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Country
  
India

District
  
Paschim Medinipur

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Area
  
2,913 km²

State
  
West Bengal

Headquarters
  
Kharagpur

Vehicle registration
  
WB

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

Kharagpur subdivision

Kharagpur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Subdivisions

Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Kharagpur subdivision has a density of population of 787 per km2. 38.79% 0f the population of the district resides in this subdivision.

Administrative units

Kharagpur subdivision has 10 police stations, 10 community development blocks, 10 panchayat samitis, 99 gram panchayats, 2,679 mouzas, 2486 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 5 census towns. The single municipality is at Kharagpur. The census towns are: Balichak, Chaulia, Deuli, Kharagpur Railway Settlement and Kalaikunda. The subdivision has its headquarters at Kharagpur.

Police stations

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

Blocks

Community development blocks in Kharagpur subdivision are:

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 99 gram panchayats under 10 community development blocks:

  • Dantan I block: Ainkola, Chak Ismailpur, Monoharpur, Alikosha, Dantan–I, Salikotha, Angua, Datan–II and Tarurui.
  • Dantan II block: Haripur, Porolda, Sauri Kotbar, Turka, Jenkapur, Sabra and Talda.
  • Pingla block: Dhaneswarpur, Jalchak–II, Kshirai, Pindurui, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Kusumda, Jalchak–I, Karkai and Maligram.
  • Kharagpur I block: Arjuni, Gopali, Kalaikunda, Vetia, Barkola, Hariatara and Khelarh.
  • Kharagpur II block: Chakmakampur, Kaliara–II, Paparara–I, Changual, Lachhmapur, Paparara–II, Kaliara–I, Palsya and Sankoa.
  • Sabang block: Balpai, Danrra, Nawgaon, Bhemua, Bishnupur, Dashgram, Narayanbarh, Bural, Debhog, Sabang, Chaulkuri, Mohar and Sharta.
  • Mohanpur block: Mohanpur, Sautia, Tanua, Neelda and Shialsai.
  • Narayangarh block: Bakhrabad, Hemchandra, Manya, Pakurseni, Belda–I, Khursi, Mokrampur, Ranisarai, Belda–II, Kunarpur, Narayangarh, Tutranga, Gramraj, Kushbasan, Narma and Kashipur.
  • Keshiari block: Baghasthi, Keshiari, Lalua, Gaganeswar, Khajra, Nachipur, Ghritagram, Kusumpur and Santrapur.
  • Debra block: Bhabanipur, Duan–I, Khanamohan, Satyapur, Bharatpur, Duan–II, Malighati, Snarpur–Loyada, Debra–I, Golgram, Radhamohanpur–I, Debra–II, Jalimanda, Radhamohanpur–II.

    • Education

    Paschim Medinipur district had a literacy rate of 78.00% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Jhargram subdivision had a literacy rate of 70.92%, Medinipur Sadar subdivision 76.23%, Kharagpur subdivision 80.51% and Ghatal subdivision 82.55%.

    Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the subdivision-wise education scenario in Paschim 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, 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, adult high schools, 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 Kharagpur subdivision:

  • Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur was established in 1951.
  • Kharagpur College at Kharagpur was established in 1949.
  • Hijli College at Hijli was established in 1995.
  • Government General Degree College at Ambigere in Kharagpur II CD Block was established in 2015.
  • Belda College was established in 1963 at Belda.
  • Debra Thana Sahid Kshudiram Smriti Mahavidyalaya was established in 2006 at Gangaram Chak.
  • Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya was established in 1965 at Maligram.
  • Bhatter College was established in 1963 at Dantan.
  • Sabang Sajani Kanta Mahavidyalaya at Lutunia was established in 1970.

    • Healthcare

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

  • Excluding Nursing Homes

    • Electoral constituencies

    Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Paschim Medinipur district were as follows from 2006:

    References

    Kharagpur subdivision Wikipedia
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