Kharagpur subdivision | |
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Subdivision | |
Coordinates: 22°01′N 87°07′E / 22.02°N 87.11°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Medinipur |
Headquarters | Kharagpur |
Government | |
• Type | Community development block |
Area | |
• Total | 2,913.17 km2 (1,124.78 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,293,901 |
• Density | 790/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
Vehicle registration | WB |
Website | wb |
Kharagpur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions, after separation of Jhargram subdivision from the district in 2017:[1]
Subdivision | Headquarters | Area km2 |
Population (2011) |
Rural population % (2011) |
Urban population % (2011) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medinipur Sadar | Midnapore | 2,441.50 | 1,435,321 | 86.05 | 13.95 |
Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 2,913.17 | 2,293,909 | 85.67 | 14.33 |
Ghatal | Ghatal | 953.09 | 1,047,679 | 87.94 | 12.06 |
Paschim Medinipur district | Midnapore | 6,307.76 | 4,776,909 | 86.28 | 13.72 |
Kharagpur subdivision has a population density of 787 per km2. 48.02% of the district population resides in this subdivision.[1]
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.[2][3]
Police stations in Kharagpur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:[4]
Police station | Area covered km2 |
Municipal town | CD block |
---|---|---|---|
Kharagpur (Town) | n/a | Kharagpur | - |
Kharagpur (Local) | n/a | - | Kharagpur I, Kharagpur II |
Debra | n/a | - | Debra |
Pingla | n/a | - | Pingla |
Keshiary | n/a | - | Keshiari |
Dantan | n/a | - | Dantan I |
Belda | n/a | - | Dantan II |
Narayangarh | n/a | - | Narayangarh |
Mohanpur | n/a | - | Mohanpur |
Sabang | n/a | - | Sabang |
The subdivision contains 99 gram panchayats under 10 community development blocks:[5]
Community development blocks in Kharagpur subdivision are:[6][7]
CD block | Headquarters | Area km2 |
Population (2011) |
SC % | ST % | Literacy rate % |
Census towns |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debra | Balichak | 342.41 | 288,619 | 12.99 | 20.48 | 82.03 | 1 |
Pingla | Pingla | 224.48 | 194,809 | 8.43 | 9.92 | 83.57 | |
Keshiari | Keshiary | 292.09 | 149,269 | 22.95 | 34.25 | 76.78 | |
Dantan I | Dantan | 257.07 | 172,107 | 16.99 | 16.38 | 73.53 | 1 |
Dantan II | Dhaneswarpur | 185.56 | 155,017 | 8.92 | 7.01 | 82.45 | |
Narayangarh | Narayangarh | 499.48 | 302,620 | 18.62 | 22.50 | 78.31 | 1 |
Mohanpur | Mohanpur | 137.49 | 111,901 | 10.30 | 5.39 | 80.51 | |
Sabang | Sabang | 305.00 | 270,472 | 13.33 | 6.22 | 86.84 | |
Kharagpur I | Satkul | 313.31 | 258,040 | 17.99 | 16.45 | 77.06 | 2 |
Kharagpur II | Madpur | 265.63 | 183,440 | 18.61 | 25.57 | 76.08 |
Paschim Medinipur district had a literacy rate of 78.00% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Medinipur Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 76.23%, Kharagpur subdivision 80.51% and Ghatal subdivision 82.55%. [8]
The table below gives a subdivision-wise comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Paschim Medinipur district, after separation of Jhargram subdivision, for the year 2013-14.[8]
Subdivision | Primary School |
Middle School |
High School |
Higher Secondary School |
General College, Univ |
Technical / Professional Instt |
Non-formal Education | |||||||
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Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | |
Medinipur Sadar | 1,086 | 88,909 | 118 | 13,825 | 45 | 38,322 | 118 | 143,051 | 8 | 11,058 | 15 | 2,281 | 2,844 | 112,971 |
Kharagpur | 1,576 | 131,008 | 126 | 8,902 | 127 | 63,099 | 170 | 177,644 | 7 | 9,058 | 12 | 11,190 | 4,365 | 147,242 |
Ghatal | 786 | 59,984 | 30 | 2,543 | 88 | 44,064 | 66 | 65,255 | 4 | 4,413 | 5 | 626 | 1,501 | 54,169 |
Paschim Medinipur district | 3,448 | 279,901 | 274 | 25,270 | 260 | 145,485 | 354 | 385,950 | 19 | 24,529 | 32 | 14,097 | 8,700 | 314,382 |
