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{{Short description|District in West Bengal, India}}
{{About|a District in West Bengal|the District in Bangladesh|Dinajpur District, Bangladesh}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dakshin Dinajpur district
| native_name =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]] of [[West Bengal]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
|photo1a = Dargah of Shah Ata situated in Gangarampur in Dakshin Dinajpur district 13.jpg
|photo1b = Panchamukhi Shiva Temple at Aminpur in Dakshin Dinajpur district 02.jpg
|photo2a = Site of Usha and Aniruddha's Marriage near Bangarh mound in Dakshin Dinajpur district 26.jpg
|photo2b = Zamindar house of Bandopadhyay family at Manohali in Dakshin Dinajpur district 05.jpg
|photo3a = Brick structures on mound at Bangarh at Gangarampur in Dakshin Dinajpur district 27.jpg
|size = 300
|foot_montage = Clockwise from top-left: [[Dargah of Shah Ata]], Panchamukhi Shiva Temple in Aminpur, Manohali Zaimindar Bari, Mounds at [[Bangarh]], Site of [[Uṣā|Usha]] and [[Aniruddha|Aniruddha's]] Marriage
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-point = none
| mapsize = 300
| map_caption1 = Location of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|25|23|N|88|34|E|type:adm3rd_region:IN-WB_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Malda division|Malda]]
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Balurghat]]
| leader_title = [[List of subdivisions of West Bengal|Subdivisions]]
| leader_name = [[Balurghat subdivision|Balurghat Sadar]], [[Gangarampur subdivision|Gangarampur]]
| leader_title1 = [[Community Development Block|CD Blocks]]
| leader_name1 = [[Hili (community development block)|Hili]], [[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]], [[Kumarganj (community development block)|Kumarganj]], [[Tapan (community development block)|Tapan]], [[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]], [[Bansihari (community development block)|Bansihari]], [[Harirampur (community development block)|Harirampur]], [[Kushmandi (community development block)|Kushmandi]]
| leader_title2 = [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
| leader_title3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name3 = [[Kushmandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kushmandi]], [[Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumarganj]], [[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]], [[Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tapan]], [[Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangarampur]], [[Harirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Harirampur]]
| total_type = Total
| area_total_km2 = 2219
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,676,276
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 236,295
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 82.36 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| demographics1_info2 = 950 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| 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://ddinajpur.nic.in/}}
}}

'''Dakshin Dinajpur''' ({{IPA|bn|dokkʰiɳ dinadʒpur}}), also known as '''South Dinajpur''', is a [[district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile [[West Dinajpur District]]. The headquarters (sadar) of the district is at [[Balurghat]]. It comprises two subdivisions: [[Balurghat subdivision|Balurghat]] and [[Gangarampur]]. According to the 2011 census, it is the seventh populous district of West Bengal (out of [[Districts of West Bengal|23]]).<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

== History ==
The erstwhile [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur District]], at the time of the [[partition of India]], was split up into [[West Dinajpur district]] and East Dinajpur. The East Dinajpur district, now called [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur]], became part of [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]). The West Dinajpur district was enlarged in 1956, when [[States Reorganisation Act]] recommendations were implemented, with the addition of some areas of [[Bihar]]. The district was bifurcated into [[Uttar Dinajpur]] and Dakshin Dinajpur on 1 April 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://uttardinajpur.nic.in/UDWEB.html|title = Uttar Dinajpur Website|publisher = Government of India Portal|access-date = 10 November 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://ddinajpur.nic.in/Historical_Perspective/historical_perspective.html
|title = Historical Perspective|publisher = Official website of South Dinajpur district from Government of India Portal|access-date = 10 November 2008}}</ref>

== Economy ==
Dakshin Dinajpur is predominantly an agricultural district with a large area of land under cultivation. The district is drained by north-south flowing rivers like [[Atrai River|Atreyee]], [[Punarbhaba River|Purnabhaba]], [[Tangon River|Tangon]] and [[Jamuna River]], to give rise to a sizeable, unorganised fishing community.

