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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Islampur subdivision
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| settlement_type = Subdivision
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[North Dinajpur]]
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Islampur (Uttar Dinajpur)|Islampur]]
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Islampur subdivision''' is an administrative subdivision of the [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Subdivisions==
Uttar 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 2013 Uttar Dinajpur|work= Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 4 January 2019 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Subdivision ||Headquarters|| Area km2 (2001) || Population (2011) ||Urban Population % (2011)||Rural Population % (2011)
|-
|[[Raiganj subdivision|Raiganj]]||[[Raiganj]]||1,350.56||1,337,229||19.39||80.61
|-
|Islampur||[[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur|Islampur]]||1,768.57||1,669,895||6.17||93.83
|-
!Uttar Dinajpur district||[[Raiganj]]||3,140.00||3,007,134||12.05||87.95
|-
|}

==Administrative units==
Islampur subdivision has 5 police stations, 5 [[Community development block in India|community development blocks]], 5 [[Panchayat samiti (block)|panchayat samitis]], 59 [[gram panchayat]]s, 757 [[mouza]]s, 730 inhabited villages, 2 [[Municipality|municipalities]] and 2 [[census town]]s. The municipalities are at [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur|Islampur]] and [[Dalkhola]]. The census towns are: [[Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur|Chopra]] and [[Hanskunda]]. The subdivision has its headquarters at Islampur.<ref name=handbook2014/>

==Police stations==
Police stations in Islampur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:<ref name=handbook2014/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://dakshindinajpurpolice.gov.in/index.html | title = Uttar Dinajpur District Police | work = PS Information | publisher = District Police | accessdate = 4 January 2019 | 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
|-
|[[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur#Police station|Islampur]]|| 331.20 || n/a ||241,910||[[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur|Islampur]]||[[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)|Islampur]]
|-
|[[Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur#Police station|Chopra]]||378.40|| n/a ||283,761|| - ||[[Chopra (community development block)|Chopra]]
|-
|[[Goalpokhar#Police station|Goalpokhar]]||354||40||320,810|| - ||[[Goalpokhar I]], [[Goalpokhar II]] (part)
|-
|[[Chakulia, Uttar Dinajpur#Police station|Chakulia]]||266.04|| - ||290,850|| - ||[[Goalpokhar II]] (part)
|-
|[[Dalkhola#Police station|Dalkhola]]|| ? || - ||199,000||[[Dalkhola]]||[[Karandighi]] (part), [[Goalpokhar II]] (part)
|-
|[[Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur#Police station|Karandighi]]||388.42|| n/a || 318,677|| - ||[[Karandighi]] (part)
|-
|}

==Blocks==
Community development blocks in Islampur subdivision are:<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1904_PART_A_DCHB_UTTAR%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Uttar Dinajpur, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Map of Uttar Dinajpur district on the fifth page |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | accessdate = 4 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2100 | title = BDO Offices under Uttar Dinajpur District | work = Department of Mass Education Extension & Library Services, Government of West Bengal | publisher = West Bengal Public Library Network | accessdate = 4 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190119063429/http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2100 | archive-date = 19 January 2019 | 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
|-
|[[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)|Islampur]]||[[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur|Islampur]]||329.44||308,518||16.99||2.90||27.56||72.13||53.53|| -
|-
|[[Chopra (community development block)|Chopra]]||[[Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur|Chopra]]||380.82||284,403||17.87||7.05||33.92||64.01||59.90|| 1
|-
|[[Goalpokhar I]]||[[Goalpokhar]]||365.11||326,120||13.32||3.86||22.35||77.26||42.26|| 1
|-
|[[Goalpokhar II]]||[[Chakulia, Uttar Dinajpur|Chakulia]]||298.69||291,252||22.28||6.06||34.52||64.14||46.07|| -
|-
|[[Karandighi]]||[[Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur|Karandighi]]||390.52||368,322||29.30||7.81||45.74||53.71||53.42|| -
|-
|}

==Gram panchayats==
The subdivision contains 59 [[gram panchayat]]s under 5 [[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 January 2019}}</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 January 2019 | 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>

* [[Chopra (community development block)|Chopra]] block: Rural area consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Chopra, Daspara, Haptiagachh, Majhiali, Chutiakhore, Ghirnigaon, Lakhipur and Sonapur.
* [[Goalpokhar I]] block: Rural area consists of 14 gram panchayats, viz. Dharampur–I, Goti, Lodhan, Sahapur–I, Dharampur–II, Goalpokhar, Mahua, Sahapur–II, Goagachh–I, Jaingaon, Panjipara, Goagachh–II, Khagore and Pokharia.
* [[Goalpokhar II]] block: Rural area consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Belon, Kanki, Sahapur–I, Sahapur-II, Surjapur-I, Surjapur–II, Baidyanandapur, Nijampur–I, Nijampur–II, Troyal, and Chakulia.
* [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)|Islampur]] block: Rural area consists of 13 gram panchayats, viz. Agdimti–Khanti, Gunjaria, Matikunda–II, Ramganj–II, Gaisal–I, Islampur, Panditpota–I, Gaisal–II, Kamalgaon–Sujali, Panditpota–II, Gobindapur, Matikunda–I and Ramganj–I.
* [[Karandighi]] block: Rural area consists of 13 gram panchayats, viz. Altapur–I,Boris mouja, jhal no-210 Dalkhola–I, Lahutara–I, Rasakhowa–II, Altapur–II, Domohona, Lahutara–II, Bazargaon–I, Karandighi–I, Raniganj, Bazargaon–II, Karandighi–II and Rasakhowa–I.

