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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Balurghat subdivision''' is an administrative subdivision of the [[Dakshin Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Subdivisions==
Dakshin Dinajpur district is divided into two administrative subdivisions:<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Dakshin Dinajpur |work = Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 4 December 2018 |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 km22001 || Population (2011) ||Urban Population % (2011)||Rural Population % (2011)
|-
|Balurghat ||[[Balurghat]]||1,202.88||905,540||18.56||81.44
|-
|[[Gangarampur subdivision|Gangarampur]]||[[Buniadpur]]||1,047.90||770,736||8.86||91.14
|-
!Dakshin Dinajpur district||[[Balurghat]]||2,219.00*||1,676,276||14.10||85.90
|-
|}
.*2011

==Administrative units==
Balurghat subdivision has 4 police stations, 4 [[Community development block in India|community development blocks]], 4 [[Panchayat samiti (block)|panchayat samitis]], 35 [[gram panchayat]]s, 888 [[mouza]]s, 852 inhabited villages, 1 [[municipality]], 3 [[census town]]s and 1 outgrowth. The only municipality is at [[Balurghat]]. The census towns are: [[Par Patiram]], [[Dakra]] and [[Chak Bhrigu]]. The outgrowth is Baidyanathpara. The subdivision has its headquarters at Balurghat.<ref name=handbook2014/>

==Police stations==
Police stations in Balurghat subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:<ref name=handbook2014/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://dakshindinajpurpolice.gov.in/index.html | title = Dakshin Dinajpur District Police | work = Know your PS | publisher = District Police | access-date = 4 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171128184901/http://www.dakshindinajpurpolice.gov.in/index.html | archive-date = 28 November 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Police station ||Area covered (km2) ||Border (km)||Population||Municipal town/ city || CD Block
|-
|[[Balurghat#Police stations|Balurghat]]|| n/a || n/a ||401,934||[[Balurghat]]||[[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]]
|-
|[[Balurghat#Police stations|Balurghat Women]]|| - || - || - || - ||Balurghat subdivision
|-
|[[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur#Police station|Hili]]|| n/a || n/a || 83,700|| - ||[[Hili (community development block)|Hili]]
|-
|[[Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur#Police station|Kumarganj]]|| n/a || n/a ||160,120|| - ||[[Kumarganj]]
|-
|[[Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur#Police station|Tapan]]|| n/a || n/a ||248,305|| - ||[[Tapan (community development block)|Tapan]]
|-
|}

==Blocks==
Community development blocks in Balurghat subdivision are:<ref name=handbook2014/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Dakshin Dinajpur, Series 20 Part XII A | work= Map of Dakshin Dinajpur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 4 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2101 |title = BDO Offices under Dakshin Dinajpur District | work= Department of Mass Education Extension & Library Services, Government of West Bengal |publisher= West Bengal Public Library Network | access-date = 4 December 2018 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! CD Block ||Headquarters|| Area km2 || Population (2011) ||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]] %||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|ST]] %||[[Hindus]] %||[[Muslims]] %||Literacy Rate %||Census Towns
|-
|[[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]]||[[Balurghat]]||369.39||250,764||29.40||26.41||92.34||5.18||73.96|| 3
|-
|[[Hili (community development block)|Hili]]||[[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur|Hili]]||90.78||83,754||25.71||18.26||88.27||9.63||76.04|| -
|-
|[[Kumarganj]]||[[Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur|Kumarganj]]||286.62||169,102||25.93||17.01||64.89||32.66||74.57|| -
|-
|[[Tapan (community development block)|Tapan]]||[[Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur|Tapan]]||445.63||250,764||32.32||22.34||70.34||27.31||68.62|| -
|-
|}

==Gram panchayats==
The subdivision contains 35 [[gram panchayat]]s under 4 [[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 = Dakshin Dinajpur - Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 4 December 2018}}</ref><ref name=distProfile>{{cite web | url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/FrameTable2_2.htm | title=List of Districts/C.D.Blocks/ Police Stations with Code No., Number of G.Ps and Number of Mouzas | publisher=Census of India, Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date= 4 December 2018 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213181814/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/FrameTable2_2.htm | archive-date=13 February 2010 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

