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id="toc-Administrative_subdivisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administrative_subdivisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Administrative subdivisions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_subdivisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Tamluk_subdivision" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tamluk_subdivision"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Tamluk subdivision</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tamluk_subdivision-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Haldia_subdivision" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Haldia_subdivision"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Haldia subdivision</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Haldia_subdivision-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Egra_subdivision" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Egra_subdivision"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.3</span> <span>Egra subdivision</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egra_subdivision-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Contai_subdivision" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Contai_subdivision"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.4</span> <span>Contai subdivision</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Contai_subdivision-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Assembly_Constituencies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Assembly_Constituencies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Assembly Constituencies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Assembly_Constituencies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Literacy_and_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literacy_and_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Literacy and education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literacy_and_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Healthcare" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Healthcare"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Healthcare</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Healthcare-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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id="toc-Mahishadal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mahishadal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Mahishadal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mahishadal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Digha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Digha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Digha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Digha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mandarmani" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mandarmani"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Mandarmani</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mandarmani-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Haldia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Haldia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>Haldia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Haldia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="পূর্ব মেদিনীপুর জেলা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পূর্ব মেদিনীপুর জেলা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purba_Medinipur" title="Purba Medinipur – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Purba Medinipur" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="पूर्व मेदिनीपुर जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="पूर्व मेदिनीपुर जिला" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purba_Medinipur" title="Purba Medinipur – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Purba Medinipur" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purba_Medinipur" title="Purba Medinipur – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Purba Medinipur" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Midnapore_oriental" title="Distrito de Midnapore oriental – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Midnapore oriental" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purba_Medinipur_barrutia" title="Purba Medinipur barrutia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Purba Medinipur barrutia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1" title="بخش پوربا مدینی‌پور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش پوربا مدینی‌پور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Purba_Medinipur" title="District de Purba Medinipur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District de Purba Medinipur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="पूर्व मेदिनीपुर जिला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पूर्व मेदिनीपुर जिला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Midnapore_Est" title="Distretto di Midnapore Est – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Midnapore Est" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="აღმოსავლეთი მიდნაპური – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აღმოსავლეთი მიდნაპური" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="पूर्व मिदनापूर जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पूर्व मिदनापूर जिल्हा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9F%E1%83%90%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ბჟაეიოლი მიდნაპური – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბჟაეიოლი მიდნაპური" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1" title="بوبا مدينبور – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بوبا مدينبور" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purba_Medinipur" title="Purba Medinipur – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Purba Medinipur" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Purba Medinipur</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_West_Bengal" title="List of districts of West Bengal">District</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid black;width:300px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:1px 0 0 1px"><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bankim_Chandra_Chattopadhyay_Memorial_-_Dariapur_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4348.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Bankim_Chandra_Chattopadhyay_Memorial_-_Dariapur_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4348.JPG/149px-Bankim_Chandra_Chattopadhyay_Memorial_-_Dariapur_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4348.JPG" decoding="async" width="149" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Bankim_Chandra_Chattopadhyay_Memorial_-_Dariapur_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4348.JPG/224px-Bankim_Chandra_Chattopadhyay_Memorial_-_Dariapur_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4348.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Bankim_Chandra_Chattopadhyay_Memorial_-_Dariapur_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4348.JPG/298px-Bankim_Chandra_Chattopadhyay_Memorial_-_Dariapur_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4348.JPG 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:College_Junction_-_Contai_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4143.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/College_Junction_-_Contai_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4143.JPG/149px-College_Junction_-_Contai_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4143.JPG" decoding="async" width="149" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/College_Junction_-_Contai_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4143.JPG/224px-College_Junction_-_Contai_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4143.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/College_Junction_-_Contai_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4143.JPG/298px-College_Junction_-_Contai_-_East_Midnapore_2016-06-18_4143.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5675" data-file-height="3773" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bargabhima_temple_at_Tamluk_town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Bargabhima_temple_at_Tamluk_town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_07.jpg/149px-Bargabhima_temple_at_Tamluk_town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Bargabhima_temple_at_Tamluk_town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_07.jpg/224px-Bargabhima_temple_at_Tamluk_town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Bargabhima_temple_at_Tamluk_town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_07.jpg/298px-Bargabhima_temple_at_Tamluk_town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahishadal_Rajbari_at_Mahishadal_Town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Mahishadal_Rajbari_at_Mahishadal_Town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_13.jpg/149px-Mahishadal_Rajbari_at_Mahishadal_Town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Mahishadal_Rajbari_at_Mahishadal_Town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_13.jpg/224px-Mahishadal_Rajbari_at_Mahishadal_Town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Mahishadal_Rajbari_at_Mahishadal_Town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_13.jpg/298px-Mahishadal_Rajbari_at_Mahishadal_Town_under_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_at_New_Digha_Beach_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Sunset_at_New_Digha_Beach_1.jpg/300px-Sunset_at_New_Digha_Beach_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Sunset_at_New_Digha_Beach_1.jpg/450px-Sunset_at_New_Digha_Beach_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Sunset_at_New_Digha_Beach_1.jpg/600px-Sunset_at_New_Digha_Beach_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div style="font-size:95%">Clockwise from top-left: Memorial to <a href="/wiki/Bankim_Chandra_Chatterjee" title="Bankim Chandra Chatterjee">Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dariapur,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Dariapur, Purba Medinipur">Dariapur</a>, College Junction at <a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Kanthi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahishadal" title="Mahishadal">Mahishadal</a> Rajbari, New Digha Beach at <a href="/wiki/Digha" title="Digha">Digha</a>, Bargabhima temple in <a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Purba_Medinipur_in_West_Bengal_(India).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal"><img alt="Location of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Purba_Medinipur_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg/300px-Purba_Medinipur_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="458" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Purba_Medinipur_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg/450px-Purba_Medinipur_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Purba_Medinipur_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg/600px-Purba_Medinipur_in_West_Bengal_%28India%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1039" data-file-height="1585" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Purba_Medinipur_district&params=22.3_N_87.92_E_type:city(5095875)_region:IN-WB"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">22°18′N</span> <span class="longitude">87°55′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">22.3°N 87.92°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">22.3; 87.92</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_West_Bengal" title="Administrative divisions of West Bengal">Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Medinipur_division" title="Medinipur division">Purba Medinipur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_subdivisions_of_West_Bengal" title="List of subdivisions of West Bengal">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_subdivision" title="Tamluk subdivision">Tamluk Sadar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haldia_subdivision" title="Haldia subdivision">Haldia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egra_subdivision" title="Egra subdivision">Egra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contai_subdivision" title="Contai subdivision">Contai</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Community_Development_Block" class="mw-redirect" title="Community