Dakshin Dinajpur is a "non-large scale industry" but there are a number of medium and small hand loom industries especially Gangarampur block. Internet access is available from most of the cities, even broadband connections are available. There is one State Highway with only 77 km of National Highway No. 512 in the district. A new railway line has been laid between [[Eklakhi Junction railway station|Eklakhi]] and [[Balurghat]], the district headquarters. Train services were started on 30 December 2004.

In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Dakshin Dinajpur one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf /> It is one of the eleven districts in West Bengal currently{{when|date=January 2018}} receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

== Divisions ==

=== Administrative subdivisions ===
The district comprises two subdivisions: Balurghat and Gangarampur at Buniadpur. [[Balurghat subdivision]] consists of Balurghat municipality and four community development blocks: [[Hili (Community development block)|Hili]], [[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]], [[Kumarganj]] and [[Tapan (Community development block)|Tapan]]. [[Gangarampur subdivision]] consists of [[Gangarampur]], [[Buniadpur]] municipalities and four community development blocks: [[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]], [[Bansihari (community development block)|Bansihari]], [[Harirampur (community development block)|Harirampur]] and [[Kushmandi]].<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
|access-date=8 November 2008
|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
|df=dmy-all
}}</ref> Balurghat is the district headquarters. There are nine police stations, eight development blocks, Three [[municipalities]], 64 [[gram panchayat]]s and 2317 villages in this district.<ref name=blocdir /><ref name=adminsetup>{{cite web| url = http://ddinajpur.nic.in/District_Profile/district_profile.html| title = District Profile| publisher = Official website of the South Dinajpur district| access-date = 9 November 2008}}</ref>

Other than municipality area, each subdivision contains community development blocs which are divided into rural areas and census towns.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_5.htm
| title = Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Density and General Sex Ratio by Residence and Sex, West Bengal/ District/ Sub District, 1991 and 2001
| access-date = 9 November 2008
| work = West Bengal
| publisher = Directorate of census operations
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040835/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_5.htm
| archive-date = 19 July 2011
| df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

Balurghat subdivision
* [[Balurghat]]: municipality
* [[Hili (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 5 gram panchayats.
* [[Balurghat (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 11 gram panchayats.
* [[Kumarganj (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 8 gram panchayats.
* [[Tapan (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 11 gram panchayats.

Gangarampur subdivision at Buniadpur

* [[Buniadpur]] : [[Municipality]]
* [[Gangarampur]] : [[Municipality]]
* [[Gangarampur (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 11 gram panchayats.
*[[Bansihari (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 4 gram panchayats.
* [[Harirampur (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 6 gram panchayats.
* [[Kushmandi (Community development block)]] consists of rural areas only with 8 gram panchayats.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!'''CD Block'''
!'''Area (km<sup>2</sup> )'''
!'''Area'''

'''(sq mi)'''
!'''Population'''
'''(2011)'''
!'''Density'''
'''km<sup>2</sup>'''
!'''Density'''
'''sq mi'''
|-
|[[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]]
|363.90
|140.50
|250,760
|689.09
|1,784.7
|-
|[[Kumarganj]]
|286.90
|110.77
|169,102
|589.41
|1,526.6
|-
|[[Hili (Community development block)|Hili]]
|88.10
|34.02
|83,754
|950.7
|2,462
|-
|[[Tapan (Community development block)|Tapan]]
|441.10
|170.31
|250,540
|567.99
|1,471.1
|-
|[[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]]
|315.60
|121.85
|237,628
|752.94
|1,950.1
|-
|[[Bansihari (community development block)|Bansihari]],
|197.50
|76.26
|141,286
|715.37
|1,852.8
|-
|[[Harirampur (community development block)|Harirampur]]
|214.88
|82.97
|136,853
|636.88
|1,649.5
|-
|[[Kushmandi]]
|310.50
|119.88
|198,752
|640.10
|1,657.9
|}

