Cooch Behar II is an administrative division in Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision

Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision

Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Cooch Behar municipality and two community development blocs: Cooch Behar–I and Cooch Behar–II. The two blocks contain 28 gram panchayats and three census towns...

 of Cooch Behar district

Cooch Behar District

Cooch Behar district is a district of the state of West Bengal, India, as well as the district's namesake town. During the British Raj, the town of Cooch Behar was the seat of a princely state of Koch Bihar, ruled by the Koch dynasty....

 in the India

India

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States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. Koch Bihar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Pundibari

Pundibari

Pundibari is a small town in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, India. The Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya is situated here.-Geography:...

. There is one census town in this block: Khagrabari

Khagrabari

Khagrabari is a census town in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Demographics: India census, Khagrabari had a population of 19,762. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Khagrabari has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of...

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Geography

Khagrabari, one of the constituent panchayats of the block, is located at 26.36°N 89.46°E.

Cooch Behar II community development block

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...

 has an area of 362.36  km².

Gram panchayats

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 Cooch Behar II block/ panchayat samiti are: Ambari, Baneswar, Bararangras, Chakchaka, Dhandhingguri, Gopalpur, Khagrabari, Khapaidanga, Madhupur, Marichbari Kholta, Patlakhawa, Pundibari and Takagachh Rajarhat.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Cooch Behar II block had a total population of 298,163, out of which 154,011 were males and 144,152 were females. Cooch Behar II block registered a population growth of 16.08 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 14.15 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Lliteracy

Cooch Behar II block had a literacy rate of 74.56 per cent - males 83.12 per cent and females 65.37 per cent.