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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bolpur Subdivision
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
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'''Bolpur Subdivision''' is an administrative subdivision of [[Birbhum district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Overview==
Bolpur subdivision is part of the Suri-Bolpur Plain, a sub-micro physiographic region. It covers the [[interfluve]]s of the [[Mayurakshi River|Mayurakshi]] and [[Ajay River|Ajay]], in the south-eastern part of the district. This area exhibits somewhat upland topography sloping from north-west to south-east.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1908_PART_A_DCHB_BIRBHUM.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Birbhum, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Page 15: Physiography | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 30 January 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
===Subdivisions===
Birbhum district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:<ref>{{cite web| url = http://birbhum.nic.in/dept/BAES_DIST_STAT_BK_2008.pdf |title = District Statistical Handbook 2008, Birbhum |work = Table 2.2 | publisher= Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 January 2018}}</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 = 30 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=census2011B>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census - Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 30 January 2018 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Subdivision ||Headquarters|| Area km2 (2001) || Population (2011) ||Rural Population % (2011)||Urban Population % (2011)
|-
|[[Rampurhat subdivision|Rampurhat]]||[[Rampurhat]]||1,574.23||1,508,506||96.62||3.38
|-
|[[Suri Sadar subdivision|Suri Sadar]]||[[Suri, Birbhum|Suri]]||1,782.72||1,121,871||96.57||3.43
|-
|Bolpur||[[Bolpur]]||1,186.66||872,027||96.56||3.44
|-
|[[Birbhum district]]|| ||4,545.00||3,502,404||96.59||3.41
|-
|}

===Administrative units===
Bolpur subdivision has 4 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|panchayat samitis]], 40 [[gram panchayat]]s, 621 [[mouza]]s, 579 inhabited villages, 1 [[municipality]] and 4 [[census town]]s. The municipality is: [[Bolpur]]. The census towns are: [[Ilambazar]], [[Surul]], [[Parota, Birbhum|Parota]] and [[Labhpur]]. The subdivision has its headquarters at [[Bolpur]].<ref name=census2011/><ref name=census2011B/><ref name=handbook2008>{{cite web| url = http://birbhum.nic.in/dept/BAES_DIST_STAT_BK_2008.pdf |title = District Statistical Handbook 2008, Birbhum |work = Table 2.1 | publisher= Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 January 2018}}</ref>

===Police stations===
Police stations in Bolpur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
<ref name=handbook2008/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://birbhumpolice.org/policestation.php | title = Birbhum Police | work = Police Stations | publisher = West Bengal Police | access-date = 30 January 2018 | archive-date = 12 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180212131641/http://birbhumpolice.org/policestation.php | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.32599/2015.32599.Bengal-District-Gazetteers---Birbhum_djvu.txt |title = West Bengal District Gazeteers - Birbhum (1975) |work = Chapter I: General and Physical Aspects - Area of Police Stations in Birbhum District and Population Density | publisher= Government of West Bengal | access-date = 6 February 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Police station ||Area covered km2 ||Municipal town || CD Block
|-
|[[Bolpur#Police station|Bolpur]]|| 333.6 ||[[Bolpur]]||[[Bolpur Sriniketan (community development block)|Bolpur Sriniketan]]
|-
|[[Women#Police station|Bolpur Women]]|| n/a ||[[Bolpur]]||[[Bolpur Sriniketan (community development block)|Bolpur Sriniketan]]
|-
|[[Santiniketan#Police station|Santiniketan]]|| n/a ||[[Bolpur]]||[[Bolpur Sriniketan (community development block)|Bolpur Sriniketan]]
|-
|[[Labhpur#Police station|Labhpur]]|| 271.2 || - ||[[Labpur (community development block)|Labpur]]
|-
|[[Nanoor#Police station|Nanoor]]|| 309.2 || - ||[[Nanoor (community development block)|Nanoor]]
|-
|[[Ilambazar#Police station|Ilambazar]]|| 259.5 || - ||[[Ilambazar (community development block)|Ilambazar]]
|-
|}