=== Assembly constituencies ===
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the district was divided into six assembly constituencies:<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.wbgov.com/e-gov/English/DELIMITATION.pdf | title = Press Note, Delimitation Commission| access-date = 18 November 2008 | work = Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal| publisher =Delimitation Commission}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!No.
!Name
!Lok Sabha
!MLA
! colspan="2" |2021 Winner
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
| 37
| [[Kushmandi Assembly constituency|Kushmandi (SC)]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency|Balurghat]]
|[[Rekha Roy]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| 38
| [[Kumarganj Assembly constituency|Kumarganj]]
|[[Toraf Hossain Mandal]]
|-
| 39
| [[Balurghat Assembly constituency|Balurghat]]
|[[Ashok Lahiri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
| 40
| [[Tapan Assembly constituency|Tapan (ST)]]
|[[Budhrai Tudu]]
|-
| 41
| [[Gangarampur Assembly constituency|Gangarampur (SC)]]
|[[Satyendra Nath Ray]]
|-
| 42
| [[Harirampur Assembly constituency|Harirampur]]
|[[Biplab Mitra]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|}

Tapan constituency is reserved for ST candidates. Kushmandi and Gangarampur constituencies are reserved for SC candidates. Along with [[Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Itahar]] assembly constituency from [[Uttar Dinajpur district]], the six assembly constituencies of this district form the [[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Demographics ==
{{See also|List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate}}
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,40,163|13=1911|14=3,63,212|15=1921|16=3,19,170|17=1931|18=3,42,245|19=1941|20=3,83,042|21=1951|22=4,48,275|23=1961|24=5,63,598|25=1971|26=7,72,618|27=1981|28=9,89,294|29=1991|30=12,30,608|31=2001|32=15,03,178|33=2011|34=16,76,276|percentages=pagr|source=Census of India<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>|align=center}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Dakshin Dinajpur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,676,276.<ref name="districtcensus" /> roughly equal to the nation of [[Guinea-Bissau]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison: Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote =Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Idaho]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011
|quote=Idaho 1,567,582
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 295th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus /> The district has a population density of {{convert|753|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus /> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 11.16%.<ref name=districtcensus /> Dakshin Dinajpur has a [[sex ratio]] of 954 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males<ref name=districtcensus /> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 73.86%. 14.10% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 28.80% and 16.43% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus />

===Religion===
{{bar box
|title=Religions of Dakshin Dinajpur district (2011)<ref name="religion"/>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in West Bengal|Hinduism]]|darkorange|73.55}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in West Bengal|Islam]]|green|24.63}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in West Bengal|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|1.48}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.34}}
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Religion in present-day Dakshin Dinajpur district
!Religion
!Population (1941)<ref name="1941religion">{{cite web |title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI BENGAL PROVINCE |url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/37365/GIPE-020591.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y |access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref>{{rp|88–91}}
!Percentage (1941)
!Population (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11396/download/14509/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
!Percentage (2011)
|-
|[[Islam]] [[File:Star_and_Crescent.svg|15x15px]]
|136,873
|38.61%
|412,788
|24.63%
|-
|[[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|16x16px]]
|135,299
|38.16%
|1,232,850
|73.55%
|-
|Tribal religion
|82,105
|23.16%
|2,786
|0.17%
|-
|[[Christianity in West Bengal|Christianity]] [[File:Christian_cross.svg|21x21px]]
|146
|0.04%
|24,794
|1.48%
|-
|Others{{efn|Including [[Jainism]], [[Christianity]], [[Buddhism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Judaism]], [[Ad-Dharmi]]s, or not stated}}
|105
|0.03%
|3,058
|0.17%
|-
|'''Total Population'''
|'''354,528'''
|'''100%'''
|'''1,676,276'''
|'''100%'''
|}
Dakshin Dinajpur district has a majority Hindu population with over 73% people following Hinduism. Islam is the second-largest religion in the district with over 24% adherents. Christianity is followed by 1.48% of people. Muslims and Christians are almost entirely rural, and the urban population is nearly entirely Hindu. [[Muslims]] are a significant minority in [[Harirampur Assembly constituency|Harirampur]] (49.00%) and [[Kushmandi, Dakshin Dinajpur|Kushmandi]] (38.86%) CD blocks.

