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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Dinhata II''' is a [[Community development blocks in India|community development block (CD block)]] that forms an [[Administrative divisions of India|administrative division]] in the [[Dinhata subdivision]] of the [[Cooch Behar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
Sahebganj, one of the constituent panchayats of the block, is located at {{coord|26.1230700|N|89.6143800|E|format=dms|}}.

Topographically Cooch Behar district is generally plain land which is low and marshy at some places. “Considering the nature of general surface configuration, relief and drainage pattern, distribution of different types of soil, climatic condition, the formation of geology and forest tracts, the district Koch Bihar falls under [[Barind Tract]]. The physiology of this area consists of alluvial soil, generally blackish brown in colour and composed of sand, clay and silt. The soils are loose and sandy throughout the district.” The Himalayan formations in the north end beyond the boundaries of this district. There are no hills/ mountains here. It has a large network of rivers flowing from north-west to south and south-east. The [[Teesta River|Teesta]] flows through Mekhliganj CD block before entering Bangladesh. The [[Jaldhaka River|Jaldhaka]] and its connected river-streams form a large catchment area in the district. It virtually divides the district into two unequal parts and meets the Brahmaputra in [[Bangladesh]]. The Himalayan rivers flowing through Cooch Behar district change courses from time to time. In 1876, [[W.W. Hunter]] mentioned the [[Dharla River|Dharla]] and the [[Torsha River|Torsha]] as the same stream with two names. However, since the advent of the 20th century, these are two different streams meeting the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh.<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 = 22 July 2020}}</ref><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 = 22 July 2020}}</ref>

The hill-streams of Cooch Behar carry debris and silt from the Himalayas and are shallow. During the
monsoons the speed of flow of the rivers almost doubles and the rivers overflow the banks causing floods and devastation. The Singimari, Dharla and Baniadaha are the major rivers causing floods in the Dinhata I and II CD blocks.<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 18, 22| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 22 July 2020}}</ref>

The Dinhata II CD block is bounded by the [[Cooch Behar I]] CD block on the north, the [[Bhurungamari Upazila]] in Kurigram District of Bangladesh on the east, the [[Phulbari Upazila, Kurigram|Phulbari Upazila]] in Kurigram District of Bangladesh on the south and [[Dinhata I]] CD block on the west.<ref name="map"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Phulbari_Upazila_(Kurigram_District)| title = Phulbari Upazila (Kurigram District)| publisher = Banglapedia |access-date = 21 July 2020}}</ref>

The Dinhata II CD block has an area of 246.98 km2. It has 1 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|panchayat samity]], 12 [[gram panchayat]]s, 185 gram sansads (village councils), 119 [[mouza]]s and 119 inhabited villages. [[Dinhata#Police station|Dinhata]] police station serves this block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 12 February 2020}}</ref> Headquarters of this CD block is at [[Sahebganj, Cooch Behar|Sahebganj]].<ref name="map"/>

[[Gram panchayat]]s of Dinhata II block/ panchayat samiti are: Bamanhat I, Bamanhat II, Bara Sakdal, Burirhat I, Burirhat II, Chowdhuryhat, Gobrachhara Nayarhat, Kismat Dasgram, Nazirhat I, Nazirhat II, Sahebganj and Sukrurkuthi.<ref name=admin>{{cite web | url = http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/District_Administration.html| title = Relation between Blocks & Gram Panchayats (GPs) | publisher = Cooch Behar District Administration| access-date = 2011-03-20}}</ref>

[[File:ADMINISTRATIVE MAP.jpg|thumb|650px|left|Community development blocks in Cooch Behar district]]

==Demographics==
===Population===
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], the Dinhata II CD block had a population of 244,066, all of which were rural. There were 126,633 (52%) males and 117,403 (48%) females. There were 29,659 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 106,859 (43.78%) and the [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 1,237 (0.51%).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = CD 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 = 21 July 2020}}</ref>