Development Block">CD Blocks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nandakumar_(community_development_block)" title="Nandakumar (community development block)">Nandakumar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moyna_(community_development_block)" title="Moyna (community development block)">Moyna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(community_development_block)" title="Tamluk (community development block)">Tamluk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sahid_Matangini_(community_development_block)" title="Sahid Matangini (community development block)">Sahid Matangini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panskura_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Panskura I">Panskura I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panskura_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Panskura II">Panskura II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandipur_(community_development_block)" title="Chandipur (community development block)">Chandipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahishadal_(community_development_block)" title="Mahishadal (community development block)">Mahishadal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandigram_I" title="Nandigram I">Nandigram I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandigram_II" title="Nandigram II">Nandigram II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sutahata_(community_development_block)" title="Sutahata (community development block)">Sutahata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haldia_(community_development_block)" title="Haldia (community development block)">Haldia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_I" title="Bhagabanpur I">Bhagabanpur I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_II" title="Bhagabanpur II">Bhagabanpur II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egra_I" title="Egra I">Egra I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egra_II" title="Egra II">Egra II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patashpur_I" title="Patashpur I">Patashpur I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patashpur_II" title="Patashpur II">Patashpur II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contai_I" title="Contai I">Contai I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contai_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Contai II">Contai II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contai_III" title="Contai III">Contai III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khejuri_I" title="Khejuri I">Khejuri I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khejuri_II" title="Khejuri II">Khejuri II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramnagar_I" title="Ramnagar I">Ramnagar I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramnagar_II" title="Ramnagar II">Ramnagar II</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kanthi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)">Tamluk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghatal_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)">Ghatal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medinipur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Medinipur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Vidhan Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Tamluk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panskura_Purba_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panskura Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Panskura Purba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panskura_Paschim_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panskura Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Panskura Paschim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moyna_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moyna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Moyna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandakumar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandakumar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Nandakumar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahisadal_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Mahishadal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haldia_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Haldia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Haldia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandigram_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Nandigram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandipur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chandipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patashpur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Patashpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Uttar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kanthi Uttar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Bhagabanpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khejuri_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Khejuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Dakshin_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kanthi Dakshin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egra_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Egra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramnagar,_Purba_Medinipur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Ramnagar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,785 km<sup>2</sup> (1,847 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,095,875</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,100/km<sup>2</sup> (2,800/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">87.66 per cent</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">Sex ratio</a></th><td class="infobox-data">936 <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">♂</a>/<a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">♀</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a><sup id="cite_ref-wblangoff_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wblangoff-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Additional official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a><sup id="cite_ref-wblangoff_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wblangoff-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://purbamedinipur.gov.in/">purbamedinipur<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramsey_Clark_in_Nandigram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ramsey_Clark_in_Nandigram.jpg/220px-Ramsey_Clark_in_Nandigram.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ramsey_Clark_in_Nandigram.jpg/330px-Ramsey_Clark_in_Nandigram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ramsey_Clark_in_Nandigram.jpg/440px-Ramsey_Clark_in_Nandigram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="675" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_Clark" title="Ramsey Clark">Ramsey Clark</a> visiting <a href="/wiki/Nandigram" title="Nandigram">Nandigram</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Purba_medinipur.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Purba_medinipur.png/220px-Purba_medinipur.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Purba_medinipur.png/330px-Purba_medinipur.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Purba_medinipur.png/440px-Purba_medinipur.png 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="699" /></a><figcaption>Map of Purba Medinipur showing Tamluk</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Purba Medinipur</b> (English: <i>East Medinipur</i>, alternative spelling <i>Midnapore</i>) district is an <a href="/wiki/District" title="District">administrative unit</a> in the Indian state of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. It is the southernmost district of <a href="/wiki/Medinipur_division" title="Medinipur division">Medinipur division</a> – one of the five <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of West Bengal">administrative divisions</a> of West Bengal. The headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a>. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Midnapore" title="Partition of Midnapore">Partition of Medinipur</a> into <a href="/wiki/Purba_Medinipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Purba Medinipur">Purba Medinipur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paschim_Medinipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Paschim Medinipur">Paschim Medinipur</a> which lies at the northern and western border of it. The state of <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> is at the southwest border; the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a> lies in the south; the <a href="/wiki/Hooghly_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooghly river">Hooghly river</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_24_Parganas" title="South 24 Parganas">South 24 Parganas district</a> to the east; <a href="/wiki/Howrah_district" title="Howrah district">Howrah district</a> to the <a href="/wiki/North-east" class="mw-redirect" title="North-east">north-east</a>; <a href="/wiki/Paschim_Medinipur_district" title="Paschim Medinipur district">Paschim Medinipur district</a> to the west. </p><p>Purba Medinipur comprises the sub-divisions of Tamluk, Contai and Haldia of erstwhile <a href="/wiki/Midnapore_district" title="Midnapore district">Medinipur district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MP_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another sub-division, Egra has been created out of the erstwhile Contai sub-division during the partition of Medinipur. In 2011, the state government proposed to rename the district as <b>Tamralipta district</b> after the ancient port city of <a href="/wiki/Tamralipta" title="Tamralipta">Tamralipta</a> which used to lie near the modern district headquarters. </p><p>Purba Medinipur saw many political movements during the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a>. A parallel government named the <a href="/wiki/Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar" title="Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar">Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar</a> was formed during the <a href="/wiki/Quit_India_Movement" title="Quit India Movement">Quit India Movement</a> in Tamluk.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Purba Medinipur witnessed the <a href="/wiki/Nandigram_violence" title="Nandigram violence">Nandigram violence</a>, an incident of police firing that killed 14 farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph140307_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph140307-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tamralipta">Tamralipta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tamralipta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tamralipta" title="Tamralipta">Tamralipta</a>, the port in ancient India, is believed by scholars to have been around modern-day Tamluk. It is mentioned in the writings of <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a> (150 AD), the Greco-Egyptian writer, as well as <a href="/wiki/Faxian" title="Faxian">Faxian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a>, Chinese monks and travellers. It was the main port used by <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Mauryan</a> emperor. With too much siltation the port lost its importance around eighth century A.D. The supreme leader of Tamralipta Jatiya sarkar was Satish chandra Samanta.