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{{Short description|Division in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Medinipur division
| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| image_map = Medinipur division map.svg
| mapsize = 300
| map_caption = Location of Medinipur division in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|22|25|N|87|19|E|type:adm2nd_region:IN-WB_dim:200000|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Medinipur]]
| leader_title = [[List of districts of West Bengal|Districts]]
| leader_name = [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[Jhargram district|Jhargram]], [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]], [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]], [[Purulia district|Purulia]]
| leader_title1 = [[Divisional commissioner|DC]]
| leader_name1 = Avanindra Singh, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title2 = [[Deputy inspector general of police|DIG]]
| leader_name2 = Anoop Jaiswal, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| area_total_km2 = 30280
| population_total = 18,672,669
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_as_of = 2011
| demographics_type2 = Languages
| demographics2_title1 = Official
| demographics2_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=Wb.gov.in|access-date=5 July 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=5 July 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>
| demographics2_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official
| demographics2_info2 = [[English language|English]]<ref name="wblangoff"/>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| website = {{URL|https://wb.gov.in/}}
}}

'''Medinipur division''' is one of the [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|5 divisions]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is the westernmost division of [[West Bengal]]. Earlier it was a part of [[Burdwan division]] and was curved out from it in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal-to-be-divided-into-two-more-administrative-divisions-170890|title=Bengal to be divided into two more administrative divisions|date=23 November 2016 }}</ref> The port city of [[Haldia]] is located in this division.

==Districts==
It consists of 5 [[List of districts in India|districts]]:<ref name=blocdir>{{cite web
|url=http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs(RevisedMarch-2008).doc
|title=Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008
|date=2008-03-19
|page=1
|accessdate=2009-02-28
|work=West Bengal
|publisher=National Informatics Centre, India
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225032419/http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs%28RevisedMarch-2008%29.doc
|archivedate=25 February 2009
|df=dmy
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Code
!District
!Headquarters
!Established
!Sub-Division
!Area
!Population As of 2011
![[Population Density]]
!Map
|-
|-
|ME
|[[Purba Medinipur]]
|[[Tamluk]]
|2002<ref name=MP>{{cite web
|last = Jana
|first = Naresh
|date = 31 December 2001
|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1011231/national.htm#head3
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140314222620/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1011231/national.htm#head3
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 14 March 2014
|title = Tamluk readies for giant's partition
|publisher = [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]
|accessdate = 1 September 2008
}}</ref>
|align="left"|
* [[Tamluk subdivision|Tamluk Sadar]]
* [[Haldia subdivision|Haldia]]
* [[Egra subdivision|Egra]]
* [[Contai subdivision|Contai]]
|{{convert|4736|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|5,094,238
|{{convert|1076|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Purba Medinipur in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|ME
|[[Paschim Medinipur]]
|[[Medinipur]]
|2002<ref name=MP/>
|align="left"|
* [[Kharagpur subdivision|Kharagpur]]
* [[Medinipur Sadar subdivision|Medinipur Sadar]]
* [[Ghatal subdivision|Ghatal]]
|{{convert|6308|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|5,943,300
|{{convert|636|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Paschim Medinipur in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|PU
|[[Purulia district|Purulia]]
|[[Purulia]]
|1956
|align="left"|
* [[Purulia|Purulia Sadar]]
* [[Manbazar]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/bengal-chief-minister-sub-division-purulia-manbazar-jhalda/ | title=We are developing Purulia as a tourism hub: Mamata Banerjee }}</ref>
* [[Raghunathpur subdivision|Raghunathpur]]
* [[Jhalda subdivision|Jhalda]]
|{{convert|6259|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|2,927,965
|{{convert|468|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Purulia in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|BN
|[[Bankura district|Bankura]]
|[[Bankura]]
|1947
|align="left"|
* [[Bankura Sadar subdivision|Bankura Sadar]]
* [[Khatra subdivision|Khatra]]
* [[Bishnupur subdivision|Bishnupur]]
|{{convert|6882|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|3,596,292
|{{convert|523|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Bankura in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|JH
|[[Jhargram district|Jhargram]]
|[[Jhargram]]
|2017<ref name=CBE>{{cite web
|url = http://coochbehar.gov.in/HTMfiles/brief_history.html
|title = Brief History of Cooch Behar
|publisher = Official website of Cooch Behar District
|accessdate = 10 September 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724080258/http://www.coochbehar.gov.in/Htmfiles/brief_history.html
|archive-date = 24 July 2011
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
|align="left"|
* [[Jhargram subdivision|Jhargram Sadar]]
|{{convert|3,037.64|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|1,136,548
|{{convert|374|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Jhargram in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
!Total
!5
!—
!-
|15
|{{convert|27,223|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|18,672,669
|
{{convert|686|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:India WB.svg|thumb]]
|}

==Demographics==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = center
|caption = Religion in Medinipur Division ([[2011 Indian Census]])
|label1 = [[Hinduism]]
|value1 = 82.3
|color1 = orange
|label2 = [[Islam]]
|value2 = 9.1
|color2 = green
|label3 = Others
|value3 = 8.6
|color3 = yellow
}}
[[Hindus]] form the majority of the population of Medinipur division and comprises 82.3% of the population. There is a significant population of various tribes in this division such as [[Kudmi Mahato|Kudmi]], [[Santhal people|Santhal]], [[Munda people|Munda]], etc. [[Muslims]] comprises 9.1% of the population.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS Population by religious community: West Bengal]. 2011 Census of India.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Districts of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Divisions of West Bengal]]

{{WestBengal-geo-stub}}

Medinipur division - Revision history

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