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.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">Simlapal</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">Community development block</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Simlapal_in_Bankura_(West_Bengal).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Simlapal"><img alt="Location of Simlapal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Simlapal_in_Bankura_%28West_Bengal%29.svg/250px-Simlapal_in_Bankura_%28West_Bengal%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Simlapal_in_Bankura_%28West_Bengal%29.svg/375px-Simlapal_in_Bankura_%28West_Bengal%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Simlapal_in_Bankura_%28West_Bengal%29.svg/500px-Simlapal_in_Bankura_%28West_Bengal%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="499" /></a></span></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=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&params=22.9227_N_87.0734_E_type:city(143038)_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°55′22″N</span> <span class="longitude">87°04′24″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">22.9227°N 87.0734°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">22.9227; 87.0734</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and 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/List_of_districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bankura_district" title="Bankura district">Bankura</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"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Representative_democracy" title="Representative democracy">Representative democracy</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">310.15 km<sup>2</sup> (119.75 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">78 m (256 ft)</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">143,038</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">460/km<sup>2</sup> (1,200/sq mi)</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>, <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></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%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">722151 (Simlapal)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone/<a href="/wiki/Subscriber_trunk_dialing" class="mw-redirect" title="Subscriber trunk dialing">STD</a> code</th><td class="infobox-data">03243</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IN" title="ISO 3166-2:IN">IN-WB</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India#WB.E2.80.94West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of RTO districts in India">WB</a>-67, <a href="/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India#WB.E2.80.94West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of RTO districts in India">WB</a>-68</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Literacy</th><td class="infobox-data">68.44%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bankura_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)">Bankura</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vidhan_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidhan Sabha">Vidhan Sabha</a> constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Taldangra_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taldangra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Taldangra</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://bankura.gov.in/">bankura<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Simlapal</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Community_development_block_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community development block in India">community development block</a> (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the <a href="/wiki/Khatra_subdivision" title="Khatra subdivision">Khatra subdivision</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bankura_district" title="Bankura district">Bankura district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. </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=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&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="From_Bishnupur_kingdom_to_the_British_Raj">From Bishnupur kingdom to the British Raj</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: From Bishnupur kingdom to the British Raj"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Bankura_district" title="History of Bankura district">History of Bankura district</a></div> <p>From around the 7th century AD till around the advent of British rule, for around a millennium, history of Bankura district is identical with the rise and fall of the Hindu Rajas of <a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupur, Bankura">Bishnupur</a>. The Bishnupur Rajas, who were at the summit of their fortunes towards the end of the 17th century, started declining in the first half of the 18th century. First, the <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj" title="Bardhaman Raj">Maharaja of Burdwan</a> seized the Fatehpur Mahal, and then the <a href="/wiki/Bargi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bargi">Maratha</a> invasions laid waste their country.<sup id="cite_ref-omalley_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omalley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bishnupur was ceded to the British with the rest of Burdwan chakla in 1760. In 1787, Bishnupur was united with <a href="/wiki/Birbhum_district" title="Birbhum district">Birbhum</a> to form a separate administrative unit. In 1793 it was transferred to the Burdwan Collectorate. In 1879, the district acquired its present shape with the thanas of Khatra and Raipur and the outpost of Simlapal being transferred from Manbhum, and the thanas of Sonamukhi, Kotulpur and Indas being retransferred from Burdwan. However, it was known for some time as West Burdwan and in 1881 came to be known as Bankura district.<sup id="cite_ref-omalley_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-omalley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Red_corridor">Red corridor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Red corridor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>106 districts spanning 10 states across India, described as being part of the <a href="/wiki/Far-left_politics" title="Far-left politics">Left wing extremism</a> activities, constitutes the <a href="/wiki/Red_corridor" title="Red corridor">Red corridor</a>. In West Bengal, the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum are part of the Red corridor. However, as of July 2016, there had been no reported incidents of <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Maoist)" title="Communist Party of India (Maoist)">Maoist</a> related activities from these districts for the previous 4 years.<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> </p><p>The CPI (Maoist) extremism which started in the district in the mid-nineties was mainly concentrated in five police station areas of Khatra subdivision – Sarenga, Barikul, Ranibandh, Raipur and Simlapal. They also functioned across the adjoining areas of Paschim Medinipur and Purulia districts.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Operation_Lalgarh" title="Operation Lalgarh">Lalgarh movement</a>, which started attracting attention after the failed assassination attempt on <a href="/wiki/Buddhadeb_Bhattacharjee" title="Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee">Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee</a>, then chief minister of West Bengal, in the Salboni area of Paschim Medinipur district, on 2 November 2008 and the police action that followed, had also spread over to these areas.<sup id="cite_ref-Lalgarh_Battle_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lalgarh_Battle-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movement was not just a political struggle but an armed struggle that concurrently took the look of a social struggle. A large number of CPI (M) activists were killed. Although the epi-center of the movement was <a href="/wiki/Lalgarh,_Paschim_Medinipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Lalgarh, Paschim Medinipur">Lalgarh</a>, it was spread across 19 police stations in three adjoining districts – Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, and Purulia, all thickly forested and near the border with Jharkhand. The deployment of <a href="/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force" title="Central Reserve Police Force">CRPF</a> and other forces started on 11 June 2009. The movement came to an end after the <a href="/wiki/2011_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election">2011 state assembly elections</a> and change of government in West Bengal. The death of <a href="/wiki/Kishenji" title="Kishenji">Kishenji</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Maoist)" title="Communist Party of India (Maoist)">Maoist</a> commander, on 24 November 2011 was the last major landmark.