From around the 7th century AD till around the advent of British rule, for around a millennium, history of Bankura district is identical with the rise and fall of the Hindu Rajas of Bishnupur.

First, the Maharaja of Burdwan seized the Fatehpur Mahal, and then the Maratha invasions laid waste their country.

[1] 106 districts spanning 10 states across India, described as being part of the Left Wing Extremism activities, constitutes the Red corridor.

In West Bengal the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum are part of the Red corridor.

However, as of July 2016, there had been no reported incidents of Maoist related activities from these districts for the previous 4 years.

[2] The CPI (Maoist) extremism which started in the district in the mid-nineties was mainly concentrated in five police station areas of Khatra subdivision – Sarenga, Barikul, Ranibandh, Raipur and Simlapal.

[3] The Lalgarh movement, which started attracting attention after the failed assassination attempt on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then chief minister of West Bengal, in the Salboni area of Paschim Medinipur district, on 2 November 2008 and the police action that followed, had also spread over to these areas.

Although the epi-centre of the movement was Lalgarh, it was spread across 19 police stations in three adjoining districts – Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia, all thickly forested and near the border with Jharkhand.

The movement came to an end after the 2011 state assembly elections and change of government in West Bengal.

Sarenga CD block is located in the south-eastern part of the district and belongs to the hard rock area.

[12] Other villages in Sarenga CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Goalbari (1,752), Neturpur (1,151), Chiltor (1,011), Bikrampur (1,688) and Garagrya (1,922).

[12] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data

[15] Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria,[16] and other religious communities.

Most people migrate to meet their food deficit and go to Bardhaman and Hooghly districts but some go to Gujarat and Maharashtra as construction labour.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

[24] There were 51 fertiliser depots, 8 seed stores and 39 fair price shops in the Sarenga CD block.

[25] In 2013–14, persons engaged in agriculture in Sarenga CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 2.91%, patta (document) holders 9.07%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 9.31%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 27.36% and agricultural labourers 51.35%.

[25] The handloom industry engages the largest number of persons in the non farm sector and hence is important in Bankura district.

The handloom industry is well established in all the CD Blocks of the district and includes the famous Baluchari saris.

[33] In 2014, Sarenga CD block had 1 rural hospital and 1 primary health centres with total 202 beds and 6 doctors.