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This city is important because of the tourist attraction for Tarapith which contains an important Hindu temple and famous for the Great devotee 'Bamakhepa'. It is also recognised as 'Shaktipith'(shiddhopith) as per Hindu belief. The river Dwarka flows by this side. Another attraction for Hindu devotees ‘Nalateswari Mandir’ situated at Nalhati, 15 K.M. away from the town. The temple is described as one of the ‘Satipith’ of 51 other Satipith in India. Birchandrapur, 20 km. away from the town is famous for the birthplace of Nityananda Swami, co founder of Baisnav religion with Shri Chityanyadev. Birchandrapur, named after Birchandra Goswami – the son of Nityananda, is a part of the village Ekachakra which according to mythology has been inhabited by the Pandavas. ‘Akali mandir’ is situated at Akalipur, near Bhadrapur, 25 k.m.from Rampurhat and famous for its unique hexagonal structure and had a history of more than 300 years (it is associated with Maharaja Nandakumar). Devi Gujhyakali’s idol is without Shiva. Perhaps the idol was from the dynasty of Pawanas followed by Jarasandha of Magadha. Later it was with Raja Chet Singh of Kashi. Hastings attacked Kashi palace and taken the idol to Bengal. Maharaja Nandakumar recovered the idol from British Pirates. He wanted to take the idol at Bhadrapur. Ancestral village of Maharaja Nandakumar was at Bhadrapur around 5 km away from Akalipur. Sthapana of Goddess was done by son of Nandakumar at Akalipur. Various languages are spoken by the people of the town, Bangla, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Santahali, Marwari are common language of Rampurhat. People of Rampurhat celebrate all festival with same zeal.The main festivals are Durga puja, Kalipuja, Chhath, Id etc. Chhathpuja is celebrated by Bihari community in Gandhipark. Hattala, Nischintapur, Mahajanpatti, etc. are known for Durga puja.
Rampurhat Municipality established on 11th May 1950, is a Sub-Divisional Town in the North-East corner of District Birbhum Town has bifurcated by the Burdwan-Sahebgang Loop line under Eastern Railway. The Birbhum district lies between 23° 32’30”N and 24° 35WN latitude and 88° 01’40”E and 87° 05’25” longitudes and the Rampurhat lies on 24.2 °N latitude and 88.1°E longitude. Rampurhat at about 275 km. From state capital ‘KOLKATA’ is situated on the important National High way connecting both N.H-2 (Kolkata-Delhi Road) and N.H-31 (Delhi-Assam Road) on the Eastern Railway (Calcutta –Assam main line). Adjacent state of Rampurhat is Jharkhand and districts are Burdwan, Murshidabad. It is 175 km far from district head quarter of Burdwan and 100 km. From district head quarter of Murshidabad. The nearest important districts are Burdwan (175km), Durgapur (135 km, a famous industrial belt in India) , Asansol (175 km, a coal mine, Eastern-Coldfield) area. Murshidabad, a famous place for battle between Nabab Sirajodaulla and British Soldiers, Dumka, the hq. Of Dumka district of Jhakhand State and Bolpur-Shanteniketan enriched with Biswavarati University created by Kabiguru R.N.Tagore.. At present the area of this town is 16.26 sq. Km and Municipal area is divided into 17 municipal wards for administrative purposes.