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Paschim Medinipur district or West Midnapore district (also known as Midnapore West) is the districts of 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 was formed on January 1, 2002 after the Partition of Midnapore

Partition of Midnapore

The Partition of Midnapore was the administrative breakup of the Midnapore District of West Bengal, India into the western Paschim Medinipur and the eastern Purba Medinipur districts that became effective on January 1, 2002...

into Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur

Purba Medinipur

Purba Medinipur district , or East Midnapore district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Burdwan division – one of the three administrative divisions of West Bengal. The headquarter is located at Tamluk...

. The district has 4 sub-divisions: Kharagpur, Medinipur Sadar, Ghatal and Jhargram. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor

Red corridor

The Red Corridor is a term used to describe an impoverished region in the east of India that experiences considerable Naxalite communist insurgency...

Major cities and towns

Midnapore

Midnapore is the district headquarters of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River . This area had taken a pioneering role in India's freedom struggle...

is the district headquarters. Other important towns and cities in the district include: Kharagpur

Kharagpur

Kharagpur is an industrial city in India. It is located in the Midnapore West district of the state of West Bengal.Kharagpur was chosen as the location of the first campus of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology . The IITs are the premier technical education institutes in India and...

, Jhargram

Jhargram

Jhargram is a subdivisional municipality in the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Beyond the Gangetic plains of West Bengal,INDIA...

, Ghatal

Ghatal

Ghatal is head quarters of Ghatal subdivision in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It also has a community development block. Ghatal is flood-prone area and in many years is flooded by the Rupnarayan River. This town is old one. The river Shilabati divided the town into two parts....

, Belda

Belda

Belda , a small town in West Bengal, India located approximately south of Kharagpur town, and belongs to the Paschim Medinipur district. The NH 60 of the famous Golden Quadrilateral, familiar as O. T. Road before has connected this town to the rest part of India. It also connects its south-west...

, Chandrakona

Chandrakona

Chandrakona is a town with a municipality in the Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a small town. This town is located between Ghatal and Garhbeta. The king – Chandraketu was the founder of the kingdom of Chandrakona. In Ain-E-Akbari it was...

, Garbeta

Garbeta

Garhbeta is a town in Medinipur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India. It is on the bank of the Shilabati. Gar in Bengali means a nullah since the boundary of the earlier town was surrounded by a small nullah so the place was named Garhbeta. Garhbeta can also be...

, Balichak

Balichak

Balichak is a census town in Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Balichak is located at . It has an average elevation of 12 metres . It is located in the Debra community development block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district. The...

, Dantan

Dantan

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

, Mohanpur

Mohanpur, West Bengal

Mohanpur is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Mohanpur police station serves this block...

, Gopiballavpur

Gopiballavpur

Gopiballavpur is a town in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. Gopiballavpur–I and Gopiballavpur–II are two community development blocks under the Jhargram subdivision of the district.-History:...

, Nayagram

Nayagram

Nayagram is an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Nayagram police station serves this block...

, Keshiari

Keshiari

Keshiari is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Keshiari police station serves this block...

, Keshpur

Keshpur

Keshpur is an administrative division in Medinipur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Keshpur and Anandapur police stations serve this block...

, Narayangarh, Sabang

Sabang

Sabang is a city consisting of several islands in Aceh, Indonesia. The metropolitan area is located on Weh Island, 17 km north of Banda Aceh. The city covers an area of 118 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census had a population of 23,654 people...

, Daspur

Daspur

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

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Ministry of Panchayati Raj

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India looking after the ongoing process of decentralization and local governance in the States....

named Paschim Medinipur one of the country's 250 most backward districts

Poverty in India

Poverty is widespread in India, with the nation estimated to have a third of the world's poor. According to a 2005 World Bank estimate, 41.6% of the total Indian population falls below the international poverty line of 1.25 a day...

(out of a total of 640

Districts of India

A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...

). It is one of the eleven districts in West Bengal currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Administrative subdivisions

The district comprises four subdivisions: Kharagpur, Medinipur Sadar, Ghatal and Jhargram. Kharagpur subdivision consists of Kharagpur

Kharagpur

municipality and ten community development blocks: Dantan–I, Dantan–II, Pingla, Kharagpur–I, Kharagpur–II, Sabang, Mohanpur, Narayangarh, Keshiari and Debra. Medinipur Sadar subdivision consists of Midnapore

Midnapore

municipality and six community development blocks: Medinipur Sadar, Garhbeta–I, Garhbeta–II, Garhbeta–III, Keshpur and Shalboni. Ghatal subdivision consists of five municipalities (Ramjibanpur

Ramjibanpur

Ramjibanpur is a town and a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Ramjibanpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 11 metres .-Demographics:...

, Chandrakona

Chandrakona

, Kshirpai

Kshirpai

Khirpai also known as Kshirpai, is a town and a municipality in West Midnapore in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is situated near the banks of river Shilabati and Kethai. The municipality is one of the oldest municipality in India. Location of the municipality is between Ghatal and...

