Kalchini, Alipurduar

This article is about the neighbourhood in West Bengal, India. For 1. its namesake community development block, see Kalchini. For 2. its namesake assembly constituency, see Kalchini (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Kalchini
Neighbourhood
Kalchini Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Kalchini Kalchini (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°42′03″N89°26′59″E / 26.700778°N 89.449667°E / 26.700778; 89.449667 Coordinates: 26°42′03″N89°26′59″E / 26.700778°N 89.449667°E / 26.700778; 89.449667
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Alipurduar
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	735217
Telephone/STD code	03566
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Alipurduars
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kalchini
Website	alipurduar.gov.in

Kalchini is a neighbourhood in the Kalchini CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Places and tea estates in the eastern portion of Alipurdar subdivision (including Kalchini, Kumargram and Alipuduar II CD blocks) in Alipurduar district CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, A: Air Force Station, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate, H: historical site Abbreviations used in names – TG for Tea Garden (town/village), TE for Tea Estate Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Kalchini is located at 26°42′03″N89°26′59″E / 26.700778°N 89.449667°E / 26.700778; 89.449667 .

According to the map of the Kalchini CD block on page 217 in the District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census, Kalchini (Hamiltonganj) police station and CD block headquarters are shown as being a part of Uttar Latabari census town/ mouza. ^[1]

Area overview

Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the Dooars in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the Himalayas in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in the urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

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.

Civic administration

Police station

Kalchini police station has jurisdiction over a part of the Kalchini CD block. ^{[5] [6]}

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Kalchini CD block is at Kalchini. ^[7]

Economy

According to the Study of Labour Condition in Tea Gardens of New Jalpaiguri carried out by the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, the plantations of North Bengal (Dooars area) produce just average tea and do not have the brand value of Darjeeling tea or Assam tea. Around 2002-2004 the industry faced a crisis and at least 22 plantations were closed down in Jalpaiguri district, affecting 21,000 permanent workers and impacting a much larger population. Kalchini block has 18 tea gardens, mostly in bad shape and some closed. ^{[8] [9]}

Transport

There are stations at Kalchini and Hamiltonganj on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road line.

Healthcare

Uttarlatabari Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Kalchini, is the major government medical facility in the Kalchini CD block. ^[10]

References

1. "District Census Handbook Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XII A , 2011 census" (PDF). page 217: Map of Kalchini CD block. Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
3. "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
4. "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, page 13 Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
5. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
6. "Search a Police Station". Alipurduar Police. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
7. "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, Fifth page, map of Jalpaiguri district. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
8. "Study of Labour condition in Tea Gardens of New Jalpaiguri" (PDF). Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
9. "Tea garden closed". The Telegraph, 9 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
10. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2020.