According to the 2001 census, Dinhata II block had a population of 205,391, out of which 104,443 were males and 100,948 were females. Dinhata II block registered a population growth of 9.4 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade.<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_3.htm |title=Census of India 2001, Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal, Table - 4 |access-date=21 July 2020 |work=Cooch Behar District (03) |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041813/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_3.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in the Dinhata II CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Kismat Dasagram (6,841), Karala (4,600), Nadina (6,051), Bara Shakdal (8,035), Tiadaha (5,513), [[Sahebganj, Cooch Behar|Sahebganj]] (6,304), Kalamati (9,882), Jaygir Balabari (4,701), Lauchapra (7,667), Patharsan (4,394), Sadialer Kuthi (4,057), Nagarerbari (6,695), Chanderkuthi (4,460), Shukarur Kuthi (5,945) and Tharaikhana (5,406).<ref name=census2011/>

Other villages in the Dinhata II CD block include (2011 census figures in brackets): Rakhalmari (3,843) and Kochabari (3,839).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy===
According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in the Dinhata II CD block was 155,074 (72.33% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 86,950 (78.09% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 68,124 (66.10% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 12.00%.<ref name=census2011/>

See also – [[List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate]]

{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Cooch Behar district|collapsible=y}}

===Language and religion===
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In the [[2011 Census of India]], Hindus numbered 154,042 and formed 63.11% of the population of Dinhata II CD block. Muslims numbered 89,530 and formed 36.68% of the population. Christians numbered 210 and formed 0.09% of the population. Others numbered 284 and formed 0.12% of the population.<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>

[[Bengali language|Bengali]] is the predominant language, spoken by 98.69% of the population.<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>

==Rural poverty==
Based on a study of the per capita consumption in rural and urban areas, using central sample data of NSS 55th Round 1999–2000, Cooch Behar district had a rural poverty ratio of 25.62%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.planningcommission.gov.in/plans/stateplan/sdr_pdf/shdr_wb04.pdf| title = West Bengal Human Development Report 2004| work = Page 80: Table 4.5 Per capita consumption in rural and urban areas by district| publisher = Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal| access-date = 23 July 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120501201321/http://planningcommission.gov.in/plans/stateplan/sdr_pdf/shdr_wb04.pdf| archive-date = 1 May 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref>

According to a World Bank report, as of 2012, 20-26% of the population of Cooch Behar, Birbhum, Nadia and Hooghly districts were below poverty line, marginally higher than the level of poverty in West Bengal, which had an average 20% of the population below poverty line.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/315791504252302097/pdf/119344-BRI-P157572-West-Bengal-Poverty.pdf| title = West Bengal: Poverty, Growth and Inequality| publisher = World Bank Group|access-date = 23 July 2020}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
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|caption= '''Livelihood in Dinhata II CD block'''
|value1 = 33.51
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|value2 = 51.06
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|value3 = 1.34
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 14.09
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In the Dinhata II CD block in 2011, among the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 32,463 and formed 33.51%, agricultural labourers numbered 49,468 and formed 51.06%, household industry workers numbered 1,294 and formed 1.34% and other workers numbered 13,652 and formed 14.09%.<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 = Table 33: Distribution of Workers by Sex in Four Categories of Economic Activity in Sub-district 2011 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 23 July 2020}}</ref> Total workers numbered 96,877 and formed 39.69% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 147,189 and formed 60.31% of the population.<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 = Table 30: Number and percentage of Main workers, Marginal workers and Non workers by Sex, in Sub-districts, 2011 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 23 July 2020}}</ref>

Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned by self/government/institution. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the [[Factories Act,1948, India|Factories Act]]. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.<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 = Census Concepts and Definitions, Page 35 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 23 July 2020}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 119 inhabited villages in the Dinhata II CD block, as per the ''District Census Handbook'', Cooch Behar, 2011. 100% villages have power supply. 117 villages (98.32%) have drinking water supply. 29 villages (24.37%) have post offices. 98 villages (83.25%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 53 villages (44.54%) have pucca (paved) approach roads and 25 villages (25.01%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 4 villages (3.36%) have agricultural credit societies and 17 villages (14.29%) have banks.<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, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work = Page 86, Table 36: Distribution of villages according to availability of different amenities, 2011 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. | access-date = 23 July 2020}}</ref>

