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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gangarampur subdivision
| native_name =
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| other_name = 
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| settlement_type = Subdivision
| image_skyline = File:Bangarh,_Gangarampur.jpg
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| image_caption = Historical ruins of [[Bangarh]]
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|25.40|N|88.52|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 = [[South Dinajpur district|South Dinajpur]]
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| seat_type = Headquarter
| seat = [[Buniadpur]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 1047.90
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| population_total = 770,736
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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'''Gangarampur 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 |accessdate = 4 December 2018 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Subdivision ||Headquarters|| Area km22001 || Population (2011) ||Urban Population % (2011)||Rural Population % (2011)
|-
|[[Balurghat subdivision|Balurghat]]||[[Balurghat]]||1,202.88||905,540||18.56||81.44
|-
|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==
Gangarampur subdivision has 4 police stations, 4 [[Community development block in India|community development blocks]], 4 [[Panchayat samiti (block)|panchayat samitis]], 30 [[gram panchayat]]s, 750 [[mouza]]s, 730 inhabited villages, 2 [[municipality|municipalities]] and 2 [[census town]]s. The municipalities are at [[Gangarampur]] and [[Buniadpur]]. The census towns are: [[Gopalpur, Dakshin Dinajpur|Gopalpur]] and [[Harirampur, West Bengal|Harirampur]]. The subdivision has its headquarters at Buniadpur.<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 | accessdate = 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
|-
|[[Gangarampur#Police station|Gangarampur]]|| n/a || n/a || ? ||[[Gangarampur]]||[[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]]
|-
|[[Kushmandi, Dakshin Dinajpur#Police station|Kushmandi]]|| n/a || n/a || ? || - ||[[Kushmandi]]
|-
|[[Bansihari#Police station|Bansihari]]|| n/a || - || ? ||[[Buniadpur]]||[[Bansihari (community development block)|Bansihari]]
|-
|[[Harirampur, West Bengal#Police station|Harirampur]]|| n/a || - || ? || - ||[[Harirampur (community development block)|Harirampur]]
|-
|}

==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 | accessdate = 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 | accessdate = 4 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181102024551/http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2101 | archive-date = 2 November 2018 | url-status = dead }}</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
|-
|[[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]]||[[Gangarampur]]||315.52||237,628||30.41||0.13||63.66||34.44||71.45 ||1
|-
|[[Kushmandi]]||[[Kushmandi, Dakshin Dinajpur|Kushmandi]]||310.63||198,752||44.76||7.86||60.38||38.73||65.43|| -
|-
|[[Bansihari (community development block)|Bansihari]]||[[Buniadpur]]||196.52||141,286|| 12.39||21.95||73.99||24.21||68.79|| -
|-
|[[Harirampur (community development block)|Harirampur]]||[[Harirampur, West Bengal|Harirampur]]||214.94||136,853||21.81||16.85||49.62||47.98||64.67||1
|-
|}

==Gram panchayats==
The subdivision contains 30 [[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 | accessdate = 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 | accessdate= 4 December 2018 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213181814/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/FrameTable2_2.htm | archivedate=13 February 2010 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

* [[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]] block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Ashokegram, Belbari–II, Gangarampur, Sukdevpur, Basuria, Chaloon, Jahangirpur, Uday, Belbari–I, Damdama and 4no.Nandanpur.
* [[Bansihari (community development block)|Banshihari]] block consists of 4 gram panchayats, viz. Ellahabad, Ganguria, Brajaballavpur and Mahabari.
* [[Harirampur (community development block)|Harirampur]] block consists of 6 gram panchayats, viz. Bagichapur, Gokarna, Saiyadpur, Bairhatta, Pundari and Shirshi.
* [[Kushmandi]] block consists of 8 gram panchayats, viz. Akcha, Deul, Karanji, Maligaon, Beroil, Kalikamora, Kushmandi and Udaypur.

==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 | accessdate = 6 December 2018 }}</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 subdivision|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
|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 Gangarampur subdivision:

[[Gangarampur College]] was established in 1981 at [[Gangarampur]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.gmpcollege.org/ |title = Gangarampur College |publisher= GC | accessdate = 7 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[Buniadpur Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Buniadpur]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.buniadpurmahavidyalaya.org/ |title = Buniadpur Mahavidyalaya | publisher= BM| accessdate = 7 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[Dewan Abdul Goni College|Dewan Abdul Gani College]] was established at [[Harirampur, West Bengal|Harirampur]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dagcol.ac.in/ |title = Dewan Abdul Gani College |publisher= DAGC | accessdate = 4 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/DewanAbdulGaniCollege/Dewan_Abdul_Gani_College.shtml |title = Dewan Abdul Gani College |publisher= College Admission | accessdate = 4 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[Kushmandi Government College]] was established at [[Kushmandi, Dakshin Dinajpur|Kushmandi]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://kushmandiggdc.in/welcome |title = Government General Degree College, Kushmandi |publisher= GGDC | accessdate = 4 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://examfinder.in/kushmandi-government-college-admission/ |title = Kushmandi Government College | publisher= examfinder | accessdate = 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 | accessdate = 6 December 2018 }}</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 subdivision|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
|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 Gangarampur 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 |accessdate = 7 December 2018}}</ref> 
Gangarampur subdivisional hospital, [[Gangarampur]], 250 beds 
'''Rural Hospitals''': (Name, block, location, beds)<ref name=medical/> 
Harirampur Rural Hospital, Harirampur CD Block, [[Harirampur, West Bengal|Harirampur]], 30 beds 
Rashidpur Rural Hospital, Bansihari CD Block, Rashidpur, 30 beds 
Kushmandi Rural Hospital, Kushmandi CD Block, [[Kushmandi, Dakshin Dinajpur]], 30 beds 
'''Block Primary Health Centre''': (Name, location, beds)<ref name=medical/> 
Mathurapur (Chalon) BPHC, Gangarampur CD Block, PO Bansagar, 10 beds 
'''Primary Health Centres''': (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)<ref name=medical/> 
Gangarampur CD Block: Sarbamangala (Sarbamangala (Bansuria) PHC) (10) 
Harirampur CD Block: Balihara (10) 
Bansihari CD Block: Badalpur (10) 
Kushmandi CD Block: Sehail (Nanaharpara PHC) (10), Aminpur (10)

==Electoral constituencies==
[[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) and [[Vidhan Sabha]] (state assembly) constituencies in Gangarampur 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 | accessdate= 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||[[Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangarampur]]||[[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]||[[Gangarampur]] municipality, Belbari I, Damdama, Gangarampur and Nandanpur [[gram panchayat|GPs]] of [[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangrampur]] [[Community development block in India|CD Block]], and Ajmatpur, Autina, Gurail, Hazratpur, Ramchandrapur and Rampara Chenchra GPs of [[Tapan (community development block)|Tapan]] CD Block
|-
| || ||[[Kushmandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kushmandi]]||[[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]|| [[Kushmandi]] CD Block and Belbari II, Jahangirpur and Sukdebpur GPs of [[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]]
|-
| || ||[[Harirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Harirampur]]||None||[[Harirampur (community development block)|Harirampur]] CD Bloock and [[Bansihari (community development block)|Bansihari]] CD Block
|-
| || ||[[Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumarganj]]||None||[[Kumarganj]] CD Block and Ashokegram, Basuria, Chaloon and Uday GPs of [[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]] CD Block
|-
| || || Other assembly segments outside the subdivision|| ||
|-
|}

==References==
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{{Dakshin Dinajpur}}
{{Dakshin Dinajpur topics}}

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