<sup id="cite_ref-Lalgarh_Battle_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lalgarh_Battle-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<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=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bakura_District.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Bakura_District.svg/500px-Bakura_District.svg.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="500" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Bakura_District.svg/750px-Bakura_District.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Bakura_District.svg/1000px-Bakura_District.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Map of Bankura District showing CD blocks and municipalities</figcaption></figure> <p>Simlapal is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&params=22.9227_N_87.0734_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">22°55′22″N</span> <span class="longitude">87°04′24″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">22.9227°N 87.0734°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">22.9227; 87.0734</span></span></span></a></span></span>. </p><p>Simlapal CD block is located in the south-eastern part of the district and belongs to the hard rock area.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Simlapal CD block is bounded by <a href="/wiki/Taldangra_(community_development_block)" title="Taldangra (community development block)">Taldangra</a> CD block on the north, <a href="/wiki/Garhbeta_II" title="Garhbeta II">Garhbeta II</a> CD block, in Paschim Medinipur district, on the east, <a href="/wiki/Sarenga,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Sarenga, Bankura (community development block)">Sarenga</a> CD block on the south and <a href="/wiki/Khatra_(community_development_block)" title="Khatra (community development block)">Khatra</a> CD block on the west. </p><p>Simlapal CD block has an area of 310.15 km<sup>2</sup>. It has 1 <a href="/wiki/Panchayat_Samiti_(Block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchayat Samiti (Block)">panchayat samity</a>, 7 <a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">gram panchayats</a>, 105 gram sansads (village councils), 203 <a href="/wiki/Mouza" title="Mouza">mouzas</a>, 191 inhabited villages and 1 <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census town</a>. <a href="/wiki/Simlapal#Police_station" title="Simlapal">Simlapal</a> police station serves this block.<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> Headquarters of this CD block is at Simlapal.<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><p><a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">Gram panchayats</a> of Simlapal block/ panchayat samiti are: Bikrampur, Dubrajpur, Laxmisagar, Machatora, Mandalgram, Parsola and Simlapal.<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> <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=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a> Simlapal CD block had a total population of 143,038, of which 135,832 were rural and 7,206 were urban. There were 73,008 (51%) males and 70,030 (49%) females. Population in the age range of 0 to 6 years was 17,125. <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Castes</a> numbered 37,738 (26.38%) and <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Tribes</a> numbered 21,277 (14.88%).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 2001 census, Simlapal block had a total <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of 127,429, out of which 65,328 were males and 62,101 were females. <a href="/wiki/Simlapal" title="Simlapal">Simlapal</a> block registered a population growth of 14.48 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 13.79 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-census_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.<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><p><a href="/wiki/Census_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Census Town">Census Towns</a> in Simlapal CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): <a href="/wiki/Simlapal" title="Simlapal">Simlapal</a> (7,200).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Simlapal CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Lakshmisagar (5,304).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other villages in Simlapal CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Dubrajpur (3,162), Machatora (667), Bikrampur (1,709) and Parsala (2,689).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literacy">Literacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Literacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Simlapal CD block was 86,172 (68.44% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 50,372 (78.36% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 35,800 (58.09%) of the female population over 6 years). The <a href="/wiki/Literacy#Gender_disparities" title="Literacy">gender disparity</a> (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 20.28%.<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th>Literacy in CD blocks of<br />Bankura district </th></tr> <tr> <th>Bankura Sadar subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saltora_(community_development_block)" title="Saltora (community development block)">Saltora</a> – 61.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mejia_(community_development_block)" title="Mejia (community development block)">Mejia</a> – 66.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gangajalghati_(community_development_block)" title="Gangajalghati (community development block)">Gangajalghati</a> – 68.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhatna_(community_development_block)" title="Chhatna (community development block)">Chhatna</a> – 65.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bankura_I" title="Bankura I">Bankura I</a> – 68.74% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bankura_II" title="Bankura II">Bankura II</a> – 73.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barjora_(community_development_block)" title="Barjora (community development block)">Barjora</a> – 71.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Onda_(community_development_block)" title="Onda (community development block)">Onda</a> – 65.82% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Bishnupur subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indas_(community_development_block)" title="Indas (community development block)">Indas</a> – 71.70% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joypur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Joypur, Bankura (community development block)">Joypur</a> – 74.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrasayer_(community_development_block)" title="Patrasayer (community development block)">Patrasayer</a> – 64.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kotulpur_(community_development_block)" title="Kotulpur (community development block)">Kotulpur</a> – 78.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sonamukhi_(community_development_block)" title="Sonamukhi (community development block)">Sonamukhi</a> – 66.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Bishnupur, Bankura (community development block)">Bishnupur</a> – 66.30% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Khatra subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indpur_(community_development_block)" title="Indpur (community development block)">Indpur</a> – 67.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranibandh_(community_development_block)" title="Ranibandh (community development block)">Ranibandh</a> – 68.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khatra_(community_development_block)" title="Khatra (community development block)">Khatra</a> – 72.