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{{About|the community development block in West Bengal, India|its namesake village|Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur|its namesake assembly constituency|Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)}}
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'''Kumarganj''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in [[Balurghat subdivision]] of [[Dakshin Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
Dinajpur district was constituted in 1786. In 1947, the [[Radcliffe Line]] placed the Sadar and Thakurgaon subdivisions of Dinajpur district in East Pakistan. The Balurghat subdivision of Dinajpur district was reconstituted as West Dinajpur district in West Bengal. The new Raiganj subdivision was formed in 1948. In order to restore territorial links between northern and southern parts of West Bengal which had been snapped during the partition of Bengal, and on the recommendations of the [[States Reorganisation Commission]] a portion of the erstwhile Kishanganj subdivision comprising Goalpokhar, Islampur and Chopra thanas (police stations) and parts of Thakurganj thana, along with the adjacent parts of the erstwhile Gopalpur thana in Katihar subdivision were transferred from Purnea district in Bihar to West Bengal in 1956, and were formally incorporated into Raiganj subdivision in West Dinajpur. The township of [[Kishanganj]] and its entire municipal boundary remained within Bihar. With the introduction of the Community Development Programme in 1960-61, community development blocks were set up in West Dinajpur district. In 1992, West Dinajpur district was bifurcated and Dakshin Dinajpur district was established.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report | title = District Human Development Report | work = Uttar Dinajpur. Pages 2-5: Administrative History of Uttar Dinajpur | publisher = Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 29 November 2018 | archive-date = 19 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180119150840/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
Kumarganj is located at {{coord|25.43379|N|88.72671|E|format=dms|}}.

Dakshin Dinajpur district is physiographically a part of the [[Barind Tract]]. The area is generally flat and slightly undulating. The elevation of the district is about 15 metres above mean sea level. However, the soil varies. CD Blocks such as Balurghat, Hili and Kumarganj have [[Alluvium|alluvial]] soil, Tapan CD Block has [[laterite]] soil. There are three main rivers. The [[Atrai River|Atreyee]] comes from Bangladesh, flows through Kumarganj and Balurghat CD Blocks and goes back to Bangladesh. The [[Punarbhaba River|Punarbhaba]] flows through Gangarampur and Tapan CD Blocks. The [[Tangon River|Tangon]] flows through Kushmandi and Bansihari CD Blocks. There is a small river named Jamuna in the Hili CD Block. All rivers, flowing from north to south, overflow during the monsoons and cause floods.<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= Census of India 2011, Page 13: Physiography |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DAKSHIN_DINAJPUR.pdf | title = Brief Industrial Profile of Dakshin Dinajpur district | work = Pages 3-4: Topography | publisher = MSME Development Institute Kolkata | access-date = 24 November 2018 | archive-date = 6 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200206030751/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DAKSHIN_DINAJPUR.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ddinajpur.nic.in/River/river.html | title = Dakshin Dinajpur district | work = Rivers | publisher = District Administration | access-date = 24 November 2018 | archive-date = 6 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181206005142/http://www.ddinajpur.nic.in/River/river.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Kumarganj is bounded by [[Dinajpur Sadar Upazila|Dinajpur Sadar]] and [[Chirirbandar Upazila|Chirirbandar]] Upazilas in Dinajpur District in Bangladesh, on the north, [[Fulbari Upazila|Fulbari]] and [[Birampur Upazila|Birampur]] Upazilas in Dinajpur District in Bangladesh, on the east, [[Balurghat (community development block)|Balurghat]] CD Block on the south, and [[Tapan (community development block)|Tapan]] and [[Gangarampur (community development block)|Gangarampur]] CD Blocks on the west.<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 2011 Dakshin Dinajpur | work= Map of Dakshin Dinajpur |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Dinajpur_Sadar_Upazila |title =Dinajpur Sadar Upazila |publisher= Banglapedia | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chirirbandar_Upazila|title = Chiribandar Upazila |publisher= Banglapedia | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Phulbari_Upazila_(Dinajpur_District) |title = Phulbari Upazila (Dinajpur District)|publisher= Banglapedia | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Birampur_Upazila |title = Birampur Upazila|publisher= Banglapedia | access-date = 24 November 2018}}</ref>

Six out of the eight CD Blocks in the district are on the [[Bangladesh–India border|India-Bangladesh border]] popularly referred to as a porous border. 2,216 km of the 4,096 km long India-Bangladesh border falls in West Bengal. More than 11,000 people live near/ around the zero line in Dakshin Dinajpur.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/living-on-the-edge/cid/1313943 |title = Living on the Edge |publisher= The Telegraph, 14 June 2015 | access-date = 29 November 2018 }}</ref> Approximately 252 km of the international border is in Dakshin Dinajpur district.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ddinajpur.nic.in/rsvy/background/background.htm |title = Chapter:Background |publisher= District authorities| access-date = 29 November 2018 }}</ref>