<sup id="cite_ref-humandev1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-humandev1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Purba Medinipur district is part of the lower <a href="/wiki/Indo-Gangetic_Plain" title="Indo-Gangetic Plain">Indo-Gangetic Plain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_coastal_plains" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern coastal plains">Eastern coastal plains</a>. Topographically, the district can be divided into two parts – (a) almost entirely flat plains on the west, east and north, (b) the coastal plains on the south. The vast expanse of land is formed of <a href="/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium">alluvium</a> and is composed of younger and coastal alluvial. The elevation of the district is within 10 meters above the mean sea level. The district has a long coastline of 65.5  km along its southern and south eastern boundary. Five coastal CD Blocks, namely, Khejuri II, Contai II (Deshapran), Contai I, Ramnagar I and II, are occasionally affected by cyclones and tornadoes. Tidal floods are quite regular in these five CD Blocks. Normally floods occur in 21 of the 25 CD Blocks in the district. The major rivers are <a href="/wiki/Haldi_River" title="Haldi River">Haldi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rupnarayan_River" title="Rupnarayan River">Rupnarayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasulpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Rasulpur">Rasulpur</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bagui&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bagui (page does not exist)">Bagui</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keleghai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keleghai (page does not exist)">Keleghai</a>, flowing in north to south or south-east direction. River water is an important source of irrigation. The district has a low 899 hectare forest cover, which is 0.02% of its geographical area.<sup id="cite_ref-humandev1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-humandev1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_cities_and_towns">Major cities and towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Major cities and towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major cities and towns include <a href="/wiki/Panskura" title="Panskura">Panskura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandakumar,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Nandakumar, Purba Medinipur">Nandakumar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Contai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egra" title="Egra">Egra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mecheda" title="Mecheda">Mecheda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahishadal" title="Mahishadal">Mahishadal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digha" title="Digha">Digha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandarmani" title="Mandarmani">Mandarmani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khejuri" title="Khejuri">Khejuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramnagar,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur">Ramnagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patashpur" title="Patashpur">Patashpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolaghat" title="Kolaghat">Kolaghat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandigram" title="Nandigram">Nandigram</a>. Chandipur </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Divisions">Divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_subdivisions">Administrative subdivisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administrative subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Subdivision</th> <th>Headquarters</th> <th><br />Area<br />km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>Population<br />(2011)</th> <th>Rural<br />Population %<br />(2001)</th> <th>Urban<br /> Population % <br />(2001) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_subdivision" title="Tamluk subdivision">Tamluk</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></td> <td>1084.30</td> <td>1,791,695</td> <td>94.08</td> <td>5.92 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haldia_subdivision" title="Haldia subdivision">Haldia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a></td> <td>683.94</td> <td>959,934</td> <td>79.19</td> <td>20.81 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Egra_subdivision" title="Egra subdivision">Egra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Egra" title="Egra">Egra</a></td> <td>940.96</td> <td>958,939</td> <td>96.96</td> <td>3.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Contai_subdivision" title="Contai subdivision">Contai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Contai</a></td> <td>1251.21</td> <td>1,385,307</td> <td>93.55</td> <td>6.45 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Purba Medinipur district</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></td> <td>4,713.00</td> <td>5,095,875</td> <td>91.71</td> <td>8.29 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Tamluk subdivision consists of <a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a> municipality, <a href="/wiki/Panskura" title="Panskura">Panskura</a> municipality and seven community development blocks: Nandakumar, Moyna, Tamluk, Shahid Matangini, Panskura–I, Panskura–II and Chandipur (Nadigram–III). Haldia subdivision consists of <a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a> municipality and five community development blocks: Mahishadal, Nandigram–I, Nandigram–II, Sutahata and Haldia. Egra subdivision consists of <a href="/wiki/Egra" title="Egra">Egra</a> municipality and five community development blocks: Bhagawanpur–I, Egra–I, Egra–II, Pataspur–I and Pataspur–II. Contai subdivision consists of <a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Contai</a> municipality and eight community development blocks: Kanthi–I, Kanthi–II, Kanthi–III, Khejuri–I, Khejuri–II, Ramnagar–I and Ramnagar–II, Bhagawanpur–II.<sup id="cite_ref-blocdir_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blocdir-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a> is the district headquarters. There are 21 police stations, 25 development blocks, 5 municipalities and 223 <a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">gram panchayats</a> in this district.<sup id="cite_ref-blocdir_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blocdir-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-adminsetup_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adminsetup-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other than in the municipality area, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 10 urban units: five municipalities and five <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census towns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adminsetup_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adminsetup-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Panskura municipality was established in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tamluk_subdivision">Tamluk subdivision</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tamluk subdivision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Two municipalities: <a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Panskura" title="Panskura">Panskura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandakumar_(community_development_block)" title="Nandakumar (community development block)">Nandakumar</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 12 gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyna_(community_development_block)" title="Moyna (community development block)">Moyna</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 11 gram panchayats and one census town: <a href="/wiki/Goasafat" title="Goasafat">Garsafat.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(community_development_block)" title="Tamluk (community development block)">Tamluk</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 12 gram panchayats and two census towns: Anantapur and <a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Baguan" title="Dakshin Baguan">Dakshin Baguan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahid_Matangini_(community_development_block)" title="Sahid Matangini (community development block)">Sahid Matangini</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 10 gram panchayats and two census towns: <a href="/wiki/Kakdihi" title="Kakdihi">Kakdihi</a> and Shantipur.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura_(community_development_block)" title="Panskura (community development block)">Panskura</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 14 gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolaghat_(community_development_block)" title="Kolaghat (community development block)">Kolaghat</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 13 gram panchayats and four census towns: <a href="/wiki/Kolaghat" title="Kolaghat">Kolaghat</a>, Amalhara, Mihitikri and Kharisha.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandipur_(community_development_block)" title="Chandipur (community development block)">Chandipur</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 10 gram panchayats and two census towns: Kotbar and Ershal.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Haldia_subdivision">Haldia subdivision</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Haldia subdivision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>One municipality: <a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahishadal_(community_development_block)" title="Mahishadal (community development block)">Mahishadal</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 11 gram panchayats and one census town: Garh Kamalpur.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandigram_I" title="Nandigram I">Nandigram I</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 10 gram panchayats and one census town: <a href="/wiki/Nandigram" title="Nandigram">Nandigram</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandigram_II" title="Nandigram II">Nandigram II</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 7 gram panchayats and one census town: Ashadtalya.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutahata_(community_development_block)" title="Sutahata (community development block)">Sutahata</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 6 gram panchayats and one census town: Barda</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia_(community_development_block)" title="Haldia (community development block)">Haldia</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 4 gram panchayats.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Egra_subdivision">Egra subdivision</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Egra subdivision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>One municipality: <a href="/wiki/Egra" title="Egra">Egra</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_I" title="Bhagabanpur I">Bhagabanpur I</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 10  gram panchayats and two census towns: Benudiya and Hincha Gerya.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra_I" title="Egra I">Egra I</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 8  gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra_II" title="Egra II">Egra II</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 8  gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patashpur_I" title="Patashpur I">Patashpur I</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 9  gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patashpur_II" title="Patashpur II">Patashpur II</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 7  gram panchayats.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Contai_subdivision">Contai subdivision</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Contai subdivision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>One municipality: <a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Contai</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_I" title="Contai I">Contai I</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 8  gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshapran_(community_development_block)" title="Deshapran (community development block)">Deshapran</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 8  gram panchayats and one census town: Basantia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_III" title="Contai III">Contai III</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 8  gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khejuri_I" title="Khejuri I">Khejuri I</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 6  gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khejuri_II" title="Khejuri II">Khejuri II</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 5  gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramnagar_I" title="Ramnagar I">Ramnagar I</a> community development block consists of rural areas with 9  gram panchayats and one census town: Khadalgobra.