Bishnupur subdivision

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| area_total_km2 = 1870.05
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'''Bishnupur subdivision''' is a subdivision of the [[Bankura district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Subdivisions==
Bankura district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura | work = Table 2.2, 2.4(a) | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 May 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Subdivision ||Headquarters|| Area km2 || Population (2011) ||Rural Population % (2001)||Urban Population % (2001)
|-
| [[Bankura Sadar subdivision|Bankura Sadar]]||[[Bankura]]||2596.11||1,439,148||89.27||11.43
|-
| [[Khatra subdivision|Khatra]]||[[Khatra]]||2407.49||1,045.591||100.00||0
|-
| Bishnupur ||[[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]]||1870.75||1,111,935||91.04||8.96
|-
| [[Bankura district]]||[[Bankura]]||6882.00||3,596,674||92.63||7.37
|-
|}

Bishnupur subdivision has a density of population of 595 per km2. 29.07% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura | work = Table 2.2 | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 May 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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==Administrative units==
Bishnupur subdivision has 6 police stations, 6 community development blocks, 6 panchayat samitis, 56 gram panchayats, 890 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities and 1 [[census town]]. The municipalities are [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]] and [[Sonamukhi]]. The census town is: [[Kotulpur]]. The subdivision has its headquarters at Bishnupur.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura | work = Table 2.1 | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 May 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=blocdir>{{Cite web
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==Police stations==
Police stations in Bishnupur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 May 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Police Station ||Area covered km2||Municipal Town || CD Block
|-
| [[Bishnupur, Bankura#Police station|Bishnupur]]||365.73||[[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]]|| [[Bishnupur, Bankura (community development block)|Bishnupur]]
|-
| [[Jaypur, Bankura#Police station|Jaypur]]||262.74|| - || [[Joypur, Bankura (community development block)|Joypur]]
|-
| [[Kotulpur#Police station|Kotulpur]]||250.50|| - || [[Kotulpur (community development block)|Kotulpur]]
|-
| [[Sonamukhi#Police station|Sonamukhi]]||380|| [[Sonamukhi]] || [[Sonamukhi (community development block)|Sonamukhi]]
|-
| [[Patrasayer#Police station|Patrasayer]]||321.07|| - || [[Patrasayer (community development block)|Patrasayer]]
|-
| [[Indas#Police station|Indas]]||255.10|| - || [[Indas (community development block)|Indas]]
|-
|}

==Blocks==
Community development blocks in Bishnupur subdivision are:<ref name=census>{{cite web | url =http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_13.htm | title = Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, Bankura District | access-date = 18 August 2016 | work = Census of India 2001 | publisher = Census Commission of India|url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928204920/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_13.htm |archive-date= 28 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 29 August 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! CD Block ||Headquarters||Area km2 || Population (2011) ||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]] %||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|ST]] %||Literacy Rate %||Census Towns
|-
| [[Bishnupur, Bankura (community development block)|Bishnupur]]||[[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]]||365.73||156,822 ||35.67||7.53||66.30||
|-
| [[Indas (community development block)|Indas]]||[[Indas]]||254.99||169,783||43.75||1.85||71.76||
|-
| [[Joypur, Bankura (community development block)|Joypur]]||[[Jaypur, Bankura|Jaypur]]||263.82||156,920||38.88||2.05||74.57||
|-
| [[Patrasayer (community development block)|Patrasayer]]||[[Patrasayer]]||322.62||184,070||46.45||3.01||64.87||
|-
| [[Kotulpur (community development block)|Kotulpur]]||[[Kotulpur]]||250.38||188,775||35.38||3.29||78.01||1
|-
| [[Sonamukhi (community development block)|Sonamukhi]]||[[Sonamukhi]]||378.85||158,697||43.89||3.50||66.16||
|}

==Gram Panchayats==
The subdivision contains 56 [[gram panchayat]]s under six [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]]:<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/PANCHAYATS.aspx |title = Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal |work = Bankura - Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 27 August 2016}}</ref>

*[[Bishnupur, Bankura (community development block)|Bishnupur]] block consists of: Ayodhya, Bhara, Morar, Bankadaha, Dwarika–Gossainpur, Radhanagar, Belsulia, Layekbandh and Uliyara.
*[[Indas (community development block)|Indas]] block consists of: Akui–I, Dighalgram, Karisunda, Sahaspur, Akui–II, Indas–I, Mongalpur, Amrul, Indas–II and Rol.
*[[Joypur, Bankura (community development block)|Joypur]] block consists of: Gelia, Kuchiakol, Salda, Hetia, Maynapur, Shyamnagar, Jagannathpur, Rautkhanda and Uttarbarh.
*[[Patrasayer (community development block)|Patrasayer]] block consists of: Balsi–I, Belut–Rasulpur, Jamkuri, Patrasayar, Balsi–II, Biur–Betur, Kushdwip, Beersingha, Hamirpur and Narayanpur.
*[[Kotulpur (community development block)|Kotulpur]] block consists of: Deshrahkoyalpara, Kotulpur, Lego, Mirzapur, Gopinathpur, Laugram, Madanmohanpur and Sihar.
*[[Sonamukhi (community development block)|Sonamukhi]] block consists of: Coochdihi, Dihipara, Panchal, Radhamohanpur, Dhansimla, Hamirhati, Piarbera, Dhulai, Manikbazar and Purbanabasan.

