates comprise the documents of this museum. The museum has preserved a tamralipta of Greek inscriptions. The Tamralipta Museum preserves the historical heritage of Bengal.

Rakhit bati is the another place to visit in Tamluk. In the beginning of 19th century it was famous as a secrete center of the then revolutionary party ‘Anusilan Samiti’ & ‘Gupta samiti’. Famous historian late Shri Tailakyanath Rakhit rebuilt this building.

Matangani Sahid Smarak at the side of pond called Banpukur at Abasbari Para near Tamluk Court is another place of tourist interest. During the ‘Ahimsa’ movement of 1942, while a crowd trying to capture Tamluk administrative building, British police opened fire in which Smt Matangini Hazara became ‘Sahid’. Later on Mahatma Gandhi appreciated her bravery and titled her as ‘Birangana’. This monument is a homage to her by Ex- prime-minister, Smt Indira Gandhi. This is about 7 km from Tamluk station and on the way to Tamluk college.

Tamluk irrigation Bungalow and its nearby areas also famous for its semi-nonurban atmospheres. The River Rupnarayana is just 1 km from the bungalow.

Another very popular picnic destination in Tamluk is green fields near the rail station.

Maahishadal and Geonkhali are nearby tourist places. At geonkhali river Rupnarayan joins Hooghly river with a beautiful backdrop.

Kolaghat

Kolaghat

Kolaghat is a census town situated on the banks of the Rupnarayan River in the Midnapore East district of West Bengal. It is located in the Panskura–II community development block of the Tamluk subdivision. It is also the headquarters of the Panskura–II CD block...

 is another town on the bank of Rupnarayan River

Rupnarayan River

The Rupnarayan River is a river in India. It begins as the Dhaleswari in the Chhota Nagpur plateau foothills northeast of the town of Purulia. It then follows a tortuous southeasterly course past the town of Bankura, where it is known as the Dwarakeswar river. Near the town of Ghatal it is...

 and famous for Hilsa

Hilsa

Ilish , also spelled Elish, is the most popular fish to Bengalis. Its the national fish of Bangladesh and extremely popular in parts of India such as West Bengal, Orissa, Tripura, Assam as well. Ilish also can be found at India's Assamese-, Bengali- Oriya-speaking regions and in Telugu-speaking...

 (Ilish) fishes.

Schools

• Tamluk Hamilton High School
  Tamluk Hamilton High School
  Tamluk Hamilton High School, India has its origin in 1852, five years before the birth of the University of Calcutta and is the second oldest school in the district of Midnapore. It has produced notable alumni like Saheed Kshudiram Bosu, Jadugopal Mukhopadhyay, Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee , Sushil Kumar...
  
   [Estd. 1852] >>> It is having a Museum also on the main building.

The Tamluk Hamilton School is the second oldest institution in district of Medinipur. In 1852, this school was founded by Mr. Robert Charles Hamilton, who was a salt merchant but Mr. Hamilton was a philanthropist, and so his name can be compared with Mr. David Hare, an immortal name in educational history of Bengal. This school produced a lot of jewels, but this school is famous due to the Khudiram Bose

Khudiram Bose

Khudiram Bose was a Bengali revolutionary, one of the youngest revolutionaries early in the Indian independence movement...

, the first martyr, who sacrificed his life to free the nation from the hands of British rule. He was a student of this school from 1900 to 1903

• Kharda Ramkrishna high school
• Demari High School
• Rajkumari Santonamoyee Girls' High School
• Tamluk High School (Town School)
• Vidyapeeth Girls School
• Salgechia High School
• Daharpur High School
• Kelomal Santoshini High School
• Kelomal Sarojbasini High School (Girls)
• Raghunath Memorial Academy
• Tamluk Central School
• Tamralipta Public School
• Byabattarhat Adarsha H.S School
• Sirampur Agricultural High School
• Balluk Girls' High School
• Chatra Kunja Rani Bani Bhavana
• K T P P High School
• Krishnaganj Krishi Silpa Vidhyalaya
• Balluk High School
• Mother Teresa Sikshaniketan, Biswas,
• Dakshin Moyna High School, Moyna

College

• Tamralipta Mahavidyalay (Tamluk College) - One of the oldest colleges of this south-west region of West Bengal. It has BA,B.Com, B.Sc, B-ed section. The building is old, surrounded by a large ground.