* [[Hili (community development block)|Hili]] block consists of 5 gram panchayats, viz. Binshira, Hili, Panjul, Dhalpara and Jamalpur.
* [[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]] block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Amritakhand, Chakvrigu, Gopalbati, Patiram, Bolla, Chingishpur, Jalghar, Vatpara, Boaldar, Danga and Najirpur.
* [[Kumarganj]] block consists of 8 gram panchayats, viz. Batun, Deor, Mohana, Safanagar, Bhour, Jakirpur, Ramkrisnapur and Samjia.
* [[Tapan (community development block)|Tapan]] block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Ajmatpur, Gophanagar, Hazratpur, Rampara Chenchra, Autina, Gurail, Malancha, Tapanchandipur, Dwipkhanda, Harsura and Ramchandrapur.

==Education==
Dakshin Dinajpur district had a literacy rate of 72.82% (for population of 7 years and above) as per the census of India 2011. Balurghat subdivision had a literacy rate of 75.78%, Gangarampur subdivision 69.24%.<ref name=2handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Dakshin Dinajpur | work = Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables | publisher = Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 6 December 2018 | 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 Dakshin district for the year 2013-14:<ref name=2handbook2014/>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"
|-
!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
|-
!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|Balurghat
|align="center"|671
|align="center"|46,548
|align="center"|42
|align="center"|4,482
|align="center"|52
|align="center"|74,677
|align="center"|55
|align="center"|68,352
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|6,930
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|385
|align="center"|2,304
|align="center"|55,876
|-
|align=left|[[Gangarampur subdivision|Gangarampur]]
|align="center"|505
|align="center"|51,355
|align="center"|56
|align="center"|5,078
|align="center"|33
|align="center"|82,967
|align="center"|51
|align="center"|69,003
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|7,100
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|100
|align="center"|1,457
|align="center"|51,230
|-
|align=left|[[Dakshin Dinajpur district]]
|align="center"|1,176
|align="center"|97,903
|align="center"|98
|align="center"|9,560
|align="center"|85
|align="center"|157,644
|align="center"|106
|align="center"|137,655
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|14,030
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|485
|align="center"|3,761
|align="center"|107,106
|-
|}

Note: 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=2handbook2014/>

The following institutions are in Balurghat subdivision:

[[Balurghat College]] was established as an Intermediate college in 1948 at Balurghat. Degree courses were added from 1953 onwards.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://balurghatcollege.ac.in/ |title = Balurghat College | publisher= BC | access-date = 7 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/BalurghatCollege/Balurghat_College.shtml |title = Balurghat College |publisher= College Admission | access-date = 7 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[Balurghat Mahila Mahavidyalaya]] was established in 1970 at Balurghat.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://balurghatmmv.com/web/ |title = Balurghat Mahila Mahavidyalaya | publisher= BMM | access-date = 7 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/BalurghatMahilaMahavidyalaya/Balurghat_Mahila_Mahavidyalaya.shtml |title = Balurghat Mahila Mahavidyalaya |publisher= College Admission | access-date = 7 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[Balurghat Law College]] was established in 2001 at Balurghat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.balurghatlawcollege.ac.in/ |title = Balurghat Law College |publisher= BLC | access-date = 7 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/BalurghatLawCollege/BalurghatLawCollege.shtml |title = Balurghat Law College |publisher= College Admission | access-date = 7 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[Jamini Majumdar Memorial College]] was established at [[Patiram]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/JaminiMajumdarMemorialCollege/JaminiMajumdarMemorialCollege.shtml |title = Jamini Majumdar Memorial College |publisher= JMMC| access-date = 8 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[Nathaniyal Murmu Memorial College]] was established at [[Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur|Tapan]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://nmmcollege.in/pages/107 |title = Nathaniyal Murmu Memorial College |publisher= NMMC | access-date = 4 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.examdrive.in/2017/02/tapan-nmm-college-admission-merit-list.html |title = Nathaniyal Murmu Memorial College |publisher= Examdrive | access-date = 4 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[S.B.S. Government College, Hili]] was established at [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur|Hili]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.examdrive.in/2017/02/hili-sbs-government-college-admission-merit-list.html |title = SBS Government College, Hili |publisher= Examdrive | access-date = 4 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[Kumarganj College]] was established at [[Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur|Kumarganj]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kumarganjcollegeadmission.in/ |title = Kumarganj College | work= On line admission 2018-19 |publisher= KC | access-date = 4 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://careern.in/institution/kumarganj-college |title = Kumarganj College |publisher= CareerN.in | access-date = 4 December 2018 }}</ref>

