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Country
  
India

District
  
Bardhaman

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Population
  
1.098 million (2011)

State
  
West Bengal

Headquarters
  
Kalna

Area
  
993.8 km²

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

Kalna subdivision

Website
  
http://bardhaman.gov.in/

Kalna subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Contents

Overview

Kalna subdivision is spread mostly across the Bhagirathi basin, with its western part intruding into the Bardhaman plain, the central plain area of the district.

Subdivisions

Bardhaman district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Kalna subdivision has a density of population of 1,095 per km2. 14.09% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.

Administrative units

Kalna subdivision has 4 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 47 gram panchayats, 543 mouzas, 525 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 9 census towns. The single municipality is at Kalna. The census towns are: Srirampur, Hatsimla, Jaluidanga, Gopinathpur, Nasratpur, Dhatrigram, Piarinagar, Uttar Goara and Shashpur. The subdivision has its headquarters at Kalna.

Police stations

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

Blocks

Community development blocks in Kalna subdivision are:

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 47 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:

  • Kalna I block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Atghoria Simlan, Dhatrigram, Krishnadevpur, Baghnapara, Hatkalna, Nandai, Begpur, Kankuria and Sultanpur.
  • Kalna II block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Akalpaus, Badla, Baradhamas, Pindira, Anukhal, Baidyapur, Kalyanpur and Satgachhi.
  • Manteswar block consists of 13 gram panchayats, viz. Baghson, Kusumgram, Manteswar, Vagra Mulgram, Bamunpara, Majhergram, Pipalan, Denur, Mamudpur–I, Putsuri, Jamna, Mamudpur–II and Shushunia.
  • Purbasthali I block consists of seven gram panchayats, viz. Bogpur, Jahannagar, Nasratpur, Sreerampur, Dogachhia, Nadanghat and Samudragarh.
  • Purbasthali II block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Jhaudanga, Majdia, Nimdaha, Purbasthali, Kalekhantala–I, Mertala, Patuli, Kalekhantala–II, Muksimpara and Pilla.

    • Education

    Bardhaman district had a literacy rate of 76.21% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Asansol subdivision had a literacy rate of 77.33%, Durgapur subdivision 79.39%, Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision 75.89%, Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision 76.89%, Katwa subdivision 70.40% and Kalna subdivision 75.16%.

    Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Bardhaman district for the year 2013-14:

    Note: 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, 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 Kalna subdivision:

  • Kalna College was established at Kalna in 1943.
  • Purbasthali College was established at Parulia in 2009.
  • Dr. Gourmohan Roy College was established at Monteswar in 1986.

    • 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 Bardhaman district.

    Electoral constituencies

    Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Kalna subdivision were as follows:

    References

    Kalna subdivision Wikipedia
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