===Blocks===
Community development blocks in Bolpur subdivision are:<ref name=census2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://birbhum.nic.in/dept/BAES_DIST_STAT_BK_2008.pdf |title = District Statistical Handbook 2008, Birbhum |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 | publisher= Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1908_PART_B_DCHB_BIRBHUM.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Birbhum, Series 20, Part XII B | work= Map of Birbhum with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 30 January 2018 }}</ref><ref name=censusreligion2011>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/c-01.html |title = C1 Population by Religious Community | work= West Bengal |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 30 January 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! CD Block ||Headquarters|| Area km2 (2001) || Population (2011) ||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]] %||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|ST]] %||[[Hindus]] %||[[Muslims]] %||Literacy Rate %||Census Towns
|-
|[[Labpur (community development block)|Labpur]]||[[Labhpur]]||267.98||201,901|| 30.53||4.71||69.24||30.54||71.20|| 1
|-
|[[Nanoor (community development block)|Nanoor]]||[[Nanoor]]||311.83||218,654|| 32.54||2.39||64.71||34.97||69.45|| 1
|-
|[[Bolpur Sriniketan]]||[[Sriniketan]]||334.58||202,553||30.59||19.06||73.92||25.45||70.67|| 1
|-
|[[Ilambazar (community development block)|Ilambazar]]||[[Ilambazar]]||261.54||168,709||23.63||8.94||51.67||47.41||74.27|| 1
|-
|}

===Gram panchayats===
The subdivision contains 40 [[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 = Birbhum - Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 January 2018}}</ref>

* [[Bolpur Sriniketan]] block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Bahiri–Panchshowa, Raipur–Supur, Sarpalehana–Albandha, Singhee, [[Kankalitala]], Ruppur, Kasba, Sattor and Sian Muluk.
* [[Ilambazar (community development block)|Ilambazar]] block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Batikar, Ghurisha, Mongoldihi, Belati, Illambazar, Nanasole, Dharampur, Joydev–Kenduli and Sirsha.
* [[Labpur (community development block)|Labpur]] block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bipratikuri, Dwaraka, Jamna, Labpur–II, Chauhatta–Mahodari–I, Hatia, Kurunnahar, Thiba, Chauhatta & Mahodari –II, Indus and Labpur.
* [[Nanoor (community development block)|Nanoor]] block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bara Saota, Daskalgram–Kareya–I, Chandidas Nanoor, Daskalgram–Kareya–II, [[Kirnahar|Kirnahar–II]], [[Kirnahar|Kirnahar–I]], Thupsara, Uchkaran, Charkalgram, Jalundi and Nawanagar Kadda.

==Education==
Birbhum district had a literacy rate of 70.68% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Rampurhat subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.12%, Suri Sadar subdivision 71.16% and Bolpur subdivision 72.71%.<ref name=2handbook2014>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Birbhum |work = Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 11 August 2019 |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 Birbhum district, with data for the year 2013-14:<ref name=2handbook2014/>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"
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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
|-
!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|[[Rampurhat subdivision|Rampurhat]]
|align="center"|889
|align="center"|99,767
|align="center"|132
|align="center"|9,487
|align="center"|82
|align="center"|68,462
|align="center"|65
|align="center"|85,685
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|16,963
|align="center"|24
|align="center"|3,448
|align="center"|2,291
|align="center"|99,407
|-
|align=left|[[Suri Sadar subdivision|Suri Sadar]]
|align="center"|912
|align="center"|71,882
|align="center"|90
|align="center"|5,188
|align="center"|72
|align="center"|40,161
|align="center"|56
|align="center"|69,109
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|13,912
|align="center"|35
|align="center"|7,620
|align="center"|1,961
|align="center"|58,469
|-
|align=left|Bolpur
|align="center"|628
|align="center"|48,314
|align="center"|64
|align="center"|5,859
|align="center"|53
|align="center"|31,266
|align="center"|49
|align="center"|60,139
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|17,379
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|3,424
|align="center"|1,333
|align="center"|43,805
|-
|align=left|[[Birbhum district]]
|align="center"|2,429
|align="center"|219,263
|align="center"|286
|align="center"|20,534
|align="center"|207
|align="center"|139,889
|align="center"|170
|align="center"|214,925
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|48,254
|align="center"|79
|align="center"|14,492
|align="center"|5,585
|align="center"|201,681
|-
|}

