It comes from the old Austric word ráŕhá or ráŕho which means “land of red soil”.

4-.Perhaps the Jain and Greek scholars used this original Austric word larh to indicate this dry forest region which was very difficult.

According to Nilkantha, a commentator of the Mahabharata, the words suhmo [bhumi] (Sanskrit: suhma-bhūmi) and Rarh are synonymous.

Linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterjee thinks that the name came from the word banka (zig-zag), and its word-corruption banku, which means extremely beautiful, and he who must be worshiped.

Raja Bir Hambir divided his kingdom into 22 tarafs or circles and gave one to his each son.

Bankura district is located in the north western part of the state of West Bengal.

It is a part of Bardhaman Division of the State and is included in the area known as "Rarh" in Bengal.

Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east.

The soil is laterite red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and sal wood.

Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but the soil continues to be lateritic.

In the 2011 census,[7] Bankura city had a population of 137,386 of which 69,843 were males and 67,543 were females, giving a sex ratio of 967.

Winters are warm during the daytime and relatively mild during night, although the temperature may occasionally drop to 8 °C (46 °F).

It is the originating and terminating station of Bankura Damodar Railway[12] which will connect to Howrah-Bardhaman Chord section.

[citation needed] The place has contributed toward modern Bengal art and architecture[16] The tourist spots can be divided into four zones.