When the largest man-made waterbody in the area, Bhimsagar, was being dug, many antiquities were recovered and some were believed to belong to the Shunga-Kushan era (around 1st BC to 1st century AD).

Marishda is about 10 km from Contai on the Contai-Nandakumar Road (National Highway 116B).

[2] According to the board put up by the Archaeological Survey of India at Dihibahiri, the temple of Jagannath was built in 1584.

It further says that it was heard that Bhimsen Mahapatra, King of Odisha, built this temple.

[3] Kharipukuria Block Primary Health Centre at Kharipukuria, PO Nachinda Bazar (with 10 beds) is the main government medical facility in Contai III CD block.