, Kharar

Kharar, Ghatal

Kharar is a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was born in Birsingh -Kharar.-History:...

and Ghatal

Ghatal

) and five community development blocks: Chandrakona–I, Chandrakona–II, Daspur–I, Daspur–II and Ghatal. Jhargram subdivision consists of Jhargram

Jhargram

Jhargram is a subdivisional municipality in the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Beyond the Gangetic plains of West Bengal,INDIA...

municipality and eight community development blocks: Binpur–I, Binpur–II, Jamboni, Jhargram, Gopiballavpur–I, Gopiballavpur–II, Nayagram and Sankrail.

Midnapore

Midnapore

is the district headquarters. There are 21 police stations, 30 development blocks, 5 municipalities and 290 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 in this district.

Other than municipality area, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 12 urban units: 8 municipalities and 4 census town

Census town

In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...

Kharagpur subdivision

One municipality: Kharagpur
Kharagpur
Kharagpur is an industrial city in India. It is located in the Midnapore West district of the state of West Bengal.Kharagpur was chosen as the location of the first campus of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology . The IITs are the premier technical education institutes in India and...

.
Dantan–I
Dantan
Dantan I is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dantan police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats.
Dantan–II
Dantan
Dantan I is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dantan police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 7 gram panchayats.
Pingla
Pingla
Pingla is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Pingla police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.
Kharagpur–I community development block consists of rural areas with 7 gram panchayats and one census town: Kharagpur Railway Settlement.
Kharagpur–II community development block consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats.
Sabang
Sabang, Paschim Medinipur
Sabang is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Sabang police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 13 gram panchayats.
Mohanpur
Mohanpur, West Bengal
Mohanpur is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Mohanpur police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 5 gram panchayats.
Narayangarh
Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur
Narayangarh is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Narayangarh and Belda police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Belda...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 16 gram panchayats.
Keshiari
Keshiari
Keshiari is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Keshiari police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas with 9 gram panchayats and one census town: Deuli.
Debra
Debra, Paschim Medinipur
Debra is an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Debra police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas with 14 gram panchayats and one census town: Balichak
Balichak
Balichak is a census town in Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Balichak is located at . It has an average elevation of 12 metres . It is located in the Debra community development block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district. The...

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Medinipur Sadar subdivision

One municipality: Midnapore
Midnapore
Midnapore is the district headquarters of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River . This area had taken a pioneering role in India's freedom struggle...

.
Medinipur Sadar community development block consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats.
Garhbeta–I community development block consists of rural areas only with 12 gram panchayats.
Garhbeta–II community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.
Garhbeta–III community development block consists of rural areas with 8 gram panchayats and one census town: Durllabhganj
Durllabhganj
Durllabhganj is a census town in Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Demographics: India census, Durllabhganj had a population of 6129. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Durllabhganj has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national...

.
Keshpur
Keshpur
Keshpur is an administrative division in Medinipur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Keshpur and Anandapur police stations serve this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 15 gram panchayats.
Shalboni community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.

Ghatal subdivision

Five municipalities: Ramjibanpur
Ramjibanpur
Ramjibanpur is a town and a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Ramjibanpur is located at . It has an average elevation of 11 metres .-Demographics:...

, Chandrakona
Chandrakona
Chandrakona is a town with a municipality in the Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a small town. This town is located between Ghatal and Garhbeta. The king – Chandraketu was the founder of the kingdom of Chandrakona. In Ain-E-Akbari it was...

, Khirpai, Kharar
Kharar, Ghatal
Kharar is a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was born in Birsingh -Kharar.-History:...

and Ghatal
Ghatal
Ghatal is head quarters of Ghatal subdivision in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It also has a community development block. Ghatal is flood-prone area and in many years is flooded by the Rupnarayan River. This town is old one. The river Shilabati divided the town into two parts....

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Chandrakona–I community development block consists of rural areas only with 6 gram panchayats.
Chandrakona–II community development block consists of rural areas only with 6 gram panchayats.
Daspur–I
Daspur
Daspur I is an administrative division in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Daspur police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.
Daspur–II
Daspur
Daspur I is an administrative division in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Daspur police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 14 gram panchayats.
Ghatal community development block consists of rural areas only with 12 gram panchayats.

Jhargram subdivision

One municipality: Jhargram
Jhargram
Jhargram is a subdivisional municipality in the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Beyond the Gangetic plains of West Bengal,INDIA...

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Binpur–I
Binpur
Binpur I is an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Binpur and Lalgarh police station serve this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.
Binpur–II
Binpur
Binpur I is an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Binpur and Lalgarh police station serve this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.
Jamboni community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.
Jhargram community development block consists of rural areas only with 13 gram panchayats.
Gopiballavpur–I
Gopiballavpur
Gopiballavpur is a town in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. Gopiballavpur–I and Gopiballavpur–II are two community development blocks under the Jhargram subdivision of the district.-History:...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 7 gram panchayats.
Gopiballavpur–II
Gopiballavpur
Gopiballavpur is a town in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. Gopiballavpur–I and Gopiballavpur–II are two community development blocks under the Jhargram subdivision of the district.-History:...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 7 gram panchayats.
Nayagram
Nayagram
Nayagram is an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Nayagram police station serves this block...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 12 gram panchayats.
Sankrail community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census

2011 census of India

The 15th Indian National census was conducted in two phases, houselisting and population enumeration. Houselisting phase began on April 1, 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings...