Kumarganj CD Block has an area of 286.62 km2.It has 1 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|panchayat samity]], 8 [[gram panchayat]]s, 118 gram sansads (village councils), 218 [[mouza]]s and 208 inhabited villages. [[Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur#Police station|Kumarganj]] police station serves this block.<ref name=statisticalhandbook1>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Dakshin Dinajpur |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 24 November 2018 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}</ref> Headquarters of this CD Block is at Kumarganj.<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 | access-date = 24 November 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 | access-date = 24 November 2018 | archive-date = 2 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181102024551/http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2101 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

[[Gram panchayat]]s of Kumarganj block/ panchayat samiti are: Batun, Bhour, Deor, Jakirpur, Mohana, Ramkrisnapur, Safanagar and Samjhia.<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 district - Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 November 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==


===Population===
As per [[2011 Census of India]], Kumarganj CD Block had a total population of 169,102, all of which were rural. There were 87,098 (52%) males and 82,004 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 18,773. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 43,840 (25.93%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 28,769 (17.01%).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 20 November 2018}}</ref>

As per 2001 census Kumarganj block had a population of 153,042 of which 78,646 are males and 74,396 are females.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_5.htm |title=Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal, Table 4 |publisher=Census Commissioner of India |work=Census of India 2001, Dakshin Dinajpur district (05) |access-date= 30 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040835/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_5.htm |archive-date=2011-07-19 }}</ref>

Villages in Kumarganj CD Block included (2011 population in brackets): Bhour (2,456), Dior (3,504), Mohana (1,122), Batun (3,255), Safa Nagar (3,242), Jakhirpur (3,004), Samjia (1,861) and Kumarganj (3,920).<ref name=census2011/>

Decadal growth of population in Kumarganj CD Block for the period 2001-2011 was 10.49%.<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= page 46: Brief Analysis of Inset Tables based on Primary Census Abstract, 2011 (Inset Tables 1-35) Table 1 : Decadal change in population of Tahsils (Sub-Districts) by Residence, 2001-2011 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date = 27 November 2018 }}</ref> Decadal growth of population in Dakhin Dinajpur district during the same period was 11.52% down from 22.15% in the previous decade.<ref name=statisticalhandbook1/> Decadal growth of population in West Bengal for the corresponding periods was 13.93% and 17.77% respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_wb.html | title = Provisional population totals Paper I: West Bengal | publisher = Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India |access-date = 27 November 2018}}</ref>

The large scale migration of the [[East Bengali refugees]] (including tribals) started with the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|partition of Bengal]] in 1947. Up to around 1951, two-fifths of the refugees settled in South Bengal, the balance settled in the North Bengal districts of West Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar. Erstwhile West Dinajpur alone received around 6.5% of the early entrants. The steady [[Illegal immigration to India|flow of people]] into Dakshin Dinajpur has continued over the years from erstwhile East Pakistan and subsequently from Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report | title = District Human Development Report | work = Uttar Dinajpur. Pages 294-302 Migration and Long-term Population Growth, including box item Partition Migrants in West Bengal | publisher = Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 27 November 2018 | archive-date = 19 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180119150840/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Literacy===
As per the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Kumarganj CD Block was 112,095 (74.57% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 63,643 (81.76% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 51,452 (70.63% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 11.14%.<ref name=census2011/>

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

{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur district|collapsible=y}}

===Language and religion===

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As per 2014 District Statistical Handbook: Dakshin Dinajpur (quoting census figures), in the 2001 census, in Kumarganj CD Block, Hindus numbered 99,308 and formed 64.89% of the population. Muslims numbered 49,982 and formed 32.66% of the population. Christians numbered 2,127 and formed 1.39% of the population. Others numbered 1,625 and formed 0.70% of the population.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook| title = District Statistical Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur 2014| work = Table 2.10 (a)| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal| access-date = 27 November 2018| archive-date = 21 January 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook| url-status = dead}}</ref> In the 2011 census, 108,610 (64.23%) were Hindus and 57,718 (34.13%) Muslims, while 2,226 were Christian.<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>

According to the 2011 District Census Handbook: Dakshin Dinajpur, during 2011 census, majority of the population of the district were Hindus constituting 73.5% of the population followed by Muslims with 24.6% of the population. The proportion of Hindu population of the district increased from 59.9% in 1961 to 74.0 %in 2001 and then dropped to 73.5% in 2011. The proportion of Muslim population in the district decreased from 39.4% in 1961 to 24.0% in 2001 and then increased to 24.6% in 2011.<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= Census of India 2011, Page 43: Religion |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date = 27 November 2018}}</ref>

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At the time of the 2011 census, 83.70% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and 13.56% [[Santali language|Santali]] 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>

==Rural poverty==
As per the [[Human Development Report]] 2004 for West Bengal, the [[rural poverty]] ratio in erstwhile West Dinajpur district was 27.61%. Malda district on the south of West Dinajpur district had a rural poverty ratio of 35.4% and Jalpaiguri district on the north had a rural poverty ratio of 35.73%. These estimates were based on Central Sample data of NSS 55th round 1999-2000.<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 = 20 November 2018| 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>

