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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dinhata
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = DINHATA SKYLINE.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India3#Asia
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.13|N|89.47|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Cooch Behar District|Cooch Behar]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipality]]
| governing_body = Dinhata Municipality
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Dinhata City|url=https://www.sudawb.org/wbdma_oldversion/HTM/DIS/MUNI_ULB_Dinhata.htm|website=www.sudawb.org |access-date=26 November 2020}}</ref>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 4.55
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 36
| population_total = 36124
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_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=www.wb.gov.in|access-date=12 March 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=12 March 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>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
| demographics1_info2 = English<ref name="wblangoff"/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 736135
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 03581
| registration_plate = WB-64
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar (SC)]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dinhata]], [[Sitai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sitai (SC)]]
| website = {{URL|dinhata.in}}
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info3 = Kuchbihari<ref name="wblangoff"/>
| demographics1_title3 = Local dialect
}}
'''Dinhata''' ({{IPA|bn|dinɦaʈa}}), is a city and a municipality in [[Cooch Behar district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], India. It is the headquarters of the [[Dinhata subdivision]]. Apart from the city area, Dinhata consists of 3 blocks.

==Geography==
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|mark-coord12={{coord|26|20|15|N|89|33|10|E}}| label-pos12=left|label12=Airani Chitalia| numbered12=H| mark-title12= [[Airani Chitalia]] (H)|shape-color12=#AA6666
|mark-coord13={{coord|26|20|24|N|89|39|15|E}}| label-pos13=top|label13=Andaranfulbari| numbered13=H| mark-title13= [[Andaranfulbari]] (H) |shape-color13=#AA6666
|mark-coord14={{coord|26|18|16|N|89|42|42|E}}| label-pos14=right|label14=Bara Kodali| numbered14=H| mark-title14= [[Bara Kodali]] (H)|shape-color14=#AA6666
|mark-coord15={{coord|26|23|36|N|89|34|14|E}}| label-pos15=right|label15=Bhuchungmari| numbered15=H| mark-title15= [[Bhuchungmari]] (H)|shape-color15=#AA6666
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|mark-coord17={{coord|26|16|13|N|89|39|20|E}}| label-pos17=right|label17=Nakkatigachhi| numbered17=H| mark-title17= [[Nakkatigachhi]] (H)|shape-color17=#AA6666
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|mark-coord19={{coord|26|6|0|N|89|43|0|E}}|label19= Dudhkumar| label-color19 = #77A1CB| label-angle19=65| label-pos19=top| label-size19=10| mark-size19=0| mark-title19=none
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===Location===
Dinhata is located at {{Coord|26.13|N|89.47|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Dinhata.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dinhata]</ref> It has an average elevation of 36 metres (118 feet).

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Koch Bihar'', Dinhata covered an area of 4.55 km2.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1903_PART_A_DCHB_KOCH%20BIHAR.pdf | title = District Census Handbook Koch Bihar, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 593-594 : Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 595 |publisher = Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref>

===Area overview===
The map alongside shows the eastern part of the district. In Tufanganj subdivision 6.97% of the population lives in the urban area and 93.02% in the rural areas. In Dinhata subdivision 5.98% of the population lives in the urban areas and 94.02% lives in the rural areas.<ref name="handbook">{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar |work = Tables 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 5 August 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> The entire district forms the flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] flood plains of mighty rivers.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1903_PART_A_DCHB_KOCH%20BIHAR.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, Series 20, Part XIIA| work= Census of India 2011, pages 17-21 Physical feafures| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 5 August 2020}}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Dinhata had a total population of 36,124 of which 18,344 (51%) were males and 17,780 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,485. The total number of literate persons in Dinhata was 30,487 (91.61% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{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 = 2 August 2020 }}</ref>

For information regarding language and religion see [[Dinhata I#Language and religion]] and [[Dinhata II#Language and religion]]

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Dinhata had a population of 34,303. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dinhata has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84% and, female literacy is 75%. In Dinhata, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India |page=line 4851}}</ref>

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
Dinhata police station has jurisdiction over Dinhata municipal area and [[Dinhata I]] CD block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar |work = Tables 2.1 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://coochbehar.nic.in/Htmfiles/CoB_Police.html | title = Police Stations under Cooch Behar district| publisher = Cooch Behar Police |access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref>