Paschim Medinipur district has a population

Demographics of India

The demographics of India are inclusive of the second most populous country in the world, with over 1.21 billion people , more than a sixth of the world's population. Already containing 17.5% of the world's population, India is projected to be the world's most populous country by 2025, surpassing...

of 5,943,300 , roughly equal to the nation of Eritrea

Eritrea

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or the US state of Missouri

Missouri

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. This gives it a ranking of 14th in India (out of a total of 640

Districts of India

). The district has a population density of 636 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate

Family planning in India

Family planning in India is based on efforts largely sponsored by the Indian government. In the 1965-2009 period, contraceptive usage has more than tripled and the fertility rate has more than halved , but the national fertility rate is still high enough to cause long-term population growth...

over the decade 2001-2011 was 14.44 %. Paschim Medinipur has a sex ratio

Sex ratio

Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....

of 960 females

Women in India

The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period, to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers, the history of women in India has been eventful...

for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate

Literacy in India

Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...

of 79.04 %.

Tourism

Chilkigarh (Kanak Durga Temple and park)
Belpahari
Jhargram
Jhargram
Jhargram is a subdivisional municipality in the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Beyond the Gangetic plains of West Bengal,INDIA...
Gopegarh Heritage Park
Hatibari forest banglow and jhilli pakhiralay
kankrajhore
Garrasini asharam,near Belpahari
Kaniashar pahar,near Belpahari
Gurguripal Heritage Park
Parimalkanan park,c.k.t
Gangani [Garhbeta]
Rameshwar Temple,near Rohini(On the bank of Subarnarekha river with nearby green forest called TAPOBAN)
Gourya Temple, Near Kharagpur
ECO Park DURGAHURI, Near SANKRAIL
Bisnu Temple, kultikri

Notable personalities

Sahid Kshudiram Basu
Swadeshi movement
The Swadeshi movement, part of the Indian independence movement, was an economic strategy aimed at removing the British Empire from power and improving economic conditions in India by following the principles of swadeshi , which had some success...

(Mouboni, Keshpur PS)
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar (Birsingha, Ghatal PS)
Byomkes Chakrabarti
Byomkes Chakrabarti
Dr. Byomkes Chakrabarti was a Bengali research worker on ethnic languages. He was also a renowned educationist and a poet. His major contribution to linguistics was in finding out some basic relationship between Santali and the Bengali language...

(Gopinathpur,Kharar, Ghatal PS & Kapgari, Jhargram PS)
Swadeshi Movement
Swadeshi movement
The Swadeshi movement, part of the Indian independence movement, was an economic strategy aimed at removing the British Empire from power and improving economic conditions in India by following the principles of swadeshi , which had some success...

(Aloke kendra.Marahtala,ps Debra Paschimmedinipore.W.B)

Universities and Colleges

Vidyasagar University
Vidyasagar University
Vidyasagar University is a state-government administered, affiliating and research university located in Paschim Medinipur district of southern West Bengal, in India.-History:...
Midnapore Medical College & Hospital
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Midnapore College
Midnapore College
Midnapore College , established in 1873 under the affiliation of the University of Calcutta and with the status of government-sponsored college in 1956, is the oldest and most renowned of all the colleges in the undivided district of Midnapore. It played the pioneering role in the spread of higher...
Kharagpur College
Midnapore Engineering & Management College, shortly opening
Subarnarekha Mahavidyalaya, Gopiballavpur
Midnapore Law College
Institute of Science and Technology, Chandrakona Town
Raja Narendralal Khan Mahila Mahavidyalaya
Hijli College
Jhargram Raj College
Seva-Bharati Mahavidyalaya, Kapgari
Seva-Bharati Krishi Kendra
Kharagpur Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital,Kaushallya
Midnapore Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital
Anil Bishwas Smriti Mahavidyalaya,Kultikiri
Bhattar College,Dantan
Belda College
Kaibalyadayini Banijya Mahavidyalaya
Keshpur College
Garhbeta college
Palpara College
Sabang college
pingla college
Moyna college
Ghatal Rabindrasatabarsiki Mahavidyalaya
Chandrakona Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya
keshiary politechnic college
vivekananda satabarsiki mahavidyalaya,Manikpara
BHATTAR COLLEGE, DANTAN

NGOs

Sarada Kalyan Bhandar
Vidyasagar Vidyapith
Sri Sri Nitya Gopal Vision Care Foundation
Midnapore.in - Legacy of Midnapore
C.F.Andrews .Memorial.Society-Jhargram

External links

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