As per [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] Survey by the Government of West Bengal, the proportion of BPL families in Dakshin Dinajpur district was 43.54% as on 30 October 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/bpl2002.aspx | title = Report of BPL survey as on 30.10.02 | publisher = Department of Panchayats and Rural Development | access-date = 4 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181207070715/http://www.wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/bpl2002.aspx | archive-date = 7 December 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
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In Kumarganj CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 22,295 and formed 30.68%, agricultural labourers numbered 23,272 and formed 48.66%, household industry workers numbered 3,584 and formed 4.93% and other workers numbered 11,436 and formed 15.74%.<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, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Page 64, 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 = 29 November 2018}}</ref> Total workers numbered 72,676 and formed 42.98% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 96,426 and formed 57.02% of the population.<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, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Pages 60-61, 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 = 29 November 2018}}</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 = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf|title = District Census Handbook Dakshin Dinajpur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Census Concepts and Definitions, Page 27 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 29 November 2018}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 208 inhabited villages in Kumarganj CD Block. All 208 villages (100%) have power supply. 208 villages (100%) have drinking water supply. 24 villages (11.54%) have post offices. 204 villages (98.08%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 102 villages (49.04%) have a pucca (paved) approach road and 83 villages (39.90%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 4 villages (1.92%) have agricultural credit societies. 11 villages (5.29%) have banks.<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, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Page 68 Table 36: Distribution of villages according to availability of different amenities,2011 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 29 November 2018}}</ref>

===Agriculture===
The land is fertile for agricultural production, particularly in the southern part of the district. The rivers are flood-prone but droughts also occur occasionally. There are numerous tanks and some [[marsh]]es and [[Beel|bils]]. Multiple cropping is widely practised. The [[Tebhaga movement]] by the [[Sharecropping|share croppers]], towards the end of British rule, is widely known. There are some forests, mostly in areas bordering Bangladesh.<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, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Pages 15 - 18 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 29 November 2018}}</ref>

Kumarganj CD Block had 192 fertiliser depots, 18 seed stores and 32 [[Public distribution system|fair price shops]] in 2013-14.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Dakshin Dinajpur | work = Tables 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 21.2, 4.4, 3.1, 3.3 – arranged as per use | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 29 November 2018 | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 2013-14, Kumarganj CD Block produced 4,178 tonnes of [[Rice#Ecotypes and cultivars|Aman paddy]], the main winter crop from 1,741 hectares, 5,579 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 1,794 hectares, 818 tonnes of Aus paddy (summer crop) from 447 hectares, 2,053 tonnes of wheat from 807 hectares, 49,773 tonnes of jute from 3,305 hectares and 6,036 tonnes of potatoes from 275 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In 2013-14, the total area irrigated in Kumarganj CD Block was 9,620 hectares, out of which 841 hectares were irrigated by tank irrigation, 6,440 hectares by river lift irrigation, 603 hectares by deep tube wells and 1,736 hectares by shallow tube wells.<ref name=handbook2014/>

===Banking===
In 2013-14, Kumarganj CD Block had offices of 4 commercial banks and 2 [[Regional Rural Bank|gramin banks]].<ref name=handbook2014/>

===Backward Regions Grant Fund===
Dakshin Dinajpur district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund]]. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 11 districts of West Bengal.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | title = Backward Regions Grant Funds: Programme Guidelines | publisher = Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India | access-date = 30 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030225317/http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=84879 | title= Backward Regions Grant Fund| work= Press Release, 14 June 2012 |publisher= Press Information Bureau, Government of India | access-date = 30 November 2018}}</ref>

==Transport==
Kumarganj CD Block has 7 ferry services and 8 originating/ terminating bus routes. The nearest railway station is 27 km from the CD Block headquarters.<ref name=handbook2014/>

==Education==
In 2013-14, Kumarganj CD Block had 139 primary schools with 9,899 students, 7 middle schools with 5,444 students, 17 high schools with 15,350 students and 12 higher secondary schools with 12,804 students. Kumarganj CD Block had 331 institutions for special and non-formal education with 10,907 students.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In Kumarganj CD Block, amongst the 208 inhabited villages, 52 villages do not have a school, 38 villages have more than 1 primary school, 32 villages have at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 24 villages have at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school.<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, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work = Page 595, Appendix I A: Villages by number of Primary Schools and Appendix I B: Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools, 2011 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. | access-date = 30 November 2018}}</ref>

Kumarganj College was established at [[Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur|Kumarganj]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kumarganjcollegeadmission.in/ |title = Kumarganj College | work= On line admission 2018-19 |publisher= KC | access-date = 4 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://careern.in/institution/kumarganj-college | title = Kumarganj College | publisher = CareerN.in | access-date = 4 December 2018 | archive-date = 5 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181205193459/https://careern.in/institution/kumarganj-college | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Healthcare==
In 2014, Kumarganj CD Block had 1 rural hospital and 3 [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] with total 48 beds and 6 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 34 family welfare subcentres. 5,238 patients were treated indoor and 275,150 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.<ref name=handbook2014/>

Kumarganj Rural Hospital at [[Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur|Kumarganj]] (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Kumarganj CD Block. There are [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] at Penitora (Samjia PHC) (with 10 beds), Bathur (with 10 beds) and Deor (with 10 beds).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 7 December 2018 | archive-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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