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hirbandh_(community_development_block)" title="Hirbandh (community development block)">Hirbandh</a> – 64.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raipur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Raipur, Bankura (community development block)">Raipur</a> – 71.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarenga,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Sarenga, Bankura (community development block)">Sarenga</a> – 74.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Simlapal</a> – 68.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Taldangra_(community_development_block)" title="Taldangra (community development block)">Taldangra</a> – 70.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Source:<br /> 2011 Census: CD Block Wise<br /> <p>Primary Census Abstract Data </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language_and_religion">Language and religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Language and 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 Simlapal CD block (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<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:77.26%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">77.26%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other <small>(tribal religion)</small></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:maroon; width:14.77%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">14.77%</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:7.74%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.74%</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:0.23%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.23%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>In the 2011 census Hindus numbered 110,512 and formed 77.26% of the population in Simlapal CD block. Muslims numbered 11,064 and formed 7.74% of the population. Others numbered 21,462 and formed 15.00% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-religion_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other religious communities. In 2001, Hindus were 78.25%, Muslims 6.66% and tribal religions 14.95% of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-censusreligion2001_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censusreligion2001-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 31830.883898555px; border-left-color:pink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:pink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:pink"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 357.58140195921px; border-left-color:darkturquoise"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:darkturquoise"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:darkturquoise"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 54.567061555838px; border-left-color:orchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:orchid"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages of Simlapal CD block (2011)<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> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orchid; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> (82.95%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:darkturquoise; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a> (12.71%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:pink; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Kurmali_language" title="Kurmali language">Kurmali</a> (4.29%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Others (0.05%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>At the time of the 2011 census, 82.95% of the population spoke <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, 12.71% <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a> and 4.29% <a href="/wiki/Kurmali_language" title="Kurmali language">Kurmali</a> as their first language.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_16-1" 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-heading2"><h2 id="Rural_poverty">Rural poverty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Rural poverty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Simlapal CD block 46.53% families were living <a href="/wiki/Below_Poverty_Line_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Below Poverty Line (India)">below poverty line</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-humandev2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-humandev2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Rural Household Survey in 2005, 28.87% of the total number of families were <a href="/wiki/Below_Poverty_Line" title="Below Poverty Line">BPL</a> families in the Bankura district.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<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=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Livelihood">Livelihood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Livelihood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:#FF7F00; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 23.145654081352px; border-left-color:#E31A1C"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#E31A1C"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#E31A1C"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:99.7698502043px 6.7806334668301px 0 0; border-top-color:#33A02C"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#33A02C"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:3.429134038372px; border-width:0 0 96.570865961628px 25.962816631122px; border-bottom-color:#1F78B4"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p><b>Livelihood<br />in Simlapal CD block</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1F78B4; color:;"> </span> Cultivators (20.82%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#33A02C; color:;"> </span> Agricultural labourers (53.10%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E31A1C; color:;"> </span> Household industries (4.70%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF7F00; color:;"> </span> Other Workers (21.38%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>In the Simlapal CD block in 2011, among the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 12,062 and formed 20.82%, agricultural labourers numbered 30,773 and formed 53.10%, household industry workers numbered 2,726 and formed 4.70% and other workers numbered 12,387 and formed 21.38%.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Total workers numbered 57,948 and formed 40.51% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 85,090 and formed 59.49% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><small>Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned by self/government/institution. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the <a href="/wiki/Factories_Act,1948,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Factories Act,1948, India">Factories Act</a>. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 191 inhabited villages in the Simlapal CD block, as per the <i>District Census Handbook</i>, Bankura, 2011. 100% villages have power supply. 189 villages (98.95%) have drinking water supply. 22 villages (11.52%) have post offices. 164 villages (85.86%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 62 villages (32.46%) have pucca (paved) approach roads and 65 villages (34.03%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 10 villages (5.24%) have agricultural credit societies and 6 villages (3.14%) have banks.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were 59 fertiliser depots, 18 seed stores and 48 <a href="/wiki/Public_distribution_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Public distribution system">fair price shops</a> in the CD block.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Simlapal CD block could be classified as follows: <a href="/wiki/Bargadar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bargadar">bargadars</a> 5.62%, patta (document) holders 17.78%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 5.85%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 18.27% and agricultural labourers 52.48%.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003-04 net area sown Simlapal CD block was 11,282 hectares and the area in which more than one crop was grown was 10,075 hectares.