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Country
  
India

District
  
Purba Medinipur

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Area
  
1,251 km²

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

State
  
West Bengal

Headquarters
  
Contai

Vehicle registration
  
WB

Population
  
1.385 million (2011)

Contai subdivision

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Contai subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Subdivisions

Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Administrative units

Contai subdivision has 10 police stations, 8 community development blocks, 8 panchayat samitis, 61 gram panchayats, 1155 mouzas, 1129 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 2 census towns. The municipality is: Contai. The census towns are: Khadalgobra and Basantia. The subdivision has its headquarters at Contai.

Area

Contai subdivision has an area of 1,251.21  km2, population in 2011 of 1,385,307 and density of population of 1,107 per km2. 27.18% 0f the population of the district resides in this subdivision.

Police stations

Police stations in Contai subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:

  • The data is as per the website of Purba Medinipur Police, but it appears that it has not been updated/ corrected for a long time

    • Blocks

    Community development blocks in Contai subdivision are:

    Gram Panchayats

    The subdivision contains 61 gram panchayats under 8 community development blocks:

  • Contai I block: Badalpur, Mahisagot, Raipur–Paschimbarh, Dulalpur, Majilapur, Sabajput, Haipur and Nayaput.
  • Deshapran block: Amtalia, Bamunia, Chalti, Dhobaberia, Aurai, Basantia, Dariyapur and Sarda.
  • Contai III block: Bhajachauli, Durmuth, Kumirda, Lauda, Debendra, Kanaidighi, Kusumpur and Marishda.
  • Bhagabanpur II block: Arjunnagar, Garbari–I, Jukhia, Baroj, Garbari–II, Mugberia, Basudevberia, Itaberia and Radhapur.
  • Khejuri I block: Beerbandar, Kalagechia, Lakshmi, Henria, Kamarda and Tikashi.
  • Khejuri II block: Bartala, Janka, Niz Kasba, Haludbari and Khejuri.
  • Ramnagar I block: Badhia, Haldia–I, Padima–II, Basantapur, Haldia–II, Talgachhari–I, Gobra, Padima–I and Talgachhari–II.
  • Ramnagar II block: Badalpur, Depal, Kalindi, Paldui, Balisai, Kadua, Maithana and Satilapur.

    • Education

    With a literacy rate of 87.66% Purba Medinipur district ranked first amongst all districts of West Bengal in literacy as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Within Purba Medinipur district, Tamluk subdivision had a literacy rate of 85.98%, Haldia subdivision 86.67%, Egra subdivision 86.18% and Contai subdivision 89.19%. All CD Blocks and municipalities in the district had literacy levels above 80%.

    Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Purba Medinipur district for the year 2013-14. It may be noted that primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, polytechnics, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.

    The following institutions are located in Contai subdivision:

  • Mugberia Gangadhar Mahavidyalaya at Mugberia, near Bhupatinagar in Bhagabanpur II CD Block was established in 1964. In addition to the courses in arts, science and commerce, it offers degree and post-graduate courses in physical eduation.
  • Ramnagar College at Depal in Ramnagar II CD Block was established in 1972. In addition to courses in arts, science and commerce, it offers courses in hospitality and tourism, and fishery and farm management.
  • Ramnagar B.Ed College at Depal in Ramnagar II CD Block offers B.Ed. course.
  • Khejuri College at Baratala in Khejuri II CD Block was established in 1999. In addition to courses in arts, it offers a course in Aquaculture Management and Technology.
  • Prabhat Kumar College (also known as Kanthi College) at Contai was established in 1926. Apart from courses in arts, science and commerce, it offers B.Ed. and M.Sc. course in Physics.
  • Contai Polytechnic at Raghurampur PO Darua.
  • Raghunath Ayurved Mahavidyalaya and Hospital, Contai.
  • Deshapran Mahavidyalaya at Durmuth in Deshapran CD Block was established in 2010 and offers courses in arts.

    • Healthcare

    The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Purba Medinipur district.

    Electoral constituencies

    Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Purba Medinipur district were as follows:

    References

    Contai subdivision Wikipedia
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