Atbaichandi

Atbaichandi is a village in the Indpur CD block in the Khatra subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision.

The total number of literate persons in Atbaichandi was 693 (61.88% of the population over 6 years).

[1] David J. McCutchion says that old ruins, images and tumbled remains of old structures spread across Mallabhum, e.g. the three temples at Atbaichandi in Indpur PS, stand as evidence of extensive temple-building by the Rajas of Bishnupur.

Although subject to occasional incursions, "their territory was largely beyond the sphere of Muslim influence.

Divisions of West Bengal