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013-14, the total area irrigated in Simlapal CD block was 19,144 hectares, out of which 11,853 hectares was by canal water, 1,790 hectares by tank water, 1,120 hectares by river lift irrigation, 116 hectares by deep tubewell, 2,400 hectares by shallow tubewell, 45 hectares by open dug wells and 1,820 hectares by other methods.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013-14, Simlapal CD block produced 99,087 tonnes of <a href="/wiki/Rice#Ecotypes_and_cultivars" title="Rice">Aman paddy</a>, the main winter crop, from 34,047 hectares, 181 tonnes of Aus paddy from 65 hectares, 3,290 tonnes of Boro paddy from 1,239 hectares, 237 tonnes of wheat from 105 hectares and 40,671,000 tonnes of potatoes from 2,214 hectares. It also produced maize, pulses and mustard.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Handloom_and_pottery_industries">Handloom and pottery industries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Handloom and pottery industries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The handloom industry engages the largest number of persons in the non-farm sector and hence is important in Bankura district. The handloom industry is well established in all the CD blocks of the district and includes the famous Baluchari saris. In 2004-05 Simlapal CD, block had 507 looms in operation.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bankura district is famous for the artistic excellence of its pottery products that include the famous <a href="/wiki/Bankura_horse" title="Bankura horse">Bankura horse</a>. The range of pottery products is categorised as follows: domestic utilities, terracotta and other decorative items and roofing tiles and other heavy pottery items. Around 3,200 families were involved in pottery making in the district in 2002. 20 families were involved in Simlipal CD block.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Banking">Banking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Banking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013-14, Simlapal CD block had offices of 6 commercial banks and 4 <a href="/wiki/Regional_Rural_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Rural Bank">gramin banks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Backward_Regions_Grant_Fund">Backward Regions Grant Fund</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Backward Regions Grant Fund"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bankura district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the <a href="/wiki/Backward_Regions_Grant_Fund" title="Backward Regions Grant Fund">Backward Regions Grant Fund</a>. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 11 districts of West Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013-14, Simlapal CD block had 10 originating/ terminating bus routes. The nearest railway station is 42 km from the CD block headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/State_Highway_2_(West_Bengal)" title="State Highway 2 (West Bengal)">State Highway 2</a> running from Bankura to Malancha (in North 24 Parganas district) and <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_9_(West_Bengal)" title="State Highway 9 (West Bengal)">State Highway 9</a> running from Durgapur (in Paschim Bardhaman district) to Nayagram (in Jhargram district) pass through this CD block.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013-14, Simlapal CD block had 173 primary schools with 11,160 students, 20 middle schools with 3,645 students, 7 high schools with 2,353 students and 14 higher secondary schools with 15,575 students. Simlapal CD block had 236 institutions for special and non-formal education with 7,839 students.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>See also – <a href="/wiki/Education_in_India" title="Education in India">Education in India</a> </p><p>According to the 2011 census, in the Simlapal CD block, among the 191 inhabited villages, 42 villages did not have a school, 33 villages had two or more primary schools, 34 villages had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 18 villages had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, Simlapal CD block had 1 rural hospital and 3 primary health centres with total 50 beds and 8 doctors. It had 21 family welfare sub centres and 1 family welfare centre. 7,419 patients were treated indoor and 153,615 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD block.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Simlapal Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at <a href="/wiki/Simlapal" title="Simlapal">Simlapal</a>, is the major government medical facility in the Simlapal CD block. There are <a href="/wiki/Primary_Health_Centre_(India)" title="Primary Health Centre (India)">primary health centres</a> at Hatibari (Bon Dubrajpur) (with 4 beds), Lakshmisagar (Rasikpur) (with 10 beds), Arrah (with 6 beds).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simlapal_(community_development_block)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-3"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-omalley-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-omalley_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-omalley_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFO’Malley" class="citation web cs1">O’Malley, L.S.S. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bankura.gov.in/gezetter.htm">"Bengal District Gazetteers: Bankura"</a>. 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Bidhannagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandernagore_Municipal_Corporation" title="Chandernagore Municipal Corporation"> Chandannagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Durgapur Municipal Corporation"> Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_Municipal_Corporation" title="Howrah Municipal Corporation"> Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kolkata Municipal Corporation"> Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_Municipal_Corporation" title="Siliguri Municipal Corporation"> Siliguri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipalities</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/Alipurduar" title="Alipurduar">Alipurduar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arambag" class="mw-redirect" title="Arambag">Arambagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoknagar_Kalyangarh" title="Ashoknagar Kalyangarh">Ashoknagar Kalyangarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baduria" title="Baduria">Baduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baidyabati" title="Baidyabati">Baidyabati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balurghat" title="Balurghat">Balurghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaon" title="Bangaon">Bangaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura" title="Bankura">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bansberia" title="Bansberia">Bansberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagar_Municipality" title="Baranagar Municipality">Baranagar</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/Barrackpore" title="Barrackpore">Barrackpore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baruipur" title="Baruipur">Baruipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat" title="Basirhat">Basirhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beldanga" title="Beldanga">Beldanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore" title="Berhampore">Berhampore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadreswar,_Hooghly" title="Bhadreswar, Hooghly">Bhadreswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhatpara" title="Bhatpara">Bhatpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birnagar" title="Birnagar">Birnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupur, Bankura">Bishnupur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolpur" title="Bolpur">Bolpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budge_Budge" title="Budge Budge">Budge