Gourangapur is a village in Kanksa CD block in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The place has links with Ichhai Ghosh, king of Gopbhum, and it is believed that his capital, Dhekur, was located nearby.

Ichhai Ghosh was possibly more than just a regional power, because the copper edict shows that other kings in the area listened to him.

[1] The Dharmamangal poems speak of a battle between Ichhai Ghosh and Lau Sen, who was king of another subsidiary kingdom in the Medinipur area.

[1](He is not to be confused with the legendary Indian king Harishchandra mentioned in ancient Hindu texts).

[3] Scholars date it around 16th-17th century and it was possibly erected by the descendants of Ichhai Ghosh, to perpetuate his memory.