=== Languages ===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Languages of Dakshin Dinajpur District (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value1 = 84.41 |color1 = orchid
|label2 = [[Santali language|Santali]] |value2 = 9.68 |color2 = darkturquoise
|label3 = [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] |value3 =1.31 |color3 = mediumseagreen
|label4 = [[Sadri language|Sadri]] |value4 = 1.25 |color4 = burlywood
|label5 = [[Hindi]] |value5 = 1.05 |color5 = orange
|label6 = Others |value6 = 2.30 |color6 = Grey
}}
[[Bengali language|Bengali]] is the principal language of the district. The main [[Bengali dialects|Bengali dialect]] of this region is variously known as [[Varendri dialect|Varendri Bengali]] or Dinajpuri Bengali.

According to the 2011 census, 84.41% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 9.68% [[Santali language|Santali]], 1.31% [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]], 1.25% [[Sadri language|Sadri]] and 1.05% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10226/download/13338/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

== Education ==
[[Dakshin Dinajpur University]] has started functioning from 2021. It is located at Mahinagar, Balurghat. There is a government nursing college at Balurghat. There is one JNV present. There is one D.A.V group school (Atreyee DAV Public School) and a Techno Group school at Balurghat. There are a few good schools in Balurghat and Gangarampur. There are four CBSE affiliated and one CISCE affiliated school in Balurghat. Of late, The Green View English Academy is the only CISCE affiliated school in the entire district. The [[Atreyee D.A.V Public School]] has earned several accolades, giving the entire district an honorable position in the academic map of the country. VVM Junior Level National Champion (2018–19), Saswata Bose, is a student of The ADAVPS. Many government schools exist throughout the district.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Higher Education Institutions
|-
! Institution Type !! Institution Name !! Institution Location
|-
| [[University]] || [[Dakshin Dinajpur University]] || [[Balurghat]]
|-
| [[Agricultural Universities (India)]] || [[Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya]] || Majhian
|-
| rowspan="21" | General College || [[Balurghat College]] || [[Balurghat]]
|-
| [[Balurghat Mahila Mahavidyalaya]]
| [[Balurghat]]
|-
| [[Buniadpur Mahavidyalaya]]
| [[Buniadpur]]
|-
| [[Dewan Abdul Goni College]]
| [[Harirampur, West Bengal]]
|-
| [[Gangarampur B.Ed College]]
| [[Gangarampur]]
|-
| [[Gangarampur College]]
| [[Gangarampur]]
|-
| [[Jamini Majumdar Memorial College]]
| [[Patiram]]
|-
| Kumarganj College
| [[Kumarganj]]
|-
| [[Kushmandi Government College]]
| [[Kushmandi]]
|-
| [[Nathaniyal Murmu Memorial College]]
| [[Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|-
| [[S.B.S. Government College, Hili]]
| [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|-
| [[Jamini Majumdar Memorial College]]
| [[Patiram]]
|-
| Dakshin Dinajpur B.Ed College
| Fulbari
|-
| Balurghat B.Ed.College
| [[Balurghat]]
|-
| Vidyasagar College Of Education
| [[Gangarampur]]
|-
| Dakshin Dinajpur D.Ed College
| [[Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|-
| Tebhaga Teachers Training College
| Margram
|-
| Bahadurpur B.Ed College
| Dhkshin Bahadurpur
|-
| Bangarh Scholar Teacher's Training Institute
| Bolla
|-
| Atryee College Of Education
| Dangi
|-
| Buniadpur Teachers' Training College
| [[Buniadpur]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Institute of technology|Polytechnic]] College || [[Gangarampur Government Polytechnic]] || [[Gangarampur]]
|-
| [[Hilli Government Polytechnic]]
| [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|-
| rowspan="7" | [[Industrial training institute]] || Banshihari Government ITI || [[Bansihari (community development block)]]
|-
| Balurghat Government ITI
| [[Balurghat]]
|-
| Harirampur Government ITI
| [[Harirampur, West Bengal]]
|-
| Hili Government ITI
| [[Hili, Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|-
| Kumarganj Government ITI
| [[Kumarganj]]
|-
| Tafijuddin Ahamed Memorial,Kushmandi Government ITI
| [[Kushmandi]]
|-
| Tapan Government ITI
| [[Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|-
| [[Law College]] || [[Balurghat Law College]] || [[Balurghat]]
|-
| Nursing College || Nursing Training School Dakshin Dinajpur || [[Balurghat]]
|}