Budge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buniadpur" title="Buniadpur">Buniadpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakdaha" title="Chakdaha">Chakdaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champdani" title="Champdani">Champdani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakona" title="Chandrakona">Chandrakona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Contai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar" title="Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dainhat" title="Dainhat">Dainhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalkhola" title="Dalkhola">Dalkhola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhuliyan" title="Dhuliyan">Dhuliyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhupguri" title="Dhupguri">Dhupguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Harbour" title="Diamond Harbour">Diamond Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinhata" title="Dinhata">Dinhata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubrajpur" title="Dubrajpur">Dubrajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dum_Dum" title="Dum Dum">Dum Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra" title="Egra">Egra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Bazar" class="mw-redirect" title="English Bazar">English Bazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangarampur" title="Gangarampur">Gangarampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garulia" title="Garulia">Garulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayespur" title="Gayespur">Gayespur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghatal" title="Ghatal">Ghatal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobardanga" title="Gobardanga">Gobardanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guskara" title="Guskara">Guskara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra" title="Habra">Habra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldibari,_India" title="Haldibari, India">Haldibari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halisahar" title="Halisahar">Halisahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haringhata" title="Haringhata">Haringhata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura" title="Hugli-Chuchura">Hugli-Chuchura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islampur,_Uttar_Dinajpur" title="Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur">Islampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri" title="Jalpaiguri">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipur,_Murshidabad" title="Jangipur, Murshidabad">Jangipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_Majilpur" title="Jaynagar Majilpur">Jaynagar Majilpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhalda" title="Jhalda">Jhalda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram" title="Jhargram">Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiaganj_Azimganj" title="Jiaganj Azimganj">Jiaganj Azimganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliaganj" title="Kaliaganj">Kaliaganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalna_City" title="Kalna City">Kalna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyani,_West_Bengal" title="Kalyani, West Bengal">Kalyani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamarhati" title="Kamarhati">Kamarhati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchrapara" title="Kanchrapara">Kanchrapara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandi,_Murshidabad" title="Kandi, Murshidabad">Kandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katwa" title="Katwa">Katwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur" title="Kharagpur">Kharagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharar,_Ghatal" title="Kharar, Ghatal">Kharar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khardaha" title="Khardaha">Khardaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirpai" title="Khirpai">Khirpai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konnagar" title="Konnagar">Konnagar</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/Madhyamgram" title="Madhyamgram">Madhyamgram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maheshtala" title="Maheshtala">Maheshtala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mainaguri" title="Mainaguri">Mainaguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malbazar" title="Malbazar">Malbazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathabhanga" title="Mathabhanga">Mathabhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mekhliganj" title="Mekhliganj">Mekhliganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memari" title="Memari">Memari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad" title="Murshidabad">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabadwip" title="Nabadwip">Nabadwip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naihati" title="Naihati">Naihati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalhati" title="Nalhati">Nalhati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Barrackpore" title="New Barrackpore">New Barrackpore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Barrackpur" title="North Barrackpur">North Barrackpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dum_Dum" title="North Dum Dum">North Dum Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Malda" title="Old Malda">Old Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panihati" title="Panihati">Panihati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura" title="Panskura">Panskura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pujali" title="Pujali">Pujali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia" title="Purulia">Purulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathpur,_Purulia" title="Raghunathpur, Purulia">Raghunathpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiganj" title="Raiganj">Raiganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajarhat" title="Rajarhat">Rajarhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajpur_Sonarpur" title="Rajpur Sonarpur">Rajpur Sonarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramjibanpur" title="Ramjibanpur">Ramjibanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rampurhat" title="Rampurhat">Rampurhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat" title="Ranaghat">Ranaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishra" title="Rishra">Rishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainthia" title="Sainthia">Sainthia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantipur" title="Shantipur">Shantipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonamukhi" title="Sonamukhi">Sonamukhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dum_Dum" title="South Dum Dum">South Dum Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri,_Birbhum" title="Suri, Birbhum">Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taki_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taki (India)">Taki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarakeswar" title="Tarakeswar">Tarakeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titagarh" title="Titagarh">Titagarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufanganj" title="Tufanganj">Tufanganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uluberia" title="Uluberia">Uluberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarpara" title="Uttarpara">Uttarpara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_development_blocks_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community development blocks in India">Community<br /> development<br />blocks</a><sup>1</sup></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><b>A</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_I" title="Alipurduar I">Alipurduar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_II" title="Alipurduar II">Alipurduar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amdanga" title="Amdanga">Amdanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amta_I" title="Amta I">Amta I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amta_II" title="Amta II">Amta II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andal_(community_development_block)" title="Andal (community development block)">Andal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arambagh_(community_development_block)" title="Arambagh (community development block)">Arambagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsha_(community_development_block)" title="Arsha (community development block)">Arsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ausgram_I" title="Ausgram I">Ausgram I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ausgram_II" title="Ausgram