Country India District Uttar Dinajpur ISO 3166 code IN-WB Area 362.8 km² | State West Bengal Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Lok Sabha constituency Balurghat | |
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Itahar (community development block) is an administrative division in Raiganj subdivision of Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Itahar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Itahar.
Contents
- Map of Itahar West Bengal
- Geography
- Gram panchayats
- Demographics
- Literacy
- Transport
- Health
- Schools
- College
- References
Map of Itahar, West Bengal
Geography
Itahar is located at 25°27′N 88°10′E.
Itahar community development block has an area of 362.82 km2.
Floods in Murshidabad, Malda and Uttar Dinajpr districts of West Bengal are a regular feature. They destroy the economy, life and property of the people including agricultural crop. A comprehensive plan document or Master Plan has been drawn up but floods continue to plague the region. Mahananda and Sui rivers destroy Itahar every year.
Gram panchayats
Gram panchayats of Itahar block/ panchayat samiti are: Chhayghara, Durgapur, Durlovpur, Gulandar I, Gulandar II, Itahar, Jayhat, Kapasia, Marnai, Patirajpur, Sarun I and Sarun II.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Itahar CD Block had a total population of 303,678 of which 297,656 were rural and 6,022 were urban. There were 155,777 males and 147,901 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 78,177 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 25,334.
Literacy
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Itahar CD Block was 153,345 out of which 86,345 were males and 67,000 were females.
Transport
The Gazole-Itahar rail track, off the recently promised to be constructed (2002-2004) . It is not progressed even it is 2015 Eklakhi-Balurghat line, this is the promise by politics nothing else and is showing phase 1 of the Gazole-Raiganj rail link. The Balurghat-Eklakhi railway line was taken up in 1983-84.
Construction of a bridge on the Mahananda connecting Itahar in Uttar Dinajpur district with Chanchal in Malda was taken up in 1999 but has been delayed.
NH 34 passes through the block.
Health
With the 2008 bird flu outbreak in West Bengal, 16,000 birds were destroyed in Gualadar and Surun gram panchayats under Itahar police station, but some villagers refused to kill their birds and health workers had to retreat from such villages.