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, adult high schools, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.[8]
The following institutions are located in Kharagpur subdivision:
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the subdivision-wise medical facilities available and patients treated, after the separation of Jhargram, in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Paschim Medinipur district.[20]
Subdivision | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Other State Govt Deptts |
Local bodies |
Central Govt Deptts / PSUs |
NGO / Private Nursing Homes |
Total | Total Number of Beds |
Total Number of Doctors |
Indoor Patients |
Outdoor Patients | |||
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Hospitals |
Rural Hospitals |
Block Primary Health Centres |
Primary Health Centres | ||||||||||
Medinipur Sadar | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 | - | 1 | 26 | 53 | 2,117 | 323 | 121,486 | 1,375,817 |
Kharagpur | 2 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 98 | 1841 | 197 | 93,110 | 1,814,309 |
Ghatal | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | - | - | - | 46 | 67 | 988 | 66 | 46,006 | 742,984 |
Paschim Medinipur district | 5 | 17 | 24 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 126 | 208 | 4,946 | 586* | 260,602 | 3,933,110 |
Medical facilities in the Kharagpur subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) [21]
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [22]
Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[23]
Primary Health Centres : (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)[24]
Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Paschim Medinipur district were as follows from 2006:[25]
Lok Sabha constituency | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Reservation | CD Block and/or Gram panchayats |
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Jhargram (ST) | Garbeta | None | Garhbeta I CD Block and Amlasuli, Jogardanga, Piyasala and Sarboth GPs of Garhbeta II CD Block. |
Salboni | None | Bhimpur, Bishnupur, Debgram, Lalgeria and Salboni GPs of Salboni CD Block, Goaltor, Gohaldanga, Jeerapara, Makli, Patharpara and Pingbani GPs of Garhbeta II CD Block and Garhbeta III CD Block. | |
Other assembly segments outside the district | |||
Medinipur | Egra | None | Egra municipality, Egra I CD Block, and Basudevpur, Deshbandhu, Dubda, Manjusree, Paniparul, Sarbaday and Bibekananda GPs of Egra II CD Block in Purba Medinipur district. |
Dantan | None | Dantan II and Mohanpur CD Blocks, and Chak Islampur GP of Dantan I CD Block. | |
Keshiary | ST | Keshiari CD Block, and Alikosha, Angua, Ainkola, Dantan I, Dantan II, Monoharpur, Salikotha and Tararui GPs of Dantan I CD Block. | |
Kharagpur Sadar | None | Kharagpur municipality and Kharagpur Railway Settlement of Kharagpur I CD Block. | |
Narayangarh | None | Narayangarh | |
Kharagpur | None | Kharagpur I CD Block, and Banpura, Panchkhuri I, Panchkhuri II, Pathra and Shiromoni GPs of Midnapore Sadar CD Block. | |
Medinipur | None | Midnapore municipality, Chandra, Dherua, Monidaha and Tantigeria GPs of Midnapore Sadar CD Block and Bankibandh, Garhmal, Karnagarh, Kashijora and Shatpati GPs of Salboni CD Block. | |
Ghatal | Panskura Paschim | None | Panskura I CD Block in Purba Medinipur district. |
Sabang | None | Sabang CD Block, and Jalchak I, Jalchak II and Maligram GPs of Pingla CD Block. | |
Pingla | None | Dhaneswarpur, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Karkai, Kshirai, Kusumda and Pindurui GPs of Pingla CD Block and Kharagpur II CD Block | |
Debra | None | Debra CD Block | |
Daspur | None | Daspur II, and Basudevpur, Daspur I, Daspur II, Nandanpur I, Nandanpur II and Panchberia GPs of Daspur I CD Block. | |
Ghatal | SC | Ghatal municipality, Ghatal CD Block, Khara municipality, and Rajnagar, Sarberia I and Sarberia II GPs of Daspur I CD Block. | |
Keshpur | SC | Keshpur CD Block. |