Hirbandh is an administrative division in Khatra subdivision

Khatra subdivision

Khatra subdivision is a subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of eight community development blocs: Indpur, Khatra, Hirbandh, Raipur, Sarenga, Ranibandh, Simlapal and Taldangra. The eight blocks contain 59 gram panchayats...

 of Bankura district

Bankura District

Bankura district is one of the seven districts of Burdwan Division in the Indian state of West Bengal. The district has been described as the “connecting link between the plains of Bengal on the east and Chota Nagpur plateau on the west.” The areas to the east and north-east are low lying alluvial...

 in the India

India

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n state

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. Khatra police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Hirbandh.

Geography

Hirbandh is located at 23.0633859°N 86.8022919°E

Hirbandh 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 215.80  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 Indpur block/ panchayat samiti are: Baharamuri, Gopalpur, Hirbandh, Malian and Mashiara.

Demographics

In the 2001 census

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, Hirbandh community development block had a total population of 72,499 of which 37,230 were males and 35,269 were females. Decadal growth for the period 1991-2001 was 16.53% for Hirdih, against 13.79% in Bankura district. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%.

Hirbandh block had a total scheduled caste population of 20,091 and a scheduled tribe population of 22,068.