===Agriculture===
Agriculture is the primary mode of living in the district. The entire Cooch Behar district has fertile soil and around half of the cultivated land in the district is cropped twice or more. Paddy (rice) and jute are the largest producing crops, followed by potatoes, vegetables and pulses. There are 23 tea gardens on glided slopes. There are some [[coconut]], [[areca nut]] and [[Betel|betel leaf]] plantations. 77.6% of the land holdings are marginal.<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, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work = Pages 23-26 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. | access-date = 23 July 2020}}</ref>

In 2012–13, there were 35 fertiliser depots, 1 seed store and 50 [[Public distribution system|fair price shops]] in the Dinhata II CD block.<ref name=handbook2013>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar| work = Table No. 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 21.2, 4.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 – arranged as per use | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 23 July 2020 }}</ref>

In 2012–13, the Dinhata II CD block produced 37,928 tonnes of [[Rice#Ecotypes and cultivars|Aman paddy]], the main winter crop, from 18,715 hectares, 11,964 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 4,048 hectares, 1,199 tonnes of wheat from 633 hectares, 295 tonnes of maize from 121 hectares, 117,481 tonnes of jute from 9,361 hectares and 71,631 tonnes of potatoes from 2,109 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.<ref name=handbook2013/>

In 2012–13, the total area irrigated in the Dinhata II CD block was 6,415 hectares, out of which 40 hectares were irrigated by private canal water, 40 hectares by tank water, 601 hectares by river lift irrigation, 238 hectares by deep tube wells, 4,254 hectares by shallow tube wells, 77 hectares by open dug wells, 1,165 hectares by other means.<ref name=handbook2013/>

===Pisciculture===
Being a river-bound district, pisciculture is an important economic activity in the Cooch Behar district. Almost all the rivers originating in the Himalayas have a lot of fish. The net area under effective pisciculture in 2010–11 in the Dinhata II CD block was 451.55 hectares. 18,525persons were engaged in the profession and approximate annual production was 23,697 quintals.<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, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work = Pages 27-28: Fishery | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. | access-date = 23 July 2020}}</ref>

===Banking===
In 2012–13, Dinhata II CD block had offices of 9 commercial banks and 3 [[Regional Rural Bank|gramin banks]].<ref name=handbook2013/>

==Transport==
{{Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line|collapse=y}}
Dinhata II CD block has 5 originating/ terminating bus routes.<ref name=handbook2013/>

The terminus station of the broad gauge [[Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line]], [[Bamanhat railway station]], is in this block.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-alipurduar-bamanhat-passenger-55465/21260/449/7550| title = 55765 =>55465 Alipurduar – Bamunhat Passenger | work= Time Table| publisher = Indiarailinfo |access-date = 31 July 2020}}</ref>

==Education==
In 2012–13, Dinhata II CD block had 171 primary schools with 11,082 students, 13 middle schools with 4,223 students, 11 high schools with 12,302 students and 9 higher secondary schools with 15,062 students. Dinhata II CD block had 435 institutions for special and non-formal education with 10,223 students. Dinhata municipal area has 1 general degree college with 3,492 students and 3 technical/ professional institutions with 295 students (outside the block).<ref name=handbook2013/>

See also – [[Education in India]]

According to the 2011 census, in the Dinhata II CD block, among the 119 inhabited villages, 4 villages did not have schools, 60 villages had two or more primary schools, 38 villages had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 20 villages had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school.<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, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work = Page 547-48, Appendix I A: Villages by number of Primary Schools and Appendix I B: Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. | access-date = 23 July 2020}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
In 2013, Dinhata II CD block had 1 block primary health centre and 4 primary health centres with total 56 beds and 5 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 36 family welfare subcentres. 7,396 patients were treated indoor and 54,075 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD block.<ref name=handbook2013/>

Bamanhat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at [[Bamanhat]], is the major government medical facility in the Dinhata II CD block. There are [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] at Kisamath (Dasgram) (with 4 beds), Tharaikhana (with 2 beds), Nayerhat (with 10 beds) and Najirkhana (with 6 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 =29 July 2020 | archive-date =8 October 2022 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20221008143352/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref><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 = 29 July 2020 | archive-date = 21 April 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180421215645/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/PHC.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
{{Cooch Behar topics}}

[[Category:Community development blocks in Cooch Behar district]]

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