Egra subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal

West Bengal

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, India

India

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. It consists of Egra

Egra

Egra is head quarters of Egra subdivision in Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. it is a town with a municipality and community development blocks.-Geography:...

 municipality and six community development blocks: Bhagawanpur–I, Bhagawanpur–II, Egra–I, Egra–II, Pataspur–I and Pataspur–II. The six blocks contain 51 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 Egra.

Area

Apart from the Egra

Egra

Egra is head quarters of Egra subdivision in Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. it is a town with a municipality and community development blocks.-Geography:...

 municipality, the subdivision contains rural areas of 51 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 six community development blocks

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...

: Bhagawanpur–I, Bhagawanpur–II, Egra–I, Egra–II, Pataspur–I and Pataspur–II. There is no urban area under these six blocks.

Bhagawanpur–I block

Rural area under Bhagawanpur–I block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Benodia, Gurgram, Kotbarh, Shimulia, Bhagwanpur, Kajlagarh, Mahammadpur–I, Bivisanpur, Kakra and Mahammadpur–II. Bhagawanpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Kajlagarh.

Bhagawanpur–II block

Rural area under Bhagawanpur–II

Bhagabanpur II (community development block)

Bhagabanpur II is an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bhupatinagar police station serves this block...

 block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Arjunnagar, Garbari–I, Jukhia, Baroj, Garbari–II, Mugberia, Basudevberia, Itaberia and Radhapur. Bhupatinagar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Bhupatinagar.

Egra–I block

Rural area under Egra–I

Egra I (community development block)

Egra I is an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Egra police station serves this block...

 block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Barida, Jumki, Rishi Bankimchandra, Chatri, Kasba–Egra, Jerthan, Panchrol and Saharha. Egra police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Egra.

Egra–II block

Rural area under Egra–II

Egra II (community development block)

Egra II is an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Egra police station serves this block...

 block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Basudevpur, Bibekananda, Dubda, Paniparul, Bathuari, Deshbandhu, Manjusree and Sarbaday. Egra police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Balighai.

Patashpur–I block

Rural area under Patashpur –I block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Amarshi–I, Brajalalpur, Gokulpur, Amarshi–II, Chistipur–I, Gopalpur, Barhat, Chistipur–II and Naipur. Pataspur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Amarshi.

Pataspur–II block

Rural area under Pataspur–II

Patashpur II (community development block)

Patashpur II is an administrative division in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Patashpur police station serves this block...

 block consists of seven gram panchayats, viz. Argoyal, Mathura, Pataspur, Sreerampur, Khargram, Panchet and South Khanda. Pataspur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Pratamdighi.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal:

• The area under the Egra
  Egra
  Egra is head quarters of Egra subdivision in Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. it is a town with a municipality and community development blocks.-Geography:...
  
   municipality, the Egra–I block, and seven 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 the Egra–II block — Basudevpur, Bibekananda, Deshbandhu, Dubda, Manjusree, Paniparul and Sarbaday — will together form the Egra assembly constituency of West Bengal.
• The gram panchayat of Bathuari under the Egra–II block will be part of the area defining the Kanthi Uttar assembly constituency.
• Six gram panchayats under the Bhagawanpur–I block — Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur–I and Mahammadpur–II — will be part of the Chandipur assembly constituency.
• The other four gram panchayats under the Bhagawanpur–I block, viz. Kotbarh, Shimulia, Bhagwanpur and Kajlagarh, and the gram panchayats of Argoyal and Mathura under the Pataspur–II block, along with seven gram panchayats under the Bhagawanpur–II block — Arjunnagar, Basudevberia, Baroj, Itaberia, Jukhia, Mugberia and Radhapur — will form the Bhagabanpur assembly constituency.
• The other five gram panchayats under the Pataspur–II block — Pataspur, Sreerampur, Khargram, Panchet and South Khanda — and the area under the Pataspur–I block will together form the Patashpur assembly constituency.
• The gram panchayats of Garbari–I and Garbari–II under the Bhagawanpur–II block will be part of the area defining the Khejuri assembly constituency.
• The Khejuri constituency will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates.
• The constituencies of Chandipur, Patashpur, Kanthi Uttar, Bhagabanpur and Khejuri will be assembly segments of the Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).
• The Egra assembly constituency will be part of the area defining the domain of Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).