===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of the Dinhata I CD block are located at Dinhata town.<ref name="map">{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1903_PART_A_DCHB_KOCH%20BIHAR.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, Series 20, Part XIIA| work= Census of India 2011, Fifth page, map of Koch Bihar district| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref>

===Municipality===
The total number of wards in the municipality are 16.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100603/jsp/bengal/story_12517019.jsp
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100607013331/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100603/jsp/bengal/story_12517019.jsp
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 7 June 2010
| title = Trinamul buzz ends in whimper in Dinhata
| access-date = 2 June 2010
| publisher = The Telegraph, India}}</ref>

==Education==
[[Dinhata College]] was established in 1956. Affiliated with the [[Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University]], it offers courses in arts, science and commerce.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dinhatacollege.ac.in/ |title = Dinhata College |publisher= DC | access-date = 28 July 2020 }}</ref>

A regional station of the Central Tobacco Research Institute, India is located in this town.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ctri.org.in/pages/au_aboutinst.html
|title = About Institution (Central Tobacco Research Institute)
|access-date = 2 June 2010
|publisher = Central Tobacco Research Institute
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100508193247/http://www.ctri.org.in/pages/au_aboutinst.html
|archive-date = 8 May 2010
|df = dmy
}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Dinhata Subdivisional Hospital at Dinhata functions with 180 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 = 2 August 2020 | archive-date = 14 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200914160418/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/Hospitals.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Transport==
[[Dinhata Railway Station]] serves the city of Dinhata, the station lies under [[Alipurduar railway division]] of [[Northeast Frontier Railway]].

==Notable people==
* [[GM Quader]], former Bangladeshi commerce minister
* [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]], former President of [[Bangladesh]]
* [[Hossain Mokbul Shahriar]], Bangladeshi politician
* [[Merina Rahman]], Bangladeshi MP
* [[Mozammel Hossain Lalu]], Bangladeshi politician
* [[Saad Ershad]], Bangladeshi businessman
* [[Kamal Guha]], former Agriculture Minister of the [[Government of West Bengal]]
* [[Dipak Sen Gupta]], Freedom fighter and one of the leading participants of Goa Freedom Movement from West Bengal in 1955, former Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] for 4 consecutive terms and Chairman of [[Dinhata Municipality]]
* [[Udayan Guha]], MLA from [[Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dinhata constituency]] in [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:DINHATA_CHOWPATHI_01.jpg|Chowpathi
File:DINHATA CHOWPATHI 02.jpg|Dinhata Main Road
File:Greenfields of Dinhata.jpg|Dinhata's Village Side
File:Nripendra Narayan Smriti Sadan Theatre.jpg|Inside picture of Nripendra Narayan Memorial Hall (Smriti Sadan)
File:New Meat and Fish Market.jpg|Its a new meat and fish market
File:DINHATA RAILWAY STATION.jpg|Dinhata Railway Station
File:Dinhata's Durgapuja images 1.jpg|Dinhata's Durga Puja
File:Dinhata's Durga puja 02.jpg|Dinhata's Durga Puja
File:Dinhata's Durga puja 01.jpg|Durga Puja of Dinhata
File:DINHATA CHURCH.jpg|Church Of Dinhata
File:Dinhata Jam E Masjid.jpg|Jam E masjid, A mosque Of Dinhata
File:Biggest Kali Puja.jpg|The Biggest Kali goddess Idol of Dinhata
File:Ma Mahamaya Path Temple Of Dinhata.jpg|Ma Mahamaya Path Temple Of Dinhata
</gallery>[[File:Dinhata_high_school.jpg|220x124px|thumb|right|dinhata high school. it was established in 1890]]

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

{{Towns and Cities of Cooch Behar District}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}

==See also==
*[[Coochbehar]]
*[[Jalpaiguri]]
*[[Basirhat]]
*[[Malda, West Bengal|Malda]]
*[[Siliguri]]
*[[Alipurduar]]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Cooch Behar district]]
[[Category:Cities in West Bengal]]

Dinhata - Revision history

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