II">Ausgram II</a></li> <li><b>B</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baduria_(community_development_block)" title="Baduria (community development block)">Baduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagdah_(community_development_block)" title="Bagdah (community development block)">Bagdah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baghmundi_(community_development_block)" title="Baghmundi (community development block)">Baghmundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagnan_I" title="Bagnan I">Bagnan I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagnan_II" title="Bagnan II">Bagnan II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balagarh_(community_development_block)" title="Balagarh (community development block)">Balagarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balarampur,_Purulia_(community_development_block)" title="Balarampur, Purulia (community development block)">Balarampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balurghat_(community_development_block)" title="Balurghat (community development block)">Balurghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Jagachha" title="Bally Jagachha">Bally Jagachha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bamangola_(community_development_block)" title="Bamangola (community development block)">Bamangola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandwan_(community_development_block)" title="Bandwan (community development block)">Bandwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaon_(community_development_block)" title="Bangaon (community development block)">Bangaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_I" title="Bankura I">Bankura I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_II" title="Bankura II">Bankura II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barjora_(community_development_block)" title="Barjora (community development block)">Barjora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bansihari_(community_development_block)" title="Bansihari (community development block)">Bansihari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barabani_(community_development_block)" title="Barabani (community development block)">Barabani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barabazar_(community_development_block)" title="Barabazar (community development block)">Barabazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_I" title="Barrackpore I">Barrackpore I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_II" title="Barrackpore II">Barrackpore II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat_I" title="Barasat I">Barasat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat_II" title="Barasat II">Barasat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baruipur_(community_development_block)" title="Baruipur (community development block)">Baruipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_(community_development_block)" title="Basanti (community development block)">Basanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_I" title="Basirhat I">Basirhat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_II" title="Basirhat II">Basirhat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beldanga_I" title="Beldanga I">Beldanga I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beldanga_II" title="Beldanga II">Beldanga II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore_(community_development_block)" title="Berhampore (community development block)">Berhampore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagawangola_I" title="Bhagawangola I">Bhagawangola I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagawangola_II" title="Bhagawangola II">Bhagawangola II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_I" title="Bhagabanpur I">Bhagabanpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_II" title="Bhagabanpur II">Bhagabanpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhangar_I" title="Bhangar I">Bhangar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhangar_II" title="Bhangar II">Bhangar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_I" title="Bharatpur I">Bharatpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_II" title="Bharatpur II">Bharatpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhatar_(community_development_block)" title="Bhatar (community development block)">Bhatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binpur_I" title="Binpur I">Binpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binpur_II" title="Binpur II">Binpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Bishnupur, Bankura (community development block)">Bishnupur, Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_I" title="Bishnupur I">Bishnupur I, South 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_II" title="Bishnupur II">Bishnupur II, South 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolpur_Sriniketan" title="Bolpur Sriniketan">Bolpur Sriniketan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budge_Budge_I" title="Budge Budge I">Budge Budge I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budge_Budge_II" title="Budge Budge II">Budge Budge II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdwan_I" title="Burdwan I">Burdwan I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdwan_II" title="Burdwan II">Burdwan II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burwan_(community_development_block)" title="Burwan (community development block)">Burwan</a></li> <li><b>C</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canning_I" title="Canning I">Canning I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canning_II" title="Canning II">Canning II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakdaha_(community_development_block)" title="Chakdaha (community development block)">Chakdaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanchal_I" title="Chanchal I">Chanchal I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanchal_II" title="Chanchal II">Chanchal II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandipur_(community_development_block)" title="Chandipur (community development block)">Chandipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanditala_I" title="Chanditala I">Chanditala I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanditala_II" title="Chanditala II">Chanditala II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapra,_Nadia_(community_development_block)" title="Chapra, Nadia (community development block)">Chapra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakona_I" title="Chandrakona I">Chandrakona I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakona_II" title="Chandrakona II">Chandrakona II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhatna_(community_development_block)" title="Chhatna (community development block)">Chhatna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinsurah_Mogra" title="Chinsurah Mogra">Chinsurah Mogra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopra_(community_development_block)" title="Chopra (community development block)">Chopra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_I" title="Contai I">Contai I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Contai II">Contai II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_III" title="Contai III">Contai III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_I" title="Cooch Behar I">Cooch Behar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_II" title="Cooch Behar II">Cooch Behar II</a></li> <li><b>D</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Pulbazar_(community_development_block)" title="Darjeeling Pulbazar (community development block)">Darjeeling Pulbazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dantan_I" title="Dantan I">Dantan I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dantan_II" title="Dantan II">Dantan II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daspur_I" title="Daspur I">Daspur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daspur_II" title="Daspur II">Daspur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debra_(community_development_block)" title="Debra (community development block)">Debra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deganga" title="Deganga">Deganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Harbour_I" title="Diamond Harbour I">Diamond Harbour