== Tourist attractions ==
* Bairhatta<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Places of Interest {{!}} District Dakshin Dinajpur, Government of West Bengal {{!}} India |url=https://ddinajpur.nic.in/places-of-interest/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Bangarh]]<ref name=":0" />
* Kaldighi Park ([[Gangarampur]])<ref name=":0" />
* Gour Dighi<ref name=":0" />
* Grave of Bakhtiar Khilji<ref name=":0" />
* Dhal Dighi
* Bolla Kali Temple
* Binshira Roth yatra
* Khanpur ([[Tebhaga movement]])
* Radha Gobindo Mandir ([[Tapan (community development block)|Tapan]])
* Sarongbari<ref name=":0" />
* Mahipal Dighi<ref>{{Cite web |title=DAKSHIN DINAJPUR - West Bengal Tourism, Experience Bengal, Dept. of Tourism, Govt. of W. B. *Nengra Pir Mela.Daulatpur.
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==Notable people==

*[[Rafikul Islam]] (born 1956), social worker, farmer and politician
*[[Toraf Hossain Mandal]] (born 1959), social worker and politician
*[[Mafuja Khatun]] (born 1970), first female Muslim BJP candidate
*[[Moslehuddin Ahmed]], three-time MLA
*[[Mahmuda Begum]], politician
*[[Khalil Sayed]], inaugural MLA of Kushmandi
* [[Abhijit Mondal]] - Footballer.
*[[Sukanta Majumdar]] - Asstt. Professor, University of Gour Banga, politician, 10th President of West Bengal BJP
*[[Biplab Mitra]] - politician
*[[Rekha Roy]] - Politician
*[[Biswanath Chowdhury]] - former minister of West Bengal state
*[[Budhrai Tudu]] - politician
*[[Sankar Chakraborty]] - politician
*[[Satyendra Nath Ray]] - politician
*[[Prasanta Kumar Majumdar]] - politician
*[[Ranen Barman]] - politician
*[[Palas Barman]] - politician
*[[Rasendra Nath Barman]] - politician
*[[Selku Mardi]] - politician
*[[Dhiren Banerjee]] - Indian Freedom fighter, politician and physician
*[[Narmada Chandra Roy]] - politician and a seven-time MLA from Kushmandi
*[[Debasree Chaudhuri]] - politician, former Minister of State for Woman and Child Development, Government of India

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://ddinajpur.nic.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Dakshin Dinajpur district
|North =
|Northeast =
|East = ''[[Joypurhat District|Joypurhat]], [[Rajshahi Division]], [[Bangladesh]]''
|Southeast =
|South =
|Southwest = [[Malda district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[North Dinajpur district]]
}}

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{{Dakshin Dinajpur topics}}
{{Districts of West Bengal}}
{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}
{{Authority control}}

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