731102 (Hatjan Bazar) 731103 (Barabagan) Suri (/ˈsʊəri/) (also spelt as Siuri) is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Tilpara barrage on Mayurakshi River is located 3 km north-west of Suri.
[8] Prior to the advent of the British in India and their acquisition of the territory of Bengal, Suri was but merely a small village.
Yet, the British colonists preferred to choose Suri as the district headquarters of Birbhum, probably owing to convenience of transport and communication.
When Mir Quasim was the Nawab, he ordered all the zamindars (landlords) to pay more revenue.
[7] During the early years of the British rule, Bishnupur and Birbhum was administered from Murshidabad.
Then, a new district was formed joining Birbhum and Bishnupur, and Suri was made the headquarters.
[9] The chief industries of Suri include rice milling, cotton and silk weaving, and furniture manufacture.
In March 2008, a private Kolkata-based firm, Ramsarup Group, unveiled a proposal for large-scale investment in a greenfield power plant and cement manufacturing plant worth Rs 2200 crores (US$550 million) was submitted to the Government of West Bengal.
As of 2011 Indian Census, Suri had a total population of 1,06,789, of which 54,589 were males and 52,200 were females.
The town is well connected to major towns and cities like - Kolkata, Durgapur, Asansol, Purulia, Bankura, Medinipur, Digha, Massanjore, Dumka, Bolpur, Burdwan, English Bazar, Jalpaiguri, Siliguri, Katwa, Balurghat, Raiganj etc.
It connects Suri directly with places like Howrah, Kolkata, Bardhaman, Durgapur, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Malda, Siliguri, Puri, Chennai, Surat, Jhajha, Asansol, Ranchi Nagpur, Bilaspur, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, Dimapur, Jamshedpur, Purulia, Cuttack, Vijayawada, Raipur, Durg etc.
Some of the important trains that run via Siuri are, Principal language of communication is Bengali, Hindi and English.
Satsang Mission Medical College, Hospital & Cancer Research Institute is expected to be completed in the next 3 years.
Municipal Election 2021 Trinamool Congress won all 21 wards Suri is famous for a special sweetmeat called Murabba & Achar (fruits/vegetables preserved in sugar syrup) comes in a wide number of varieties, which includes Murabba of Satamooli.
Moumachhi Club has established a Kali temple in Suri, which is unique and grand in this town.
Singha Bahini Mandir, situated in Barui-Para is another very old temple which attracts many devotees every day.
Every year in Suri there is a very famous fair held, called the 'Barobagan Mela'(Now postponed due to political problems).
The minimum and maximum temperature data for Suri is given below - For the Year 2011 (in degree Celsius)- [16] For the year 2012 (in degree Celsius)- [16] The average precipitation in Suri is 1307 mm (130.7 cm).