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramnagar_II" title="Ramnagar II">Ramnagar II</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 8  gram panchayats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_II" title="Bhagabanpur II">Bhagabanpur II</a> community development block consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assembly_Constituencies">Assembly Constituencies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Assembly Constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Lok Sabha constituency </th> <th>MLA </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>203 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_Assembly_constituency" title="Tamluk Assembly constituency">Tamluk</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency">Tamluk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Somen_Mahapatra" class="mw-redirect" title="Somen Mahapatra">Soumen Kumar Mahapatra</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>204 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panskura_Purba_Assembly_constituency" title="Panskura Purba Assembly constituency">Panskura Purba</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Biplab_Roy_Chowdhury" title="Biplab Roy Chowdhury">Biplab Roy Chowdhury</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>205 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panskura_Paschim" class="mw-redirect" title="Panskura Paschim">Panskura Paschim</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghatal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency">Ghatal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Firoja_Bibi" title="Firoja Bibi">Firoja Bibi</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>206 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moyna_Assembly_constituency" title="Moyna Assembly constituency">Moyna</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency">Tamluk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Dinda" title="Ashok Dinda">Ashok Dinda</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>207 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nandakumar_Assembly_constituency" title="Nandakumar Assembly constituency">Nandakumar</a> </td> <td>Sukumar De </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>208 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mahisadal_Assembly_constituency" title="Mahisadal Assembly constituency">Mahisadal</a> </td> <td>Tilak Kumar Chakraborty </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>209 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haldia_Assembly_constituency" title="Haldia Assembly constituency">Haldia (SC)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tapasi_Mondal" title="Tapasi Mondal">Tapasi Mondal</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>210 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nandigram_Assembly_constituency" title="Nandigram Assembly constituency">Nandigram</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>211 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandipur_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandipur Assembly constituency">Chandipur</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency">Kanthi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Soham_Chakraborty" title="Soham Chakraborty">Soham Chakraborty</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>212 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patashpur_Assembly_constituency" title="Patashpur Assembly constituency">Patashpur</a> </td> <td>Uttam Barik </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>213 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Uttar_Assembly_constituency" title="Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency">Kanthi Uttar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sumita_Sinha" title="Sumita Sinha">Sumita Sinha</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>214 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency">Bhagabanpur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Maity" title="Rabindranath Maity">Rabindranath Maity</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>215 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khejuri_Assembly_constituency" title="Khejuri Assembly constituency">Khejuri (SC)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santanu_Pramanik" title="Santanu Pramanik">Santanu Pramanik</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>216 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Dakshin_Assembly_constituency" title="Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency">Kanthi Dakshin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arup_Kumar_Das" title="Arup Kumar Das">Arup Kumar Das</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>217 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramnagar,_Purba_Medinipur_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur Assembly constituency">Ramnagar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Akhil_Giri" title="Akhil Giri">Akhil Giri</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>218 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Egra_Assembly_constituency" title="Egra Assembly constituency">Egra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medinipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency">Medinipur</a> </td> <td>Tarun Kumar Maity </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #04FF21;" data-sort-value="All India Trinamool Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Purba Medinipur contains 16 assembly constituencies, equally divided between two Lok Sabha constituencies Tamluk and Kanthi. The MP for Tamluk is <a href="/wiki/Dibyendu_Adhikari" title="Dibyendu Adhikari">Dibyendu Adhikari</a> (AITC) while the MP for Kanthi is <a href="/wiki/Sisir_Adhikari" title="Sisir Adhikari">Sisir Adhikari</a> (BJP). These are members of the Adhikari family which has dominated politics in the district whose prominent member has been Suvendu Adhikari, now Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 census</a> Purba Medinipur district has a <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">population</a> of 5,095,875,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly equal to the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a><sup id="cite_ref-cia_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the US state of <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gives it a ranking of 20th in India (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district has a population density of 1,076 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,790/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_in_India" title="Family planning in India">population growth rate</a> over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.32%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Purba Medinipur has a <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 936 <a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">females</a> for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.60%. 11.63% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.63% and 0.55% of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> is the predominant language, spoken by 98.31% of the population. The Bengali dialect around <a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Kanthi</a> is heavily influenced by nearby dialect of <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a> and along the Odisha border, and the two dialects cannot be distinguished.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#FCD116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion in Purba Medinipur district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_West_Bengal" title="Hinduism in West Bengal">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:85.24%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">85.24%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_West_Bengal" title="Islam in West Bengal">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:14.59%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">14.59%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.17%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.17%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in present-day Purba Medinipur district<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion </th> <th>Population (1941)<sup id="cite_ref-1941religion_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1941religion-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 76">: 76 </span></sup> </th> <th>Percentage (1941) </th> <th>Population (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Percentage (2011) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_West_Bengal" title="Hinduism in West Bengal">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/31px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </td> <td>1,365,664 </td> <td>90.19% </td> <td>4,343,972 </td> <td>85.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_West_Bengal" title="Islam in West Bengal">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>139,408 </td> <td>9.21% </td> <td>743,436 </td> <td>14.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>9,165 </td> <td>0.61% </td> <td>8,467 </td> <td>0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total Population</b> </td> <td><b>1,514,237</b> </td> <td><b>100%</b> </td> <td><b>5,095,875</b> </td> <td><b>100%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Hindus are the majority religion in the district. Muslims are the second largest religion.<sup id="cite_ref-religion_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006 the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Panchayati_Raj" title="Ministry of Panchayati Raj">Ministry of Panchayati Raj</a> named Purba Medinipur one of the country's 250 <a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_India" title="Poverty in India">most backward districts</a> (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-brgf_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brgf-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of the 11 districts in West Bengal receiving funds from the <a href="/wiki/Backward_Regions_Grant_Fund" title="Backward Regions Grant Fund">Backward Regions Grant Fund</a> Programme (BRGF).<sup id="cite_ref-brgf_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brgf-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in East Medinipur Mat "<a href="/wiki/Madurkathi" title="Madurkathi">Madur</a>" industry are very popular, it's occupation of most people. In the agriculture sector paddy, wheat, chilli, vegetable are also popular in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. </p> <table class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; font-size: 85%; background:#ffffcc; color:black; width:20em; max-width: 25%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#cccccc;">Concentration of Handicraft Activities in Purba Medinipur </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><b>Horn Craft</b> - Kolaghat</li> <li><b>Pata Chitra</b> - Chandipur, Nandakumar,</li> <li><b>Sea Shell</b> – Ramnagar I & II, Patashpur I</li> <li><b>Mat & Mat Diversified Products</b> – Ramnagar I, Egra I & II, Patashpur I</li> <li><b>Brass & Bell Metal</b> – Ramnagar I, Mahisadal, Patashpur II, Egra I</li> <li><b>Diversified Jute Products</b> – Ramnagar II, Nandakumar, Kolaghat, Shahid Matangini</li> <li><b>Cane & Bamboo Products</b> - Chandipur, Nandakumar, Kolaghat, Shahid Matangini</li> <li><b>Sola Craft</b> - Tamluk, Kolaghat</li> <li><b>Pottery/Terracotta</b> - Panskura, Tamluk, Sahid Matangini, Nandakumar</li> <li><b>Wood Craft</b> - Tamluk</li> <li><b>Zari work</b>- Sutahta, Mahishadal, Haldia, Nandakumar</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literacy_and_education">Literacy and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Literacy and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:220px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><b>Educational facilities in Purba Medinipur district:</b><sup id="cite_ref-purbamedinipur_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-purbamedinipur-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> High School (including higher secondary school)–456<br />Junior High School–189<br />Junior High Madarsa–5 <br />High Madarsa–8 <br />Senior Madarsa–2 <br />Primary School–3217 <br />Sishu Sikhsha Kendra–1516<br /> Ishwar chandra Jana Chetna Centre–3089<br />College–15 <br />Engineering colleges–2<br />Skill development institutions–44 </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>According to the 2011 census, the district has a literacy rate of 87.66<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> up