==Education==
Bankura district had a literacy rate of 70.26% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Bankura Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.56%, Khatra subdivision 69.79% and Bishnupur subdivision 71.60%.
<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura | work = Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 May 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Bankura district for the year 2013-14. It may be noted that primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.<ref name=handbook2014/>

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!width="110" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
!colspan="2"|Primary School
!colspan="2"|Middle School
!colspan="2"|High School
!colspan="2"|Higher Secondary School
!colspan="2"|General College, Univ
!colspan="2"|Technical / Professional Instt
!colspan="2"|Non-formal Education
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!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student 
|-
|align=left|[[Bankura Sadar subdivision|Bankura Sadar]]
|align="center"|1,371
|align="center"|117,820
|align="center"|144
|align="center"|17,951
|align="center"|90
|align="center"|69,329
|align="center"|91
|align="center"|78,909
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|14,782
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|2,865
|align="center"|2,228
|align="center"|69,919
|-
|align=left|[[Khatra subdivision|Khatra]]
|align="center"|1,200
|align="center"|86,786
|align="center"|113
|align="center"|16,805
|align="center"|50
|align="center"|28,178
|align="center"|112
|align="center"|93,919
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|13,067
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|702
|align="center"|1,993
|align="center"|51,849
|-
|align=left|Bishnupur
|align="center"|979
|align="center"|86,750
|align="center"|112
|align="center"|15,092
|align="center"|57
|align="center"|28,738
|align="center"|81
|align="center"|78,915
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|10,552
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|4,170
|align="center"|1,649
|align="center"|57,769
|-
|align=left|[[Bankura district]]
|align="center"|3,550
|align="center"|291,356
|align="center"|369
|align="center"|49,848
|align="center"|197
|align="center"|126,245
|align="center"|284
|align="center"|251,743
|align="center"|21
|align="center"|38,401
|align="center"|34
|align="center"|7,737
|align="center"|5,870
|align="center"|179,537
|-
|}

===Educational institutions===
The following institutions are located in Bishnupur subdivision:
*[[Ramananda College]] at [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]] was established in 1945. It has four hostels – two for boys, one for girls and one special hostel for meritorious but poor boys.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ramanandacollege.org/ |title = Ramananda College | publisher= Ramananda College | access-date = 14 December 2016}}</ref>
*[[Mallabhum Institute of Technology]] was established in 2002. It is affiliated to [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology]]. It has hostel facilities.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mitbishnupur.ac.in/ |title = Mallabhum Institute of Technology | publisher= MIT| access-date = 14 December 2016}}</ref>
*KG Engineering Institute at [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]] is a government polytechnic, started as an industrial school in 1922, became a full-fledged polytechnic in 1949 and taken over by the state government.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://kgei-bsp.in/ |title = KG Engineering Institute | publisher= KGEI | access-date = 14 December 2016}}</ref>
*Mallabhum Institute of Polytechnic, at Braja Radha Nagar, Bishnupur.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://mitbishnupur.ac.in/polytechnic/# | title = Mallabhum Institute of Polytechnic | access-date = 14 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161213023615/http://mitbishnupur.ac.in/polytechnic/ | archive-date = 13 December 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*Bishnupur Public Institute of Engineering at Siromonipur, Bishnupur, is a private polytechnic.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bpie.org/ |title = Bishnupur Public Institute of Engineering | publisher= BPIE | access-date = 14 December 2016}}</ref>
*[[Sonamukhi College]] at [[Sonamukhi]] was established in 1966.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://sonamukhicollegebankura.com/ |title = Sonamukhi College | publisher=Sonamukhi College | access-date = 14 December 2016}}</ref>
*[[Chatra Ramai Pandit Mahavidyalaya]], located at [[Chatra, Bankura|Chatra]], PO Darapur, Kotulpur CD Block, was established in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://crpmahavidyalaya.org/index.php?id=about-college | title = Chatra Ramai Pandit Mahavidyalaya | publisher = CRP Mahavidyalaya | access-date = 16 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161223063748/http://crpmahavidyalaya.org/index.php?id=about-college | archive-date = 23 December 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya]] at [[Patrasayer]] was established in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.patrasayermahavidyalaya.org/ | title = Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya | publisher = Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya | access-date = 29 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170106075345/http://www.patrasayermahavidyalaya.org/ | archive-date = 6 January 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[Indas Mahavidyalaya]] at [[Indas]] was established in 2006.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/IndasMahavidyalaya/IndasMahavidyalaya.shtml|title = Indas Mahavidyalaya | publisher= College Admission| access-date = 14 December 2016}}</ref>
*[[Akui Kamalabala Women's College]] was established at [[Akui]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://akuiwomenscollege.org/principal.php |title = Akui Kamalabala Women’s College |publisher= AKWC | access-date = 24 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Bhara]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sddkm.in/ | title = Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa Mahavidyalaya | publisher = SDDKM | access-date = 8 August 2017}}</ref>
*Nikhil Banga Sikhsan Mahavidyalaya at [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]] was established in 1971 and offers courses leading to B.Ed. and B.P.Ed.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://nbsmahavidyalaya.org/index.php/cmscontaint/ |title = Nikhil Banga Sikshan Mahavidyalaya | publisher= NBSM | access-date = 1 December 2016}}</ref>
*Joypur B.Ed. College at [[Jaypur, Bankura|Jaypur]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.buruniv.ac.in/colleges/joypur-bed-college | title = Joypur B.Ed. College | publisher = University of Burdwan | access-date = 14 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120035/http://www.buruniv.ac.in/colleges/joypur-bed-college | archive-date = 20 December 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*Bishnupur Public Institute of Education at Siromonipur [http://www.buruniv.ac.in/academics/colleges affiliated to Burdwan University.].[25]

