Lalgarh, Jhargram

Lalgarh
Census Town
Mother and child
Lalgarh Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Lalgarh Lalgarh (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°35′N87°03′E / 22.58°N 87.05°E / 22.58; 87.05
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jhargram
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2016)
• Total	5,216
Languages
• Official	Bengali, Santhali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB 49/50
Website	jhargram.gov.in

Lalgarh is a small town and a gram panchayat in the Binpur I CD block under the Jhargram subdivision of the Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Lalgarh came under media attention at the beginning of November 2008. The Communist Party of India (Maoist) ^[1] launched a massive fight against police personnel and cadres of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In June 2009 Indian security forces launched Operation Lalgarh against the Maoists in the village.

Geography

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Cities and towns in Jhargram subdivision of Jhargram district
CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Lalgarh is located at 22°35′N87°03′E / 22.58°N 87.05°E / 22.58; 87.05

Area overview

Jhargram subdivision, the only one in Jhargram district, shown in the map alongside, is composed of hills, mounds and rolling lands. It is rather succinctly described in the District Human Development Report, 2011 (at that time it was part of Paschim Medinipur district), “The western boundary is more broken and picturesque, for the lower ranges of the Chhotanagpur Hills line the horizon, the jungle assumes the character of forest, and large trees begin to predominate. The soil, however, is lateritic, a considerable area is unproductive, almost uninhabited, especially in the extreme north-west where there are several hills over 1000 feet in height. The remainder of the country is an almost level plain broken only by the sand hills.” ^[2] 3.48% of the population lives in urban areas and 96.52% lives in the rural areas. 20.11% of the total population belonged to scheduled castes and 29.37% belonged to scheduled tribes. ^[3]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demography

According to the 2011 Census of India, Lalgarh had a total population of 4,433 of which 2,259 (51%) were males and 2,174 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 455. The total number of literate persons in Lalgarh was 3,209 (72.39% of the population over 6 years). ^[4]

Civic administration

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Binpur I CD block are located at Lalgarh. ^[5]

Police station

Lalgarh police station has jurisdiction over Binpur I CD block. ^{[6] [7]}

Economy

The main occupation of the people here is cultivation, sharecropping and selling disposable plates made of leaves. Most people do not own land but work on others fields. The region is dry and there are but a single harvest each year. At other times people work as daily labor, collect and sell leaves and wood from forest etc. Over 75% of the households own land given to them under the Land reforms programme of the Left Front Government between the years 1977 and 2002. But income poverty exists. ^[8]

Operation Lalgarh

Lalgarh adivasi women

Main article: Operation Lalgarh

In November 2008, following reports of police brutality, enraged advasi villagers blockaded roads and protested against the police and paramilitary forces in the area. ^[9] The government maintained the movement was being controlled by Maoist guerrilla agents. ^[9] The Maoists controlled the village and the surrounding area for eight months until Operation Lalgarh was launched to dislodge them on 18 June 2009. ^[10]

Education

• Lalgarh Primary School
• Baghakuli Primary School
• Chunpara Primary School
• Lalgarh Ramkrishna Vidyalaya(H.S)
• Lalgarh Sarodamoni Balika Vidyalaya(H.S)
• Lalgarh Model School
• Lalgarh Government College, which was established in 2014. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University, and offers honours courses in Bengali, Santali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science and sociology, and general courses in BA and BSc (Bio Science). ^[11]

Healthcare

Binpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Binpur, is the major government medical facility in the Binpur I CD block. ^[12]

See also

• Netai
• Dahijuri
• Binpur

References

1. Centre Declares CPI(Maoist) a Terrorist Organisation Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
2. "District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011". pages 4-5. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
3. "District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013". Table 2.2, 2.4 (a). Department of Planning and Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
4. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
5. "District Census Handbook: Paschim Medinipur" (PDF). Map of Paschim Medinipur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
6. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Paschim Medinipur". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
7. "District at a Glance". Paschim Medinipur District Police. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
8. "Lalgarh: is it liberated or ruled by fear?". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009.
9. The Telegraph, 13 November 2008,CPI (Maoist) state secretary Kanchan said: “We are with the people of Lalgarh."
10. Pronob, Mondal (19 June 2009). "Quick work during day, shots ring out at night". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
11. "Lalgarh Government College". LGC. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
12. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

External links

• Report on Lalgarh by Praveen Swami ^[Usurped!]
• An English subtitled documentary on the Lalgarh movement