From around 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.

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

[10] Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Taldangra CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Bibarda (5,399), Chenchurya (6,185) and Rajpur (7,497).

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

In the 2011 census Hindus numbered 116,220 and formed 78.58% of the population in Taldangra CD block.

[11] Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria,[12] and other religious communities.

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

[19] There are 141 inhabited villages in the Taldangra CD block, as per the District Census Handbook, Bankura, 2011.

119 villages (84.4%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

[20] There were 63 fertiliser depots, 8 seed stores and 48 fair price shops in the Taldangra CD block.

[21] In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Taldangra CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 8.06%, patta (document) holders 17.16%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 5.44%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 16.38% and agricultural labourers 52.97%.

[21] 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.

The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.

National Highway 14, (old numbering NH 60), running from Morgram to Kharagpur, passes through this CD block.

[35] In 2014, Taldangra CD block had 1 rural hospital, 4 primary health centres and 1 private nursing home with total 74 beds and 11 doctors.