from 80.20% of 2001 census. As per 2001 census, this district had a male literacy rate of 89.1% and female literacy rate was 70.7%. The education index of this district is 0.74<sup id="cite_ref-purbamedinipur_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-purbamedinipur-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it is ranked first in literacy in comparison to other districts of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Bengal_districts_ranked_by_literacy_rate" title="List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate">List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate</a></div> <p>Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Purba Medinipur district for the year 2013–2014. It may be noted that 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, polytechnics, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014ed_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014ed-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"> <tbody><tr> <th width="110" rowspan="2">Subdivision </th> <th colspan="2">Primary<br />School </th> <th colspan="2">Middle<br />School </th> <th colspan="2">High<br />School </th> <th colspan="2">Higher Secondary<br />School </th> <th colspan="2">General<br />College, Univ </th> <th colspan="2">Technical /<br />Professional Instt </th> <th colspan="2">Non-formal<br />Education </th></tr> <tr> <th width="30">Institution </th> <th width="30">Student </th> <th width="30">Institution </th> <th width="30">Student </th> <th width="30">Institution </th> <th width="30">Student </th> <th width="30">Institution </th> <th width="30">Student </th> <th width="30">Institution </th> <th width="30">Student </th> <th width="30">Institution </th> <th width="30">Student </th> <th width="30">Institution </th> <th width="30">Student<br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_subdivision" title="Tamluk subdivision">Tamluk</a> </td> <td align="center">1,084 </td> <td align="center">84,258 </td> <td align="center">78 </td> <td align="center">5,789 </td> <td align="center">77 </td> <td align="center">43,408 </td> <td align="center">144 </td> <td align="center">171,516 </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td align="center">12,728 </td> <td align="center">17 </td> <td align="center">2,747 </td> <td align="center">2,704 </td> <td align="center">112,411 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Haldia_subdivision" title="Haldia subdivision">Haldia</a> </td> <td align="center">557 </td> <td align="center">43,173 </td> <td align="center">40 </td> <td align="center">5,082 </td> <td align="center">54 </td> <td align="center">36,767 </td> <td align="center">77 </td> <td align="center">83,659 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">9,792 </td> <td align="center">16 </td> <td align="center">6,256 </td> <td align="center">1,359 </td> <td align="center">59,879 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Egra_subdivision" title="Egra subdivision">Egra</a> </td> <td align="center">629 </td> <td align="center">41,418 </td> <td align="center">76 </td> <td align="center">11,537 </td> <td align="center">49 </td> <td align="center">32,167 </td> <td align="center">74 </td> <td align="center">90,730 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">9,498 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">154 </td> <td align="center">1,595 </td> <td align="center">62,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Contai_subdivision" title="Contai subdivision">Contai</a> </td> <td align="center">983 </td> <td align="center">50,945 </td> <td align="center">99 </td> <td align="center">10,557 </td> <td align="center">81 </td> <td align="center">46,690 </td> <td align="center">102 </td> <td align="center">120,128 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">12,223 </td> <td align="center">10 </td> <td align="center">1,602 </td> <td align="center">2,316 </td> <td align="center">90,552 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Purba Medinipur district </td> <td align="center">3,253 </td> <td align="center">219,794 </td> <td align="center">293 </td> <td align="center">32,965 </td> <td align="center">261 </td> <td align="center">159,032 </td> <td align="center">397 </td> <td align="center">466,093 </td> <td align="center">19 </td> <td align="center">44,241 </td> <td align="center">45 </td> <td align="center">10,759 </td> <td align="center">7,974 </td> <td align="center">375,042 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 Purba Medinipur district.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"> <tbody><tr> <th width="110" rowspan="2">Subdivision </th> <th width="160" colspan="4" rowspan="1">Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB </th> <th rowspan="2">Other<br />State<br />Govt<br />Deptts </th> <th rowspan="2">Local<br />bodies </th> <th rowspan="2">Central<br />Govt<br />Deptts /<br />PSUs </th> <th rowspan="2">NGO /<br />Private<br />Nursing<br />Homes </th> <th rowspan="2">Total </th> <th rowspan="2">Total<br />Number<br />of<br />Beds </th> <th rowspan="2">Total<br />Number<br />of<br />Doctors </th> <th rowspan="2">Indoor<br />Patients </th> <th rowspan="2">Outdoor<br />Patients </th></tr> <tr> <th width="40">Hospitals<br /> </th> <th width="40">Rural<br />Hospitals<br /> </th> <th width="40">Block<br />Primary<br />Health<br />Centres<br /> </th> <th width="40">Primary<br />Health<br />Centres<br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_subdivision" title="Tamluk subdivision">Tamluk</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center">14 </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">70 </td> <td align="center">92 </td> <td align="center">1,506 </td> <td align="center">96 </td> <td align="center">61,84 </td> <td align="center">1,251,099 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Haldia_subdivision" title="Haldia subdivision">Haldia</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">10 </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">19 </td> <td align="center">35 </td> <td align="center">803 </td> <td align="center">67 </td> <td align="center">27,586 </td> <td align="center">757,876 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Egra_subdivision" title="Egra subdivision">Egra</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center">11 </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">21 </td> <td align="center">38 </td> <td align="center">489 </td> <td align="center">42 </td> <td align="center">23,699 </td> <td align="center">419,829 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Contai_subdivision" title="Contai subdivision">Contai</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">8 </td> <td align="center">16 </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">22 </td> <td align="center">48 </td> <td align="center">688 </td> <td align="center">88 </td> <td align="center">59,882 </td> <td align="center">890,607 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Purba Medinipur district </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">22 </td> <td align="center">51 </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">- </td> <td align="center">132 </td> <td align="center">213 </td> <td align="center">3,486 </td> <td align="center">293 </td> <td align="center">172,251 </td> <td align="center">3,319,411 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coastal region of Purba Medinipur district is in the face of river Hoogly. With good coastal, landform, seasonal, rural and heritage diversity, it offers the potential for tourism in its typical coastlines and rural areas. The famous tourist spots are<sup id="cite_ref-purbamedinipur_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-purbamedinipur-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tamluk_(Tamralipta)"><span id="Tamluk_.28Tamralipta.29"></span>Tamluk (Tamralipta)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Tamluk (Tamralipta)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bargabhima_Temple_Arnab_Dutta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Bargabhima_Temple_Arnab_Dutta.jpg/220px-Bargabhima_Temple_Arnab_Dutta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Bargabhima_Temple_Arnab_Dutta.jpg/330px-Bargabhima_Temple_Arnab_Dutta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Bargabhima_Temple_Arnab_Dutta.jpg/440px-Bargabhima_Temple_Arnab_Dutta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Bargabhima Temple, Tamluk</figcaption></figure> <p>Tamluk, district headquarters of Purba Medinipur district is situated on the bank of river Rupnarayan which is a very popular picnic spot. The other places are: </p> <ul><li><b>Temple of Devi Barghobhima</b> is an 1150 years old Kali temple and is considered one of the 51 Shakti Peethas. According to Puran, the left ankle of Sati/Parvati fell here when Lord Vishnu cut the sacred body of Goddess Sati into several pieces to make Lord Shiva quiet.</li> <li><b>Archeological Museum</b> of Tamluk is a must-see place. It contains artifacts of tamra (copper) and has preserved a tamralipta with Greek inscriptions. It preserves the historical heritage of Bengal.</li> <li><b>Rakhit Bati</b> is another important place to visit in Tamluk. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was famous as a secret centre of the then revolutionary parties <i>Anusilan Samiti</i> and <i>Gupta Samiti</i>.</li> <li>There are many other ancient temples in Tamluk town to visit, i.e., Jagannath Temple, Hari Temple, Mahaprabhu Temple, Ram Jiu Temple, Rajbari Temple, etc.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Panskura">Panskura</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Panskura"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flower_valley_of_Panskura.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flower_valley_of_Panskura.jpg/220px-Flower_valley_of_Panskura.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flower_valley_of_Panskura.jpg/330px-Flower_valley_of_Panskura.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flower_valley_of_Panskura.jpg/440px-Flower_valley_of_Panskura.jpg 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="265" /></a><figcaption>Panskura</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Valley_of_Flowers_in_Panskura.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Valley_of_Flowers_in_Panskura.jpg/220px-Valley_of_Flowers_in_Panskura.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Valley_of_Flowers_in_Panskura.jpg/330px-Valley_of_Flowers_in_Panskura.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Valley_of_Flowers_in_Panskura.jpg/440px-Valley_of_Flowers_in_Panskura.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="374" /></a><figcaption>Panskura</figcaption></figure> <p>It is a municipality upgraded in 2002. It is one of the busiest towns in East Midnapore district. Panskura is known as "Valley of Flowers" with large supplies of flowers to other places. Panskura is also known for its green vegetables wholesale market near the <a href="/wiki/Panskura_Junction_railway_station" title="Panskura Junction railway station">Panskura Junction railway station</a>. It is open every day after 10 pm until 7 am the next morning with a regular gathering of lakhs of people. Panskura is one of the busiest railway stations which extends up to Digha or Haldia directly through this station or by bus. The river Kansabati is a good picnic spot and Mahakali (Bhavatarini) temple nearby old Panskura bazar is a pilgrimage spot. Panskura is also well known for its cultural side. Many cultural schools and institutes are there. Panskura is famous for the recitation institute Chandabani [ছন্দবাণী]. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mahishadal">Mahishadal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Mahishadal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mahishadal is only 16 km from Tamluk town where tourists can visit the Mahishadal Rajbari, the museum there and Gopal Jiu temple. Geonkhali is a place 8 km from Mahishadal, a perfect picnic spot at the junction (mohona) of three rivers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Digha">Digha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Digha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Digha" title="Digha">Digha</a> is a seaside resort town of Purba Medinipur district and, at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal, is the most popular seaside resort of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. Renowned for its beaches, Digha is visited by thousands of tourists every year. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Digha_Beach_0221.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/New_Digha_Beach_0221.JPG/220px-New_Digha_Beach_0221.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/New_Digha_Beach_0221.JPG/330px-New_Digha_Beach_0221.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/New_Digha_Beach_0221.JPG/440px-New_Digha_Beach_0221.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>New Digha Beach</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mandarmani">Mandarmani</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Mandarmani"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mandarmani is a small virgin beach on the Bay of Bengal under Kalindi Gram Panchayat, only 14 km from Digha-Contai Road from Chaulkhola Bus Stop. It is a small fishing harbour and a fast developing tourist spot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Haldia">Haldia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Haldia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Haldia_port@.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Haldia_port%40.png/200px-Haldia_port%40.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Haldia_port%40.png/300px-Haldia_port%40.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Haldia_port%40.png/400px-Haldia_port%40.png 2x" data-file-width="870" data-file-height="499" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Haldia_Port" title="Haldia Port">Haldia Port</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Haldia, a city and a municipality in Purba Medinipur, is a major seaport approximately 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Kolkata near the mouth of the Hooghly River, one of the distributaries of the Ganges. It is being developed as a major trade port for Kolkata, intended mainly for bulk cargoes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur_district&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birendranath_Sasmal" title="Birendranath Sasmal">Birendranath Sasmal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barrister" title="Barrister">barrister</a>, freedom fighter and politician. Known for his efforts in the <a href="/wiki/Swadeshi_movement" title="Swadeshi movement">Swadeshi movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Chandra_Samanta" title="Satish Chandra Samanta">Satish Chandra Samanta</a>, freedom fighter, politician and principal leader of <a href="/wiki/Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar" title="Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar">Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Dhara" title="Sushil Kumar Dhara">Sushil Kumar Dhara</a>, freedom fighter, politician & another leader of <a href="/wiki/Tamralipta_Jatiya_Sarkar" title="Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar">Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Mukherjee" title="Ajoy Mukherjee">Ajoy Mukherjee</a>, freedom fighter, politician & former Chief Minister of West Bengal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matangini_Hazra" title="Matangini Hazra">Matangini Hazra</a>, freedom fighter, martyr in <a href="/wiki/Quit_India_Movement" title="Quit India Movement">Quit India Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Ghorai" title="Anil Ghorai">Anil Ghorai</a>, poet, novelist and short story writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Lal_Bhaumik" title="Mani Lal Bhaumik">Mani Lal Bhaumik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Americans" title="Indian Americans">Indian American</a> physicist and an internationally bestselling author, entrepreneur and philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumar_Gain" title="Anil Kumar Gain">Anil Kumar Gain</a>, Indian statistician and Mathematician, founder of <a href="/wiki/Vidyasagar_University" title="Vidyasagar University">Vidyasagar University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samit_Bhanja" title="Samit Bhanja">Samit Bhanja</a>, famous Indian actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abha_Maiti" title="Abha Maiti">Abha Maiti</a>, Indian politician and lawyer, minister of state for Industry in the <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> government</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Dinda" title="Ashok Dinda">Ashok Dinda</a>, Indian cricketer turned politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phulrenu_Guha" title="Phulrenu Guha">Phulrenu Guha</a>, educationist and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biswanath_Mukherjee_(politician)" title="Biswanath Mukherjee (politician)">Biswanath Mukherjee</a>, Indian politician and leader of <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India </a>. One of the founder members of <a href="/wiki/AISF" class="mw-redirect" title="AISF">AISF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paresh_Maity" title="Paresh Maity">Paresh Maity</a>, painter and <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> and awardee 2014</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadugopal_Mukherjee" title="Jadugopal Mukherjee">Jadugopal Mukherjee</a>, Indian politician and <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary" title="Revolutionary">revolutionary</a>, one of the leaders of <a href="/wiki/Jugantar" title="Jugantar">Jugantar</a> group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somenath_Maity" title="Somenath Maity">Somenath Maity</a>, Indian artist famous for <a href="/wiki/Urban_landscape" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban landscape">urban landscape</a> paintings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupal_Chandra_Panda" title="Bhupal Chandra Panda">Bhupal Chandra Panda</a>, Indian revolutionary and politician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_and_union_territory_capitals_in_India" title="List of state and union territory capitals in India">Capital</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_symbols" title="List of Indian state symbols">State symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_emblems" title="List of Indian state emblems">Emblem</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_West_Bengal" title="Emblem of West Bengal">Emblem of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_anthems" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian state anthems">Anthem</a>: <a href="/wiki/Banglar_Mati_Banglar_Jol" title="Banglar Mati Banglar Jol">Banglar Mati Banglar Jol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_animals" title="List of Indian state animals">Animal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fishing_cat" title="Fishing cat">Fishing cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds" title="List of Indian state birds">Bird</a>: <a href="/wiki/White-throated_kingfisher" title="White-throated kingfisher">White-throated kingfisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_flowers" title="List of Indian state flowers">Flower</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis" title="Nyctanthes arbor-tristis">Night-flowering jasmine (Shiuli)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_trees" title="List of Indian state trees">Tree</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alstonia_scholaris" title="Alstonia scholaris">Devil's tree (Saptaparni)</a></li> <li>Fish: <a href="/wiki/Ilish" title="Ilish">Ilish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bengal" title="History of Bengal">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gauda_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauda Kingdom">Gauda Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shashanka" title="Shashanka">Shashanka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sena_dynasty" title="Sena dynasty">Sena dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallabhum_kingdom" title="Mallabhum kingdom">Mallabhum kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_State" title="Cooch Behar State">Cooch Behar State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bengal" title="Nawabs of Bengal">Nawabs of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle of Plassey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Bengal_famine_of_1770" title="Great Bengal famine of 1770">Great Bengal famine of 1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj" title="Bardhaman Raj">Bardhaman Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadia_Raj" title="Nadia Raj">Nadia Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_Raj" title="Jhargram Raj">Jhargram Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovabazar_Raj" title="Sovabazar Raj">Sovabazar Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)" title="Partition of Bengal (1905)">Partition of Bengal (1905)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_movement_for_Indian_independence" title="Revolutionary movement for Indian independence">Revolutionary movement for Indian independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anushilan_Samiti" title="Anushilan Samiti">Anushilan Samiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugantar" title="Jugantar">Jugantar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Action_Day" title="Direct Action Day">Direct Action Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noakhali_riots" title="Noakhali riots">Noakhali riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1947)" title="Partition of Bengal (1947)">Partition of Bengal (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement_(Manbhum)" title="Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)">Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalite%E2%80%93Maoist_insurgency" title="Naxalite–Maoist insurgency">Naxalite–Maoist insurgency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_West_Bengal" title="Geography of West Bengal">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Basin" title="Bengal Basin">Bengal Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_hill_region" title="Darjeeling Himalayan hill region">Darjeeling Himalayan hill region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bengal_plains" title="North Bengal plains">North Bengal plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dooars" title="Dooars">Dooars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rarh_region" title="Rarh region">Rarh region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans" title="Sundarbans">Sundarbans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajjabhumi" title="Vajjabhumi">Western plateau and high lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganges_Delta" title="Ganges Delta">Ganges Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_West_Bengal" title="Climate of West Bengal">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandakphu" title="Sandakphu">Sandakphu (Highest point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_West_Bengal" title="List of protected areas of West Bengal">Protected areas of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_West_Bengal" title="Category:Rivers of West Bengal">Rivers of West Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teesta_River" title="Teesta River">Teesta River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoai" title="Khoai">Khoai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Hill,_Darjeeling" title="Tiger Hill, Darjeeling">Tiger Hill, Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_Corridor" title="Siliguri Corridor">Siliguri Corridor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_West_Bengal" title="Government of West Bengal">Governance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_West_Bengal" title="List of chief ministers of West Bengal">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Bengal" title="List of governors of West Bengal">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Human_Rights_Commission" title="West Bengal Human Rights Commission">Human Rights Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_parties_in_West_Bengal" title="Category:Political parties in West Bengal">Political parties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party (Marxist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee">Indian National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party,_West_Bengal" title="Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Lok_Sabha_constituencies_of_West_Bengal" title="Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal">Parliamentary constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Assembly constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CID_West_Bengal" title="CID West Bengal">CID West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Police" title="Kolkata Police">Kolkata Police</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">Rights groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matua_Mahasangha" title="Matua Mahasangha">Matua Mahasangha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangla_Pokkho" title="Bangla Pokkho">Bangla Pokkho</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_West_Bengal" title="Administrative divisions of West Bengal">Divisions</a> and <br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_West_Bengal" title="List of districts of West Bengal">districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Burdwan_division" title="Burdwan division">Burdwan division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birbhum_district" title="Birbhum district">Birbhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_district" title="Hooghly district">Hooghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschim_Bardhaman_district" title="Paschim Bardhaman district">Paschim Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purba_Bardhaman_district" title="Purba Bardhaman district">Purba Bardhaman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_division" title="Jalpaiguri division">Jalpaiguri division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_district" title="Alipurduar district">Alipurduar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_district" title="Cooch Behar district">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_district" title="Darjeeling district">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_district" title="Jalpaiguri district">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Malda_division" title="Malda division">Malda division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore_district" title="Berhampore district">Berhampore</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Dinajpur_district" title="Dakshin Dinajpur district">Dakshin Dinajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipur_district" title="Jangipur district">Jangipur</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malda_district" title="Malda district">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_district" title="Murshidabad district">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Dinajpur_district" title="Uttar Dinajpur district">Uttar Dinajpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Medinipur_division" title="Medinipur division">Medinipur division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_district" title="Bankura district">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_district,_West_Bengal" title="Bishnupur district, West Bengal">Bishnupur</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_district" title="Jhargram district">Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschim_Medinipur_district" title="Paschim Medinipur district">Paschim Medinipur</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Purba Medinipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia_district" title="Purulia district">Purulia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presidency_division" title="Presidency division">Presidency division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_district" title="Basirhat district">Basirhat</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_district" title="Howrah district">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichamati_district" title="Ichamati district">Ichamati</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_district" title="Kolkata district">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadia_district" title="Nadia district">Nadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_24_Parganas_district" title="North 24 Parganas district">North 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat_district" title="Ranaghat district">Ranaghat</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_24_Parganas" title="South 24 Parganas">South 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans_district" title="Sundarbans district">Sundarbans</a> (declared)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_and_towns_in_West_Bengal" title="Cities and towns in West Bengal">Cities and<br /> towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alipore" title="Alipore">Alipore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore" title="Berhampore">Berhampore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balurghat" title="Balurghat">Balurghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura" title="Bankura">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat" title="Barasat">Barasat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman" title="Bardhaman">Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupur, Bankura">Bishnupur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura" title="Hugli-Chuchura">Hugli-Chuchura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar" title="Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri" title="Jalpaiguri">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_Majilpur" title="Jaynagar Majilpur">Jaynagar Majilpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiaganj_Azimganj" title="Jiaganj Azimganj">Jiaganj Azimganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur" title="Kharagpur">Kharagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar,_Nadia" title="Krishnanagar, Nadia">Krishnanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malda,_West_Bengal" title="Malda, West Bengal">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnapore" title="Midnapore">Midnapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad" title="Murshidabad">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia" title="Purulia">Purulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiganj" title="Raiganj">Raiganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri" title="Siliguri">Siliguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri,_Birbhum" title="Suri, Birbhum">Siuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_West_Bengal_by_population" title="List of cities in West Bengal by population">List of cities in West Bengal by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:West_Bengal_cities_and_towns_by_district_templates" title="Category:West Bengal cities and towns by district templates">Cities and towns by district</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_West_Bengal" title="Culture of West Bengal">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendars" title="Bengali calendars">Bengali calendars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattachitra" title="Pattachitra">Patachitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalchitra" title="Chalchitra">Chalchitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arts_of_West_Bengal" title="Arts of West Bengal">Arts of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baul" title="Baul">Baul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadu_(festival)" title="Bhadu (festival)">Bhadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gombhira" title="Gombhira">Gombhira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhau_dance" title="Chhau dance">Chhau dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_cuisine" title="Bengali cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Sangeet" title="Rabindra Sangeet">Rabindra Sangeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Nritya_Natya" title="Rabindra Nritya Natya">Rabindra Nritya Natya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dol_Purnima" title="Dol Purnima">Dol Purnima</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Kolkata" title="Prostitution in Kolkata">Prostitution in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh">Pohela Boishakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhai_Dooj" title="Bhai Dooj">Bhai Dooj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Yatra" title="Ratha Yatra">Ratha Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Bengal" title="Architecture of Bengal">Architecture of Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_temple_architecture" title="Bengal temple architecture">Bengal temples</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_literature" title="Bengali literature">Bengali literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalmohan_Ganguly" title="Lalmohan Ganguly">Lalmohan Ganguly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Shonku" title="Professor Shonku">Professor Shonku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarini_Khuro" title="Tarini Khuro">Tarini Khuro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakababu" title="Kakababu">Kakababu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiriti_Roy" title="Kiriti Roy">Kiriti Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pather_Panchali_(novel)" title="Pather Panchali (novel)">Pather Panchali (novel)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_cinema,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali cinema, India">Bengali cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatra_(theatre)" title="Jatra (theatre)">Jatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_in_Bengali_culture" title="Ghosts in Bengali culture">Ghosts in Bengali culture</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geographical_indication" title="Geographical indication">GI products</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baluchari_sari" title="Baluchari sari">Baluchari sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasgulla" title="Rasgulla">Banglar Rosogolla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslin" title="Muslin">Banglar Muslin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_horse" title="Bankura horse">Bankura horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattachitra" title="Pattachitra">Bengal Patachitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhau_mask" title="Chhau mask">Chhau mask</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_tea" title="Darjeeling tea">Darjeeling tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaniakhali_Sari" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhaniakhali Sari">Dhaniakhali Sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhokra" title="Dhokra">Dhokra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazli_(mango)" title="Fazli (mango)">Fazli (mango)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garad_Saree" class="mw-redirect" title="Garad Saree">Garad Saree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobindobhog" title="Gobindobhog">Gobindobhog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himsagar" title="Himsagar">Himsagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagarer_Moa" title="Jaynagarer Moa">Jaynagarer Moa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madurkathi" title="Madurkathi">Madurkathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasa_chali" title="Manasa chali">Manasa chali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihidana" title="Mihidana">Mihidana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakshi_kantha" title="Nakshi kantha">Nakshi kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santiniketan_Leather_Goods" title="Santiniketan Leather 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amalhara" title="Amalhara">Amalhara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahiri" title="Bahiri">Bahiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Baguan" title="Dakshin Baguan">Dakshin Baguan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erashal" title="Erashal">Erashal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goasafat" title="Goasafat">Goasafat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakdihi" title="Kakdihi">Kakdihi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharisha" title="Kharisha">Kharisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotbar" title="Kotbar">Kotbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolaghat" title="Kolaghat">Kolaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecheda" title="Mecheda">Mecheda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihitikri" title="Mihitikri">Mihitikri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura" title="Panskura">Panskura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantipur,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Shantipur, Purba