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Country
  
India

District
  
Bankura

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Area
  
2,047 km²

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

State
  
West Bengal

Headquarters
  
Khatra

Vehicle registration
  
WB

Population
  
1.046 million (2011)

Khatra subdivision

Khatra subdivision is a subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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History

Khatra subdivision was established as an additional subdivision on 27 March 1986 and as a full-fledged subdivision on 2 November 1992

Subdivisions in the district

Bankura district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Khatra subdivision has a density of population of 434 per km2. 29.07% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.

Administrative units

Khatra subdivision has 9 police stations, 8 community development blocks, 8 panchayat samitis, 59 gram panchayats, 1,311 inhabited villages, 4 census towns. The census towns are: Khatra, Ledisol, Simlapal and Raipur Bazar. The subdivision has its headquarters at Khatra.

Police stations

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

Blocks

Community development blocks in Khatra subdivision are:

Gram Panchayats

The subdivision contains 59 gram panchayats under eight community development blocs:

  • Khatra block: Baidyanathpur, Dhanarah, Khatra Gram–I, Supur, Dahala, Gorabari and Khatra Gram–II.
  • Indpur block: Brahmandiha, Gaurbazar, Indpur, Veduasol, Brojarajpur, Hatgram and Raghunathpur.
  • Hirbandh block: Baharamuri, Hirbandh, Moshiara, Gopalpur and Maliyan.
  • Raipur: Dhanarah, Fulkusma, Motgoda, Sonagara, Dheko, Melera, Raipur, Dundar, Mondalkuli and Shyamsundarpur.
  • Sarenga block: Bikrampur, Gargarla, Neturpur, Chiltore, Goalbari and Sarenga.
  • Ranibandh block: Ambikanagar, Haludkanali, Rajakata, Rautora, Barikul, Puddi, Ranibandh and Rudra.
  • Simlapal block: Bikrampur, Lakshmisagar, Mondalgram, Simlapal, Dubrajpur, Machatora and Parswala.
  • Taldangra block: Amdangra, Harmasra, Saltora, Bibarda, Khalgram, Satmauli, Fulmati, Panchmura, Piardoba and Taldangra.

    • Education

    Bankura district had a literacy rate of 70.26% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Bankura Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.56%, Khatra subdivision 69.79% and Bishnupur subdivision 71.60%.

    Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Bankura 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, 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 Khatra subdivision:

  • Panchmura Mahavidyalaya at Panchmura was established in 1965.
  • Khatra Adibasi Mahavidyalaya was established at Khatra in 1979.
  • Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya was established at Baragari, PO Jambani in 1986.
  • Raipur Block Mahavidyalaya located at Village and PO Kharigerya was established in 2010.
  • Birsha Munda Memorial College was established in 2010 at Village Pirrah, PO Haludkanali.
  • Ranibandh Government College has been started in 2015 at Rautara.
  • Simlapal College of Education at Simlapal offers courses leading to the Bachelor of Education degree. It was established in 2009 and affiliated to the University of Burdwan in 2012.

    • 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 Bankura district.

    Khatra has a Subdivisional Hospital with 100 beds. There are Block Public Health Centres at Khatra, Indpur, Hirbandh, Ranibandh, Sarenga and Simlapal. There are Rural Hospitals at Raipur and Taldangra.

    Electoral constituencies

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

    References

    Khatra subdivision Wikipedia
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