==Education==
Uttar Dinajpur district had a literacy rate of 59.07% (for population of 7 years and above) as per the census of India 2011. Raiganj subdivision had a literacy rate of 66.94%, Islampur subdivision 52.40%.<ref name=2handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title= District Statistical Handbook 2013 Uttar Dinajpur| work = Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 7 January 2019 }}</ref>

Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Uttar Dinajpur district for the year 2012-13:<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|[[Raiganj subdivision|Raiganj]]
|align="center"|810
|align="center"|104,842
|align="center"|83
|align="center"|7,836
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|9,525
|align="center"|140
|align="center"|146,367
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|18,334
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|973
|align="center"|2,218
|align="center"|111,064
|-
|align=left|Islampur
|align="center"|760
|align="center"|171,598
|align="center"|72
|align="center"|14,226
|align="center"|27
|align="center"|22,437
|align="center"|86
|align="center"|121,719
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|9,683
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|47
|align="center"|2,648
|align="center"|221,977
|-
|align=left|[[Uttar Dinajpur district]]
|align="center"|1,570
|align="center"|276,440
|align="center"|155
|align="center"|22,062
|align="center"|45
|align="center"|31,962
|align="center"|226
|align="center"|268,086
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|28,017
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|1,020
|align="center"|4,866
|align="center"|333,041
|-
|}

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 located in Islampur subdivision:
*[[Islampur College]] was established in 1973 at [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur|Islampur]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.collegedekho.com/colleges/islampur-college |title = Islampur College |publisher= College Dekho | accessdate = 6 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/IslampurCollege/Islampur_College.shtml |title = Islampur College |publisher= College Admission | accessdate = 10 January 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Shree Agrasen Mahavidyalaya]] was established in 1995 at [[Dalkhola]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/ShreeAgrasenMahavidyalaya/ShreeAgrasenMahavidyalaya.shtml#! |title = Shree Agrasen Mahavidyalaya |publisher= College Admission | accessdate = 10 January 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Chopra Kamala Paul Smriti Mahavidyalaya]] was established in 2013-14 at [[Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur|Chopra]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.chopracollege.com/admission.php |title = Chopra Kamala Paul Smriti Mahaviyalaya |publisher= CKPSM | accessdate = 10 January 2019 }}</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 2013 in Uttar Dinajpur district.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Uttar Dinajpur | work = Table 3.1, 3.3 | publisher = Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 7 January 2019 }}</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|[[Raiganj subdivision|Raiganj]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"| -
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|10
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|774
|align="center"|67
|align="center"|61,438
|align="center"|1,274,032
|-
|align=left|Islampur
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|22
|align="center"|455
|align="center"|59
|align="center"|50,520
|align="center"|1,500,160
|-
|align=left|[[Uttar Dinajpur district]]
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|45
|align="center"|1,229
|align="center"|126
|align="center"|112,058
|align="center"|2,774,192
|-
|}
.* Excluding nursing homes

Medical facilities available in Islampur 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 = 12 January 2019}}</ref> 
Islampur Subdivisional Hospital, [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur|Islampur]], 136 beds 
'''Rural Hospitals''': (Name, CD block, location, beds)<ref name=medical/> 
Karandighi Rural Hospital, Karandighi CD block, [[Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur|Karandighi]], 30 beds 
Lodhan Rural Hospital, Goalpokhar I CD block, [[Goalpokhar]], 30 beds 
Chakulia Rural Hospital, Goalpokhar II CD block, [[Chakulia, Uttar Dinajpur|Chakulia]], 30 beds 
Dalua Rural Hospital, Chopra CD block, Dalua, 30 beds 
'''Primary Health Centres''': (CD Block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)<ref name=medical/> 
Karandighi CD block: [[Dalkhola]] (6), Rasakbowa (10) 
Goalpokhar I CD block: Goagaon (10) 
Goalpokhar II CD block: Kanki (10), Toryal (2) 
Islampur CD block: Sujali (4) 
Chopra CD block: Sonapur (6), Daspara (10), Lakshmipur (4)

==Electoral constituencies==
[[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) and [[Vidhan Sabha]] (state assembly) constituencies in Islampur 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= 18 January 2019|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
|-
|[[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]||None||[[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Islampur]]||None||[[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur|Islampur]] municipality, and Agdimti Khanti, Gaisal I, Gaisal II, Gunjaria, Islampur, Matikunda I, Matikunda II, Panditpota I, Panditpota II, Ramganj I and Ramganj II [[gram panchayat|GPs]] of [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)|Islampur]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]]
|-
| || ||[[Goalpokhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Goalpokhar]]||None||[[Goalpokhar I]] CD block
|-
| || ||[[Chakulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chakulia]]||None||[[Goalpokhar II]] CD block and Bazargaon I and Bazargaon II GPs of [[Karandighi (community development block)|Karandighi]] CD block
|-
| || ||[[Karandighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karandighi]]||None||Altapur I, Altapur II, [[Dalkhola]] I, Dalkhola II, Domhana, Karandighi I, Karandighi II, Lahutara I, Lahutara II, Raniganj, Rasakhowa I and Rasakhowa II GPs of [[Karandighi (community development block)|Karandighi]] CD Block
|-
| || ||Other assembly segments outside the subdivision|| ||
|-
|[[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]||None||[[Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chopra]]||None||[[Chopra (community development block)|Chopra]] CD block and Kamalagaon Sujali GP of [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)|Islampur]]
|-
| || ||Other assembly segments outside the subdivision|| ||
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

{{Uttar Dinajpur District}}
{{Uttar Dinajpur topics}}

[[Category:Subdivisions of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Uttar Dinajpur district]]

Islampur subdivision - Revision history

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