Medinipur">Shantipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Haldia_subdivision" title="Haldia subdivision">Haldia subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashadtalya" title="Ashadtalya">Ashadtalya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barda,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Barda, Purba Medinipur">Barda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garh_Kamalpur" title="Garh Kamalpur">Garh Kamalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandigram" title="Nandigram">Nandigram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Egra_subdivision" title="Egra subdivision">Egra subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amarshi_Kasba" title="Amarshi Kasba">Amarshi Kasba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benudia" title="Benudia">Benudia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra" title="Egra">Egra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hincha_Gerya" title="Hincha Gerya">Hincha Gerya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Contai_subdivision" title="Contai subdivision">Contai subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basantia" title="Basantia">Basantia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Contai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khadalgobra" title="Khadalgobra">Khadalgobra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg/199px-Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg" decoding="async" width="199" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg/299px-Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg/399px-Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2829" /></a><figcaption>Divisions of West Bengal</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em;">Locations<br /><small>other than cities and towns</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_subdivision" title="Tamluk subdivision">Tamluk subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anantapur,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Anantapur, Purba Medinipur">Anantapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabanipur,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Bhabanipur, Purba Medinipur">Bhabanipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhogpur,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Bhogpur, Purba Medinipur">Bhogpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brajalalchak" title="Brajalalchak">Brajalalchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chak_Srikrishnapur" title="Chak Srikrishnapur">Chak Srikrishnapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandipur,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Chandipur, Purba Medinipur">Chandipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatara" title="Chatara">Chatara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Maynadal" title="Dakshin Maynadal">Dakshin Maynadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janu_Basan" title="Janu Basan">Janu Basan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishorchak" title="Kishorchak">Kishorchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyna,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Moyna, Purba Medinipur">Moyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandakumar,_Purba_Medinipur" title="Nandakumar, Purba Medinipur">Nandakumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purbba_Gopalpur" title="Purbba Gopalpur">Purbba Gopalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilkhoja" title="Tilkhoja">Tilkhoja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Mechogram" title="Uttar Mechogram">Uttar Mechogram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Haldia_subdivision" title="Haldia subdivision">Haldia subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chaitanyapur" title="Chaitanyapur">Chaitanyapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geonkhali" title="Geonkhali">Geonkhali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kukrahati" title="Kukrahati">Kukrahati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahishadal" title="Mahishadal">Mahishadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayachar" title="Nayachar">Nayachar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reyepara" title="Reyepara">Reyepara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sona_Chura" title="Sona Chura">Sona Chura</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Egra_subdivision" title="Egra subdivision">Egra subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alangiri" title="Alangiri">Alangiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur" title="Bhagabanpur">Bhagabanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangadharbar" title="Gangadharbar">Gangadharbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golara_Nij" title="Golara Nij">Golara Nij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajlagarh" title="Kajlagarh">Kajlagarh</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_subdivision" title="Tamluk subdivision">Tamluk subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nandakumar_(community_development_block)" title="Nandakumar (community development block)">Nandakumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyna_(community_development_block)" title="Moyna (community development block)">Moyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(community_development_block)" title="Tamluk (community development block)">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahid_Matangini_(community_development_block)" title="Sahid Matangini (community development block)">Sahid Matangini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura_(community_development_block)" title="Panskura (community development block)">Panskura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolaghat_(community_development_block)" title="Kolaghat (community development block)">Kolaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandipur_(community_development_block)" title="Chandipur (community development block)">Chandipur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Haldia_subdivision" title="Haldia subdivision">Haldia subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahishadal_(community_development_block)" title="Mahishadal (community development block)">Mahisadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandigram_I" title="Nandigram I">Nandigram I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandigram_II" title="Nandigram II">Nandigram II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutahata_(community_development_block)" title="Sutahata (community development block)">Sutahata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia_(community_development_block)" title="Haldia (community development block)">Haldia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Egra_subdivision" title="Egra subdivision">Egra subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_I" title="Bhagabanpur I">Bhagabanpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra_I" title="Egra I">Egra I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra_II" title="Egra II">Egra II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patashpur_I" title="Patashpur I">Patashpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patashpur_II" title="Patashpur II">Patashpur II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Contai_subdivision" title="Contai subdivision">Contai subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_II" title="Bhagabanpur II">Bhagabanpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_I" title="Contai I">Contai I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshapran_(community_development_block)" title="Deshapran (community development block)">Deshapran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_III" title="Contai III">Contai III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khejuri_I" title="Khejuri I">Khejuri I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khejuri_II" title="Khejuri II">Khejuri II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramnagar_I" title="Ramnagar I">Ramnagar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramnagar_II" title="Ramnagar II">Ramnagar II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haldi_River" title="Haldi River">Haldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keleghai_River" title="Keleghai River">Keleghai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasulpur_River" title="Rasulpur River">Rasulpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupnarayan_River" title="Rupnarayan River">Rupnarayan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_6_(India,_old_numbering)" title="National Highway 6 (India, old numbering)">NH 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_116_(India)" title="National Highway 116 (India)">NH 116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_zone" title="South Eastern Railway zone">South Eastern Railway zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Suburban_Railway" title="Kolkata Suburban Railway">Kolkata Suburban Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Railway stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhogpur_railway_station" title="Bhogpur railway station">Bhogpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digha_railway_station" title="Digha railway station">Digha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia_railway_station" title="Haldia railway station">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura_Junction_railway_station" title="Panskura Junction railway station">Panskura Junction</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutes of higher learning</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_University,_West_Bengal" title="Mahatma Gandhi University, West Bengal">Mahatma Gandhi University, West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Engineering_and_Management,_Kolaghat" title="College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat">College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia_Institute_of_Technology" title="Haldia Institute of Technology">Haldia Institute of Technology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lok Sabha constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kanthi (Contai)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)">Panskura - now defunct</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vidhan Sabha constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_Assembly_constituency" title="Tamluk Assembly constituency">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura_Purba" class="mw-redirect" title="Panskura Purba">Panskura Purba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura_Paschim" class="mw-redirect" title="Panskura Paschim">Panskura Paschim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyna_Assembly_constituency" title="Moyna Assembly constituency">Moyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandakumar_Assembly_constituency" title="Nandakumar Assembly constituency">Nandakumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahisadal_Assembly_constituency" title="Mahisadal Assembly constituency">Mahisadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia_Assembly_constituency" title="Haldia Assembly constituency">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandigram_Assembly_constituency" title="Nandigram Assembly constituency">Nandigram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandipur_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandipur Assembly constituency">Chandipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patashpur_Assembly_constituency" title="Patashpur Assembly constituency">Patashpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Uttar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi Uttar">Kanthi Uttar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency">Bhagabanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khejuri_Assembly_constituency" title="Khejuri Assembly constituency">Khejuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Dakshin" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi Dakshin">Kanthi Dakshin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramnagar,_Purba_Medinipur_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur Assembly constituency">Ramnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra_Assembly_constituency" title="Egra Assembly 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