The following institutions are located in Bolpur subdivision:
*[[Visva-Bharati]] was founded by [[Rabindranath Tagore]] at [[Santiniketan]] in 1921. It was declared a central university and an “institution of national importance” in 1951.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.visvabharati.ac.in/Visva_Bharati.html |title = Visva-Bharati | publisher= VB | access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[Bolpur College]] was established at [[Bolpur]] in 1950.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://bolpurcollege.in/ | title = Bolpur College | publisher = BC | access-date = 9 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180208032259/http://www.bolpurcollege.in/ | archive-date = 8 February 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/BolpurCollege/Bolpur_College.shtml |title = Bolpur College | publisher= College Admission | access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[Purni Devi Chaudhuri Girls' College]] was established at Bolpur in 2004.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/PurniDeviChowdhuryGirlsCollege/Purni_Devi_Chaudhuri_Girls_College.shtml |title = Purni Devi Chaudhuri Girls' College | access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[Bengal Institute of Technology & Management]] (BITM), a private engineering college on Santiniketan-Sriniketan Bypass, PO Dwaranda, was established in 2001.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bitm.org.in/contact/ |title = Bengal Institute of Technology and Management | publisher= BITM | access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[Santiniketan Institute of Polytechnic]] (SIP), a polytechnic college on Tatarpur, Muluk, Bolpur-Santiniketan, Birbhum, was established in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url = santiniketanpolytechnic.org|title = Santiniketan Institute of Polytechnic | publisher = SIP}}</ref>
*[[Sambhunath College]] was established at [[Labhpur]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sambhunathcollege.ac.in/ |title = Sambhu Nath College | publisher= SNC | access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/SambhunathCollege/Sambhunath_College.shtml#! |title = Sambhunath College | publisher= College Admission | access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[Chandidas Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Khujutipara]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/ChandiDasMahavidyalaya/Chandidas_Mahavidyalaya.shtml |title = Chandidas Mahavidyalaya | publisher= College Admission| access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[Kabi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Ilambazar]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://kjmahavidyalaya.co.in/ |title = Kabi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya | publisher= KJM | access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/KabiJoydebMahavidyalaya/Kabi_Joydeb_Mahavidyalaya.shtml#! |title = Kabi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya | publisher= College Admission | access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Medical facilities in Bolpur 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 = 9 February 2018 }}</ref> 
Bolpur Subdivisional Hospital, [[Bolpur]], well known as Sian Hospital, 125 beds 
Pearson Memorial Hospital, [[Santiniketan]], 50 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= Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 9 February 2018}}</ref> 
Labpur Rural Hospital, Labpur CD Block, [[Labhpur]], 30 beds 
Nanoor Rural Hospital, Nanoor CD Block, [[Nanoor]], 30 beds 
Ilambazar Rural Hospital, Ilambazar CD Block, [[Ilambazar]], 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 = 26 January 2018}}</ref> 
Bolpur Block Primary Health Centre, Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block, [[Bolpur]], 60 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 = 26 January 2018}}</ref> 
Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block: Panchsowa (6), Sattore Kasba (PO Sattore) (10), Supur (PO Rajatpur) (10) 
Labpur CD Block: Bipratikuri (6), Dwaraka (6), Ramkrishnapur (PO Brahamanigram) (6), Thiba (10), Abhadanga (6) 
Nanoor CD Block: Banagram (PO Nanoor) (6), [[Khujutipara]] (10), [[Kirnahar]] (10) 
Ilambazar CD Block: Batikar (10), [[Jaydev Kenduli]] (6)

==Electoral constituencies==
[[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) and [[Vidhan Sabha]] (state assembly) constituencies in Bolpur 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= 11 February 2018|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Lok Sabha constituency ||Reservation||Vidhan Sabha constituency ||Reservation||CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas
|-
||[[Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]||[[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]||[[Labpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Labpur]]||None||[[Labpur (community development block)|Labpur]] CD Block, and [[Ahmedpur, Birbhum|Ahmedpur]], Amarpur, Bhromorkol, [[Panrui]], Sangra and Sreenidhipur [[gram panchayat|GPs]] of [[Sainthia (community development block)|Sainthia]] [[Community Development Block in India|CD Block]]
|-
| - || - ||[[Nanoor (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nanoor]]||[[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]||[[Nanoor (community development block)|Nanoor]] CD Block, and Bahiri Panchshowa, [[Kankalitala]], Kasba, Sarpalehana Albandha, Sian Muluk and Singhee GPs of [[Bolpur Sriniketan]] CD Block
|-
| - || - ||[[Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]||None||[[Bolpur]] municipality, [[Ilambazar (community development block)|Ilambazar]] CD Block and [[Raipur, Birbhum|Raipur Supur]], Ruppur and Sattor GPs of [[Bolpur Sriniketan]] CD Block
|-
| - || - ||All other Vidhan Sabha segments outside Bolpur subdivision|| - ||
|-
|}

==References==
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{{Birbhum District}}
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[[Category:Subdivisions of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Birbhum district]]

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