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Country
  
India

District
  
Purulia

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Area
  
1,560 km²

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

State
  
West Bengal

Headquarters
  
Raghunathpur

Vehicle registration
  
WB

Population
  
837,757 (2011)

Raghunathpur subdivision

Raghunathpur subdivision is a subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Subdivisions

Purulia district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Raghunathpur subdivision has a density of population of 537 per km2. 28.59 % of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.

Administrative units

Raghunathpur subdivision has 7 police stations, 6 community development blocks, 6 panchayat samitis, 49 gram panchayats, 687 inhabited villages, 1 municipality, 14 census towns. The single municipality is at Raghunathpur. The census towns are: Adra, Kantarangpuri, Lapara, Saltor, Hijuli, Par Beliya, Santaldih Power Project Town, Kanki, Dubra, Chapari, Shankara, Arra, Nabagram and Murulia. The subdivision has its headquarters at Raghunathpur.

Police stations

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

Blocks

Community development blocks in Raghunathpur subdivision are:

Gram Panchayats

The subdivision contains 49 gram panchayats under 6 community development blocs:

  • Para block: Anara, Deoli, Jabarrah–Jhapra–II, Udaypur–Joynagar, Bahara, Dubra, Nadiha Surulia, Bowridih, Jabarrah–Jhapra–I and Para.
  • Raghunathpur–I block: Arrah, Bero, Khajura, Sanka, Babugram, Chorpahari and Nutandi.
  • Raghunathpur–II block: Barrah, Joradih, Nildih, Cheliama, Mangalda–Mautore and Nutandih.

    • Dumurkola under Nutandih Panchayat Urban area under this block consists of one census town: Nabagram.

  • Neturia block: Bhamuria, Guniara, Raibandh, Sarbari, Digha, Janardandih and Saltore.
  • Santuri block: Balitora, Ramchandrapur– Kotaldi, Tarabari, Garsika, Muradi and Santuri.
  • Kashipur block: Agardi–Chitra, Gorandih, Manihara, Sonathali, Barrah, Hadalda–Uparrah, Rangamati–Ranjandih, Beko, Kalidaha, Simla–Dhanara, Gagnabad, Kashipur and Sonaijuri.

    • Electoral constituencies

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

    References

    Raghunathpur subdivision Wikipedia
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