UNIVERISTY
There is, as such, no University in this district town but INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY(IGNOU) - the world's largest University established by the Govt. of India-has got its presence in the form of a Study Centre with
Tarun Sangha Information & Documentation Centre(TASIDOC)
as the host institution. It is, in deed, one of the best Study Centres(Code No. 2829D)under Kolkata Regional Centre, located at Pairatungi(Near Irrigation Dak Bungalow)and was established on 18 July 2000.

The following programmes are activated in this Study Centre-Master of Atrs(English)(MEG), Master of Library and Information Science(MLIS), Bachelor Preparatory Programme(BPP), Bachelor of Arts(BA), Bachelor of Commerce(B. Com), Bachelor in Computer Application(BCA), Bachelor of Library & Information Science(BLIS), Bachelor in Tourism Studies(BTS),Diploma in Nutrition & Health Education(DNHE), Diploma in Tourism Studies(DTS), Certificate in Information Technology(CIT), Certificate in Food & Nutrition(CFN), Certificate in Nutrition & Child Care(CNCC), Certificate of Teaching in English(CTE), Certificate in Tourism Studies(CTS) and more.

A Library, A Computer Laboratory, Gyan Darshan Channel, Alumni Association and other Student Support Services are available.

Agriculture

Tamluk is mainly an agricultural area. About 60% of the land is under cultivation. Tamluk is one of the largest producer and exporter of the Pan Leaf. Once Fishing was an important occupation of the local residents. Hilsa (Ilish Mach) of the River Rupnarayan is very famous for its taste.

Main crops are : 1. Rice 2.Bananas 3. Coconut 4. Potatoes 5. Cotton 6. Fresh Vegetables

Agricultural Products Of the Region:
1. Pan Leaf
2. Paddy
3. Flowers

People

• Matangini Hazra
  Matangini Hazra
  Matangini Hazra was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement until she was shot dead by the British Indian police in front of the Tamluk Police Station on September 29, 1942...
  
  , from a small village of Hogla near Tamluk.
• Khudiram Bose
  Khudiram Bose
  Khudiram Bose was a Bengali revolutionary, one of the youngest revolutionaries early in the Indian independence movement...
  
   briefly went to school in Tamluk
• Satish Chandra Samanta
  Satish Chandra Samanta
  Satish Chandra Samanta was an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the Lok Sabha from 1952-77...
  
  
• Ajoy Mukherjee
  Ajoy Mukherjee
  Ajoy Mukherjee was the fourth chief minister of West Bengal, India. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.He was one of the leaders of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar , which came into effect on 17 December 1942 during the Quit India Movement, a programme of civil disobedience...
  
   (Ex Chief Minister of the state
• Amlesh Tripathi (famous historian)
• Mani Bhaumik  (Famous scientist,who has a number of Papers on Laser technology and author of "Code Name God")
• Bhaskar Maity (Former Goalkeeper of Indian Football Team in the year 1978-79, Participated in the Bangkok Asian games 1978 and President Gold Cup in Dhaka)
• Gourdas Haldar (Famous Educationist, Ex-HOD of Tamluk Bed College, Text Book Author)
• Paresh Maity
  Paresh Maity
  Paresh Maity is an Indian painter. He is a prolific painter in a short career span.-Early life:Paresh Maity was born in Tamluk, Purba Medinipur...
  
   (Famous Artist)
• Biplab Santra (Project Manager- I knowledge Factory Pvt Ltd)
• Prahalad Kumar Pramanik Freedom Fighter from a village of Balluk near Tamluk
• Prafulla Chandra Basu was one of the most prominent leaders & Freedom Fighter of the Tamralipta. And organizer of Demari High School.
• Narayan Chandra Kar was one of the Freedom Fighters of the Tamralipta from village of Balluk.
• Lalit Mohan Samanta, Eminent Educationist and Internationally acclaimed Social Worker, established many social and educational organisations in and around Tamluk, the parent of all such organisations is Tarun Sangha located at village Biswas, 6 km north of Tamluk town.

External links

• http://tamluk.midnapore.in/
• http://www.radiobollyfm.com/ - Live Radio From Tamluk.