Jalpaiguri division

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{{Short description|Division in West Bengal, India}}
{{ref improve|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jalpaiguri division
| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| image_map = Jalpaiguri division map.svg
| mapsize = 300
| map_caption = Location of Jalpaiguri division in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|26|41|N|88|45|E|type:adm2nd_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Jalpaiguri]]
| leader_title = [[List of districts of West Bengal|Districts]]
| leader_name = [[Alipurduar district|Alipurduar]], [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]], [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]], [[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]], [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]]
| leader_title1 = [[Divisional commissioner|DC]]
| leader_name1 = Anoop Kumar Aggarwal, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title2 = [[Deputy inspector general of police|DIG]]
| leader_name2 = Nimbalkar Santosh Uttamrao, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| area_total_km2 = 12713
| population_total = 85,38,755
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_as_of = 2011
| demographics_type2 = Languages
| demographics2_title1 = Official
| demographics2_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=5 July 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics2_title2 = Additional official
| demographics2_info2 = [[English language|English]]<ref name="wblangoff"/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| website = {{URL|https://wb.gov.in/}}
}}

'''Jalpaiguri division''' is one of the 5 [[Divisions of West Bengal|divisions]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is the northernmost division of [[West Bengal]]. It is surrounded by [[Nepal]] to the west, [[Bihar]] on the south-western side, [[Bhutan]] to the north and [[Bangladesh]] to the south.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcwb.in/rcwb/about-us/divisional-commissioners/|title=Divisional Commissioners/ West Bengal|work=Office of the Resident Commissioner- Govt. of WB|date=4 June 2019}}</ref>

==Districts==
[[File:WestBengalDistricts numbered.svg|thumb|Districts of West Bengal]]
It consists of 5 [[Districts of India|districts]]:<ref name=blocdir>{{cite web
|url=http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs(RevisedMarch-2008).doc
|title=Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008
|date=19 March 2008
|page=1
|access-date=28 February 2009
|work=West Bengal
|publisher=National Informatics Centre, India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225032419/http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs%28RevisedMarch-2008%29.doc
|archive-date=25 February 2009
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Code
!District
!Headquarters
!Established
!Sub-Division
!Area
!Population As of 2011
![[Population Density]]
!Map
|-
|-
|DA
|[[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]]
|[[Darjeeling]]
|1947
|align="left"|
* [[Darjeeling Sadar subdivision|Darjeeling Sadar]]
* [[Kurseong subdivision|Kurseong]]
* [[Siliguri subdivision|Siliguri]]
* [[Mirik subdivision|Mirik]]
|{{convert|2092.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|1,797,422
|{{convert|859|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Darjeeling in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|JP
|[[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]]
|[[Jalpaiguri]]
|1947
|align="left"|
* [[Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision|Jalpaiguri Sadar]]
* [[Malbazar subdivision|Malbazar]]
* [[Dhupguri]]
|{{convert|2844|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|2,172,846
|{{convert|621|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Jalpaiguri in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|KB
|[[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
|[[Cooch Behar]]
|1950<ref name=CBE>{{cite web
|url = http://coochbehar.gov.in/HTMfiles/brief_history.html
|title = Brief History of Cooch Behar
|publisher = Official website of Cooch Behar District
|access-date = 10 September 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724080258/http://www.coochbehar.gov.in/Htmfiles/brief_history.html
|archive-date = 24 July 2011
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
|align="left"|
* [[Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision|Cooch Behar Sadar]]
* [[Dinhata subdivision|Dinhata]]
* [[Mathabhanga subdivision|Mathabhanga]]
* [[Mekhliganj subdivision|Mekhliganj]]
* [[Tufanganj subdivision|Tufanganj]]
|{{convert|3387|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|2,822,780
|{{convert|833|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Cooch Behar in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|AD
|[[Alipurduar district|Alipurduar]]
|[[Alipurduar]]
|2014<ref name=MP>{{cite web
|last = Jana
|first = Naresh
|date = 31 December 2001
|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1011231/national.htm#head3
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140314222620/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1011231/national.htm#head3
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 14 March 2014
|title = Tamluk readies for giant's partition
|publisher = [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]
|access-date = 1 September 2008
}}</ref>
|align="left"|
* [[Alipurduar subdivision|Alipurduar Sadar]]

|{{convert|3383|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|1,700,000
|{{convert|400|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Alipurduar in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|KA
| [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]]
|[[Kalimpong]]
|2017<ref name=MP/>
|align="left"|
* [[Kalimpong subdivision|Kalimpong Sadar]]
|{{convert|1044|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|251,642
||{{convert|239|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Kalimpong in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
!Total
!5
!—
!-
!13
!{{convert|12,713|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
!8,790,397
!
{{convert|691|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
![[File:India WB.svg|100px|center]]
|}

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|title=Religion in Jalpaiguri division
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|DarkOrange|77.43}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|Green|14.88}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|SkyBlue|3.89}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|Yellow|3.05}}
{{bar percent|Others|Grey|0.75}}
}}
[[Hindus]] forms the majority of the population while [[Muslims]] forms the largest minority group. There is a significant [[Christians|Christian]] and [[Buddhist]] population in the division. They are mainly concentrated in [[Kalimpong district]] and hill subdivisions of [[Darjeeling district]]. The [[Dooars| Dooars regions]] also has a significant tribal population.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS Population by religious community: West Bengal]. 2011 Census of India.</ref>

===Languages===
Bengali is the predominant language of the region, spoken by 72.2% of the population, followed by Nepali, Rajbanshi, Sadri, Kurukh, and Hindi. Bengali speakers form the majority in the districts of [[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]], [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]], and [[Alipurduar district|Alipurduar]], While Nepali speakers are significant in [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]], but don't form a majority, and in [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]], forms the largest group.<ref>Census of India. (2011). Language by district: West Bengal [Data set]. Retrieved from https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10226/download/13338/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Districts of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Divisions of West Bengal]]

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