Balurghat subdivision
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Balurghat subdivision is a subdivision of the South Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It consists of Balurghat
Balurghat
Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili (Bangladesh...

 municipality and four community development blocs: Hili, Balurghat, Kumarganj and Tapan. The four blocks contain 35 gram panchayat
Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s. The subdivision has its headquarters at Balurghat.

Area

Apart from the Balurghat
Balurghat
Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili (Bangladesh...

 municipality, the subdivision contains rural areas of 35 gram panchayat
Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s under four community development blocs
Community Development Block in India
The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

: Hili, Balurghat, Kumarganj and Tapan. There is no urban area under these four blocks, except two urban outgrowths—Chak Bhrigu and Baidynathpara in Balurghat block.

Hili block

Rural area under Hili
Hili (Community development block)
Hili is an administrative division in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Hili police station serves this block...

 block consists of five gram panchayats, viz. Binshira, Hili, Panjul, Dhalpara and Jamalpur. Hili police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Hili.

Balurghat block

Rural area under Balurghat
Balurghat (Community development block)
Balurghat is an administrative division in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Balurghat police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Beltola Park...

 block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Amritakhand, Chakvrigu, Gopalbati, Patiram, Bolla, Chingishpur, Jalghar, Vatpara, Boaldar, Danga and Najirpur. Chak Bhrigu and Baidynathpara were two urban outgrowths noted in census 2001. Balurghat police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Beltola Park.

Kumarganj block

Rural area under Kumarganj block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Batun, Deor, Mohana, Safanagar, Bhour, Jakirpur, Ramkrishnapur
Ramkrishnapur
Ramkrishnapur is a village in West Bengal, India, falling under the jurisdiction of Dakshin Dinajpur district....

 and Samjia. Kumarganj police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Gopalgunj.

Tapan block

Rural area under Tapan block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Ajmatpur, Gophanagar, Hazratpur, Rampara Chenchra, Autina, Gurail, Malancha, Tapanchandipur, Dwipkhanda, Harsura and Ramchandrapur. Tapan police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Tapan.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the Kumarganj block will be part of the Kumarganj assembly constituency of West Bengal. The Balurghat municipality, the Hilli block, and the gram panchayat
Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur under the Balurghat block will together constitute the Balurghat assembly constituency. The other eight gram panchayats under the Balurghat block, viz. Chakvrigu, Gopalbati, Patiram, Bolla, Jalghar, Boaldar, Danga and Najirpur will form the Tapan assembly constituency along with the gram panchayats of Dwipkhanda, Gophanagar, Harsura, Malancha and Tapanchandipur under the Tapan block. The other six gram panchayats under the Tapan block, viz. Ajmatpur, Hazratpur, Rampara Chenchra, Autina, Gurail and Ramchandrapur, will be part of the Gangarampur assembly constituency. The Gangarampur constituency will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates, whereas the Tapan constituency will be reserved for Scheduled tribes (ST). All the four constituencies will be part of the Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Balurghat is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Balurghat in West Bengal...

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