==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 Dakshin Dinajpur district.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Dakshin Dinajjpur | work = Table 3.1, 3.3 | publisher = Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 6 December 2018 | 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" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"
|-
!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
|-
!width="40"|Hospitals 
!width="40"|Rural Hospitals 
!width="40"|Block Primary Health Centres 
!width="40"|Primary Health Centres 
|-
|align=left|Balurghat
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|12
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|822
|align="center"|69
|align="center"|64,346
|align="center"|1,233,046
|-
|align=left|[[Gangarampur subdivision|Gangarampur]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|465
|align="center"|43
|align="center"|49,043
|align="center"|898,363
|-
|align=left|[[Dakshin Dinajpur district]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|39
|align="center"|1,287
|align="center"|112
|align="center"|113,389
|align="center"|2,131,409
|-
|}
.* Excluding nursing homes

Medical facilities available in Balurghat subdivision are as follows:

'''Hospitals''': (Name, location, beds)<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 7 December 2018}}</ref> 
Balurghat General Hospital (District Hospital), [[Balurghat]], 320 beds 
Balurghat Police Hospital, Balurghat, 50 beds 
Balurghat Poura Hospital and Matri Sadan, Balurghat, 32 beds 
'''Rural Hospitals''': (Name, block, location, beds)<ref name=medical/> 
Hili Rural Hospital, Hili CD Block, [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur|Hili]], 25 beds 
Kumarganj Rural Hospital, Kumarganj CD Block, [[Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur|Kumarganj]], 30 beds 
Tapan Rural Hospital, Tapan CD Block, [[Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur|Tapan]], 30 beds 
Khaspur Rural Hospital, Balurghat CD Block, Khaspur, 30 beds 
'''Primary Health Centres''': (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)<ref name=medical/> 
Kumarganj CD Block: Penitora (Samjia PHC) (10), Bathur (10), Deor (10) 
Tapan CD Block: Monahali (10), Chenchra (Rampara (Chenchra) PHC) (10), Balapur (Malancha PHC) (10) 
Balurghat CD Block: Bara Kasipur (Bharandah (Bolader) PHC) (10), Bolla (10), Nazirpur (10), Chak Bhrigu (Dakra PHC) (10), Kamarpara (10) 
Hili CD Block: Tear (Binsira PHC) (10), Trimohini (10)

==Electoral constituencies==
[[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) and [[Vidhan Sabha]] (state assembly) constituencies in Balurghat subdivision 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, 15 February 2006 | access-date= 7 December 2018|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Lok Sabha constituency ||Reservation||Vidhan Sabha constituency ||Reservation||CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas
|-
|[[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]||None||[[Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumarganj]]||None||[[Kumarganj]] [[Community development block in India|CD Block]] and Ashokegram, Basuria, Chaloon and Uday [[gram panchayat|GPs]] of [[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]] CD Block
|-
| || ||[[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]||None||[[Balurghat]] municipality, Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur GPs of [[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]] CD Block and [[Hili (community development block)|Hilli]] CD Block
|-
| || ||[[Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tapan]]|| [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|ST]]|| Dwipkhanda, Gophanagar, Harsura, Malancha and Tapan Chandipur GPs of [[Tapan (community development block)|Tapan]] CD Block, and Boaldar, Chak Vrigu, Jalghar, Bolla, Danga, Gopalbati, Najirpur and Patiram GPs of [[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]] CD Block
|-
| || ||[[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]]|| [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]|| [[Gangarampur]] municipality, Belbari I, Damdama, Gangarampur and Nandanpur GPs of [[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangrampur]] CD Block, and Ajmatpur, Autina, Gurail, Hazratpur, Ramchandrapur and Rampara Chenchra GPs of [[Tapan (community development block)|Tapan]] CD Block
|-
| || || Other assembly segments outside the subdivision|| ||
|-
|}

==References==
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