Jalpaiguri division

Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri
Division
	Location of Jalpaiguri division in West Bengal
	Coordinates: 26°41′N88°45′E / 26.683°N 88.750°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Headquarters	Jalpaiguri
Government
• Districts	Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong
Area
• Total	12,713 km2 (4,909 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	8,538,755
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	wb.gov.in

Last updated October 11, 2024

Jalpaiguri Division is one of the 5 divisions in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost division of West Bengal. It is surrounded by Nepal on the western side, Bihar on South-Western side, Bhutan on the Northern side and Bangladesh on the southern side.^[3]

Districts

It consists of 5 districts:^[4]

Code	District	Headquarters	Established	Sub-Division	Area	Population As of 2011	Population Density
DA	Darjeeling	Darjeeling	1947	Darjeeling Sadar Kurseong Siliguri Mirik	2,092.5 km² (807.9 sq mi)	1,797,422	859/km² (2,220/sq mi)
JP	Jalpaiguri	Jalpaiguri	1947	Jalpaiguri Sadar Malbazar Dhupguri	2,844 km² (1,098 sq mi)	2,172,846	621/km² (1,610/sq mi)
KB	Cooch Behar	Cooch Behar	1950^[5]	Cooch Behar Sadar Dinhata Mathabhanga Mekhliganj Tufanganj	3,387 km² (1,308 sq mi)	2,822,780	833/km² (2,160/sq mi)
AD	Alipurduar	Alipurduar	2014^[6]	Alipurduar Sadar	3,383 km² (1,306 sq mi)	1,700,000	400/km² (1,000/sq mi)
KA	Kalimpong	Kalimpong	2017^[6]	Kalimpong Sadar	1,044 km² (403 sq mi)	251,642	239/km² (620/sq mi)
Total	5	—	-	13	12,713 km² (4,909 sq mi)	8,790,397	691/km² (1,790/sq mi)

Demographics

Religion in Jalpaiguri division

Hinduism			77.43%
Islam			14.88%
Christianity			3.89%
Buddhism			3.05%
Others			0.75%

Hindus forms the majority of the population while Muslims forms the largest minority group. There is a significant Christian and Buddhist population in the division. They are mainly concentrated in Kalimpong district and hill subdivisions of Darjeeling district. The Dooars regions also has a significant tribal population.^[7]

Languages

Bengali is the predominant language of the region, spoken by 72.2% of the population, followed by Nepali, Rajbanshi, Sadri, Kurukh, and Hindi. Bengali speakers form the majority in the districts of Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, and Alipurduar, While Nepali speakers are significant in Darjeeling, but don't form a majority, and in Kalimpong, forms the largest group.^[8]

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↑ "Divisional Commissioners/ West Bengal". Office of the Resident Commissioner- Govt. of WB. 4 June 2019.
↑ "Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008". West Bengal. National Informatics Centre, India. 19 March 2008. p. 1. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
↑ "Brief History of Cooch Behar". Official website of Cooch Behar District. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
1 2 Jana, Naresh (31 December 2001). "Tamluk readies for giant's partition". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
↑ Population by religious community: West Bengal. 2011 Census of India.
↑ Census of India. (2011). Language by district: West Bengal [Data set]. Retrieved from https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10226/download/13338/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX

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[wblangoff-1] 1 2 "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[2] "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[3] "Divisional Commissioners/ West Bengal". Office of the Resident Commissioner- Govt. of WB. 4 June 2019.

[blocdir-4] "Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008". West Bengal. National Informatics Centre, India. 19 March 2008. p. 1. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

[CBE-5] "Brief History of Cooch Behar". Official website of Cooch Behar District. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2008.

[MP-6] 1 2 Jana, Naresh (31 December 2001). "Tamluk readies for giant's partition". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2008.

[7] Population by religious community: West Bengal. 2011 Census of India.

[8] Census of India. (2011). Language by district: West Bengal [Data set]. Retrieved from https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10226/download/13338/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX

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