I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Harbour_II" title="Diamond Harbour II">Diamond Harbour II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshapran_(community_development_block)" title="Deshapran (community development block)">Deshapran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaniakhali_(community_development_block)" title="Dhaniakhali (community development block)">Dhaniakhali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhupguri_(community_development_block)" title="Dhupguri (community development block)">Dhupguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinhata_I" title="Dinhata I">Dinhata I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinhata_II" title="Dinhata II">Dinhata II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domjur_(community_development_block)" title="Domjur (community development block)">Domjur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domkal_(community_development_block)" title="Domkal (community development block)">Domkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubrajpur_(community_development_block)" title="Dubrajpur (community development block)">Dubrajpur</a></li> <li><b>E</b></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/English_Bazar_(community_development_block)" title="English Bazar (community development block)">English Bazar</a></li> <li><b>F</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falakata_(community_development_block)" title="Falakata (community development block)">Falakata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falta_(community_development_block)" title="Falta (community development block)">Falta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farakka_(community_development_block)" title="Farakka (community development block)">Farakka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faridpur_Durgapur" title="Faridpur Durgapur">Faridpur Durgapur</a></li> <li><b>G</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaighata" title="Gaighata">Gaighata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galsi_I" title="Galsi I">Galsi I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galsi_II" title="Galsi II">Galsi II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangajalghati_(community_development_block)" title="Gangajalghati (community development block)">Gangajalghati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangarampur_(community_development_block)" title="Gangarampur (community development block)">Gangarampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhbeta_I" title="Garhbeta I">Garhbeta I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhbeta_II" title="Garhbeta II">Garhbeta II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhbeta_III" title="Garhbeta III">Garhbeta III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazole_(community_development_block)" title="Gazole (community development block)">Gazole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghatal_(community_development_block)" title="Ghatal (community development block)">Ghatal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalpokhar_I" title="Goalpokhar I">Goalpokhar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalpokhar_II" title="Goalpokhar II">Goalpokhar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goghat_I" title="Goghat I">Goghat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goghat_II" title="Goghat II">Goghat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopiballavpur_I" title="Gopiballavpur I">Gopiballavpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopiballavpur_II" title="Gopiballavpur II">Gopiballavpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorubathan_(community_development_block)" title="Gorubathan (community development block)">Gorubathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosaba_(community_development_block)" title="Gosaba (community development block)">Gosaba</a></li> <li><b>H</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habibpur_(community_development_block)" title="Habibpur (community development block)">Habibpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra_I" title="Habra I">Habra I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra_II" title="Habra II">Habra II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia_(community_development_block)" title="Haldia (community development block)">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldibari_(community_development_block)" title="Haldibari (community development block)">Haldibari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanskhali_(community_development_block)" title="Hanskhali (community development block)">Hanskhali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharpara_(community_development_block)" title="Hariharpara (community development block)">Hariharpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haringhata_(community_development_block)" title="Haringhata (community development block)">Haringhata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haripal_(community_development_block)" title="Haripal (community development block)">Haripal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harirampur_(community_development_block)" title="Harirampur (community development block)">Harirampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harishchandrapur_I" title="Harishchandrapur I">Harishchandrapur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harishchandrapur_II" title="Harishchandrapur II">Harishchandrapur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haroa_(community_development_block)" title="Haroa (community development block)">Haroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasnabad_(community_development_block)" title="Hasnabad (community development block)">Hasnabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemtabad" title="Hemtabad">Hemtabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hili_(community_development_block)" title="Hili (community development block)">Hili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hingalganj" title="Hingalganj">Hingalganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirbandh_(community_development_block)" title="Hirbandh (community development block)">Hirbandh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hura_(community_development_block)" title="Hura (community development block)">Hura</a></li> <li><b>I</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilambazar_(community_development_block)" title="Ilambazar (community development block)">Ilambazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indas_(community_development_block)" title="Indas (community development block)">Indas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indpur_(community_development_block)" title="Indpur (community development block)">Indpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islampur,_Uttar_Dinajpur_(community_development_block)" title="Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)">Islampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itahar" title="Itahar">Itahar</a></li> <li><b>J</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagatballavpur_(community_development_block)" title="Jagatballavpur (community development block)">Jagatballavpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalangi_(community_development_block)" title="Jalangi (community development block)">Jalangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_(community_development_block)" title="Jalpaiguri (community development block)">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamalpur_(community_development_block)" title="Jamalpur (community development block)">Jamalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamboni_(community_development_block)" title="Jamboni (community development block)">Jamboni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuria_(community_development_block)" title="Jamuria (community development block)">Jamuria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipara_(community_development_block)" title="Jangipara (community development block)">Jangipara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_I" title="Jaynagar I">Jaynagar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_II" title="Jaynagar II">Jaynagar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhalda_I" title="Jhalda I">Jhalda