==Healthcare==
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Bankura district.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura | work = Table 3.1, 3.3 | publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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!width="110" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
!width="160" colspan="4" rowspan="1"| Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB

!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Other State Govt Deptts
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Local bodies
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Central Govt Deptts / PSUs
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|NGO / Private Nursing Homes
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Total
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Total Number of Beds
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Total Number of Doctors
!widthspan="130" rowspan="2"|Indoor Patients
!widthspan="130" rowspan="2"|Outdoor Patients
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!width="40"|Hospitals 
!width="40"|Rural Hospitals 
!width="40"|Block Primary Health Centres 
!width="40"|Primary Health Centres 
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|align=left|[[Bankura Sadar subdivision|Bankura Sadar]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|25
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|31
|align="center"|71
|align="center"|2,628
|align="center"|320
|align="center"|147,890
|align="center"|2,634,248
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|align=left|[[Khatra subdivision|Khatra]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|21
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|34
|align="center"|698
|align="center"|77
|align="center"|58,258
|align="center"|1,440,172
|-
|align=left|Bishnupur
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|41
|align="center"|698
|align="center"|77
|align="center"|68,068
|align="center"|1,351,349
|-
|align=left|[[Bankura district]]
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|69
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|46
|align="center"|146
|align="center"|4,152
|align="center"|459
|align="center"|274,216
|align="center"|5,425,769
|-
|}

===Medical facilities===
Medical facilities in Bishnupur subdivision are as follows:

'''Hospitals''': (Name, location, beds) <ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/Hospitals.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics - Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 10 April 2020 }}</ref>

*Bishnupur Subdivisional Hospital, [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]], 250 beds

'''Rural Hospitals''': (Name, CD block, location, beds) <ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Hebedsalth Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref>

*Sonamukhi Rural Hospital, Sonamukhi CD block, [[Sonamukhi]], 30 beds
*Kotulpur Rural Hospital, Kotulpur CD block, [[Kotulpur]], 60 beds
*Patrasayer Rural Hospital, Patrasayer CD block, Hat Krishnanagar, [[Patrasayer]], 30 beds
*Indas Rural Hospital, Indas CD block, [[Indas]], 30 beds
*Radhanagar Rural Hospital, Bishnupur CD block, [[Radhanagar, Bankura|Radhanagar]], 30 beds

'''Block Primary Health Centres''': (Name, CD block, location, beds)<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/BPHC.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Block Primary Health Centres | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref>

*Joypur Block Primary Health Centre, Joypur CD block, [[Joypur, Bankura|Joypur]], 15 beds

'''Primary Health Centres ''': (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/PHC.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 10 April 2020}}</ref>

