Country India District Cooch Behar Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | State West Bengal Headquarters Mekhliganj Vehicle registration WB | |
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Mekhliganj subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Mekhliganj municipality, Haldibari municipality, and two community development blocks: Mekhliganj and Haldibari. The two blocks contain 14 gram panchayats. The subdivision has its headquarters at Mekhliganj.
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Area
Apart from the Mekhliganj municipality and Haldibari municipality, the subdivision contains rural areas of 14 gram panchayats under two community development blocs: Mekhliganj and Haldibari. There is no urban area under these two blocks.
Mekhliganj block
Rural area under Mekhliganj block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Bagdogra–Fulkadabri, Jamaldaha, Niztarof, Uchalpukuri, Changrabandha, Kuchlibari, Ranirhat and Bhotbari. Mekhliganj and Kuchlibari police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Changrabandha.
Haldibari block
Rural area under Haldibari block consists of six gram panchayats, viz. Boxiganj, Dakshin Bara Haldibari, Hemkumari, Uttar Bara Haldibari, Dewanganj and Per–Mekhliganj. Haldibari police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Haldibari.
Legislative segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the municipalities of Mekhliganj and Haldibari and the two blocks of Mekhliganj and Haldibari together will constitute the Mekhliganj assembly constituency of West Bengal. It will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates. This constituency will be part of Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency), which will be reserved for SC candidates.