Alipurduar subdivision | |
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Subdivision | |
Coordinates: 26°29′20″N89°31′37″E / 26.489°N 89.527°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Alipurduar |
Headquarters | Alipurduar |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Website | http://alipurduar.gov.in/ |
Alipurduar subdivision is an administrative division of the Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Alipurduar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: [1] [2]
Subdivision | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | Rural Population % (2011) | Urban Population % (2011) |
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Alipurduar | Alipurduar | 2,667.28 | 1,491,250 | 79.38 | 20.62 |
Alipurduar district | Alipurduar | 2,667.28 | 1,491.250 | 79.38 | 20.62 |
Alipurduar subdivision has 8 police stations, 6 community development blocks, 6 panchayat samitis, 66 gram panchayats, 338 mouzas, 337 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 20 census towns. The municipality is: Alipurduar. The census towns are: Sisha Jumrha, Uttar Madarihat, Jaigaon, Mechiabasti, Uttar Satali, Uttar Latabari, Jagijhora Barabak, Jateswar, Parangarpar, Falakata, Paschim Jitpur, Chechakhata, Alipurduar Railway Junction, Bholar Dabri, Birpara, Samuktola, Sobhaganj, Laskarpara, Dakshin Rampur and Uttar Kamakhyaguri. The subdivision has its headquarters at Alipurduar. [2] [3]
Police stations in the Alipurduar subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: [2] [4]
Police Station | Area covered km2 | Inter- national border | Inter-state border km | Municipal Town | CD block |
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Kumargram | n/a | n/a | n/a | - | Kumargram |
Falakata | n/a | - | - | - | Falakata |
Madarihat | n/a | n/a | - | - | Madarihat-Birpara |
Birpara | n/a | - | - | - | Madarihat-Birpara |
Kalchini | n/a | - | - | - | Kalchini |
Jaigaon | n/a | n/a | - | - | Kalchini |
Alipurduar | n/a | - | - | Alipurduar | Alipurduar I |
Samuktala | n/a | - | - | - | Alipurduar II |
The subdivision contains 66 gram panchayats under 6 community development blocks: [5]
Community development blocks in the Alipurduar subdivision are: [2] [6] [7]
CD block | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Literacy Rate % | Census Towns |
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Kumargram | Kumargram | 517.68 | 199,609 | 35.78 | 30.00 | 72.48 | 3 |
Falakata | Falakata | 353.93 | 290,722 | 40.69 | 15.92 | 72.74 | 4 |
Madarihat-Birpara | Madarihat | 376.75 | 202,026 | 14.26 | 38.76 | 67.77 | 2 |
Kalchini | Kalchini | 711.61 | 298,458 | 10.10 | 40.30 | 68.96 | 4 |
Alipurduar I | Pachkalguri | 378.59 | 216,931 | 48.41 | 16.87 | 76.19 | 5 |
Alipurduar II | Jashodanga | 318.92 | 218,272 | 41.81 | 18.44 | 75.76 | 2 |
Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Alipurduar subdivision/ Alipurduar district, with data 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 | |
Alipurduar | 833 | 89,978 | 56 | 11,372 | 34 | 36,234 | 97 | 127,257 | 7 | 22,478 | 18 | 3,937 | 3,709 | 179,753 |
The following institutions are located in the Alipuduar subdivision:
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 Alipurduar subdivision/ district, with data for the year 2012-13: [25]
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 | ||||||||||
Alipurduar | 2 | 7 | - | 13 | 1 | - | 2 | 15 | 40 | 1,090 | 133 | 118,881 | 1,269,285 |
.* Excluding nursing homes.
Medical facilities in the Alipurduar subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) [26]
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [27]
Primary Health Centres : (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds) [28]
Alipurduar is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district. Situated on the east bank of Kaljani River in the foothills of the Himalayas, the city is a gateway to Bhutan and northeastern states of India. Alipurduar was a sub-divisional town of Jalpaiguri district until 2014 when it was created a separate district.
Jaigaon is a census town in Alipurduar subdivision under Kalchini Block of Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located on the country's border with Bhutan, and Bhutan Gate separates the two countries. Phuentsholing is the Bhutan's nearest city to Jaigaon. Bhutan does not have domestic roads linking to all its towns, so uses roads passing through Jaigaon to reach such destinations as Samtse, Gomtu, Nganglam and Samdrup Jongkhar.
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