*Sonamukhi CD block: Dhulai (Gopikantapur) (6), Panchal (6), Kundu Pushkarini (10), Sitaljhore (6)
*Patrasayer CD block: Purba Naldanga (Roll) (6), Pandua (Kushdwip) (4), [[Balsi Purbapara|Balsi]] (10)
*Kotulpur CD block: Gopinathpur (6), Lego (10), Laugram Karakheria (10), Sihar (10), Mirjapur (4), Deshra (Deopara) (10)
*Indas CD block: [[Akui]] (4), Keneti (Santasram Indus) (10), Dighalgram (6)
*Joypur CD block: Hijaldiha (10), Uttarbar (Magura) (10), Hetia (panchayat management) (6), Jagannathpur (10)
*Bishnupur CD block: [[Ajodhya, Bankura|Ajodhya]] (6), Kankila (6), [[Bhara|Bhora]] (10)

==Electoral constituencies==
[[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) and [[Vidhan Sabha]] (state assembly) constituencies in Bankura district were as follows:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 24 November 2016|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Lok Sabha constituency ||Vidhan Sabha constituency ||Reservation||CD Block and/or Gram panchayats
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|[[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]||[[Raghunathpur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raghunathpur]]||SC||In Purulia district
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| ||[[Saltora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Saltora]]||SC||[[Saltora (community development block)|Saltora]] and [[Mejia (community development block)|Mejia]] CD Blocks; Banasuria, Barashal, Lachhmanpur and Latiaboni [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Gangajalghati (community development block)|Gangajalghati]] CD Block
|-
| ||[[Chhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chhatna]]||None||[[Chhatna (community development block)|Chhatna]] CD Block; Veduasol, Brahmandiha, Hatgram, Indpur and Raghunathpur GPs of [[Indpur (community development block)|Indpur]] CD Block
|-
| ||[[Ranibandh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranibandh]]||ST||[[Ranibandh (community development block)|Ranibandh]], [[Hirbandh (community development block)|Hirbandh]] and [[Khatra (community development block)|Khatra]] CD Blocks
|-
| ||[[Raipur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raipur]]||ST||[[Raipur, Bankura (community development block)|Raipur]] and [[Sarenga, Bankura (community development block)|Sarenga]] CD Blocks
|-
| ||[[Taldangra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Taldangra]]||None||Bibarda, Fulmati, Harmasra, Khalgram, Panchmura and Taldangra GPs of [[Taldangra (community development block)|Taldangra]] CD Block; Brojarajpur and Gaurbazar gram panchayats of [[Indpur (community development block)|Indpur]] CD Block; and [[Simlapal (community development block)|Simlapal]] CD Block
|-
| ||[[Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bankura]]||None||[[Bankura]] municipality; [[Bankura I (community development block)|Bankura I]] CD Block; and Junbedia, Mankanali and Purandarpur GPs of [[Bankura II (community development block)|Bankura II]] CD Block
|-
|[[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]] (SC)||[[Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barjora]]||None||[[Barjora (Community development block)|Barjora]] CD Block; and Bhaktabandh, Gangajalghati, Gobindadham, Kapista, Nityanandapur and Piraboni GPs of [[Gangajalghati (community development block)|Gangajalghati]] CD Block
|-
| ||[[Onda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Onda]]||None||[[Onda (community development block)|Onda]] CD Block; and Bikna, Kosthia, Narrah and Sanbandha GPs of [[Bankura II (community development block)|Bankura II]] CD Block
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| ||[[Bishnupur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur]]||Open|| [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]] municipality; [[Bishnupur, Bankura (Community development block)|Bishnupur]]; and Amdangra, Saltora and Satmauli GPs of [[Taldangra (Community development block)|Taldangra]] CD Block
|-
| ||[[Katulpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katulpur]]||SC||Deshrahkoyalpara, Gopinathpur, Kotulpur, Lego, Mirzapur and Sihar GPs of [[Kotulpur (Community development block)|Kotulpur]] CD Block; Gelia, Jagannathpur, Kuchiakol, Maynapur,
Salda, Uttarbarh, Hetia, Routkhanda and Shyamnagar GPs of [[Joypur, Bankura (Community development block)|Joypur]] CD Block
|-
| ||[[Indas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indas]]||SC||[[Indas (Community development block)|Indas]] CD Block; Balsi I, Balsi II, Biur Betur, Jamkuri and Kushdwip GPs of [[Patrasayer (Community development block)|Patrasayer]] CD Block; and Laugram, Madanmohanpur GPs of [[Kotulpur (Community development block)|Kotulpur]] CD Block
|-
| ||[[Sonamukhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonamukhi]]||SC||[[Sonamukhi]] municipality; [[Sonamukhi (Community development block)|Sonamukhi]] CD Block; and Belut Rasulpur, Beersingha, Hamirpur, Narayanpur and Patrasayar GPs of [[Patrasayer (Community development block)|Patrasayer]] CD Block
|-
| ||[[Khandaghosh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khandaghosh]]||None||In Bardhaman district
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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