I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhalda_II" title="Jhalda II">Jhalda II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_(community_development_block)" title="Jhargram (community development block)">Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorebunglow_Sukhiapokhri_(community_development_block)" title="Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri (community development block)">Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joypur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Joypur, Bankura (community development block)">Joypur, Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joypur,_Purulia" title="Joypur, Purulia">Joypur, Purulia</a></li> <li><b>K</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakdwip_(community_development_block)" title="Kakdwip (community development block)">Kakdwip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalchini" title="Kalchini">Kalchini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliachak_I" title="Kaliachak I">Kaliachak I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliachak_II" title="Kaliachak II">Kaliachak II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliachak_III" title="Kaliachak III">Kaliachak III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliaganj_(community_development_block)" title="Kaliaganj (community development block)">Kaliaganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliganj_(community_development_block)" title="Kaliganj (community development block)">Kaliganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_I" title="Kalimpong I">Kalimpong I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_II" title="Kalimpong II">Kalimpong II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalna_I" title="Kalna I">Kalna I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalna_II" title="Kalna II">Kalna II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandi_(community_development_block)" title="Kandi (community development block)">Kandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanksa_(community_development_block)" title="Kanksa (community development block)">Kanksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karandighi" title="Karandighi">Karandighi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimpur_I" title="Karimpur I">Karimpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimpur_II" title="Karimpur II">Karimpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashipur_(community_development_block)" title="Kashipur (community development block)">Kashipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katwa_I" title="Katwa I">Katwa I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katwa_II" title="Katwa II">Katwa II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshiari" title="Keshiari">Keshiari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshpur_(community_development_block)" title="Keshpur (community development block)">Keshpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketugram_I" title="Ketugram I">Ketugram I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketugram_II" title="Ketugram II">Ketugram II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanakul_I" title="Khanakul I">Khanakul I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanakul_II" title="Khanakul II">Khanakul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khandaghosh_(community_development_block)" title="Khandaghosh (community development block)">Khandaghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur_I" title="Kharagpur I">Kharagpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur_II" title="Kharagpur II">Kharagpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khargram_(community_development_block)" title="Khargram (community development block)">Khargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharibari_(community_development_block)" title="Kharibari (community development block)">Kharibari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khatra_(community_development_block)" title="Khatra (community development block)">Khatra</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/Khoyrasol_(community_development_block)" title="Khoyrasol (community development block)">Khoyrasole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolaghat_(community_development_block)" title="Kolaghat (community development block)">Kolaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotulpur_(community_development_block)" title="Kotulpur (community development block)">Kotulpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaganj_(community_development_block)" title="Krishnaganj (community development block)">Krishnaganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar_I" title="Krishnanagar I">Krishnanagar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar_II" title="Krishnanagar II">Krishnanagar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulpi_(community_development_block)" title="Kulpi (community development block)">Kulpi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kultali_(community_development_block)" title="Kultali (community development block)">Kultali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumarganj" title="Kumarganj">Kumarganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumargram" title="Kumargram">Kumargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong_(community_development_block)" title="Kurseong (community development block)">Kurseong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushmandi" title="Kushmandi">Kushmandi</a></li> <li><b>L</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labpur_(community_development_block)" title="Labpur (community development block)">Labpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalgola_(community_development_block)" title="Lalgola (community development block)">Lalgola</a></li> <li><b>M</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madarihat-Birpara_(community_development_block)" title="Madarihat-Birpara (community development block)">Madarihat-Birpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magrahat_I" title="Magrahat I">Magrahat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magrahat_II" title="Magrahat II">Magrahat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahishadal_(community_development_block)" title="Mahishadal (community development block)">Mahisadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mal_(community_development_block)" title="Mal (community development block)">Mal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manbazar_I" title="Manbazar I">Manbazar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manbazar_II" title="Manbazar II">Manbazar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandirbazar_(community_development_block)" title="Mandirbazar (community development block)">Mandirbazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manikchak" title="Manikchak">Manikchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manteswar" title="Manteswar">Manteswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathabhanga_I" title="Mathabhanga I">Mathabhanga I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathabhanga_II" title="Mathabhanga II">Mathabhanga II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathurapur_I" title="Mathurapur I">Mathurapur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathurapur_II" title="Mathurapur II">Mathurapur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matiali_(community_development_block)" title="Matiali (community development block)">Matiali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matigara_(community_development_block)" title="Matigara (community development block)">Matigara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maynaguri_(community_development_block)" title="Maynaguri (community development block)">Maynaguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayureswar_I" title="Mayureswar I">Mayureswar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayureswar_II" title="Mayureswar II">Mayureswar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mejia_(community_development_block)" title="Mejia (community development block)">Mejia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mekhliganj_(community_development_block)" title="Mekhliganj (community development block)">Mekhliganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memari_I" title="Memari I">Memari I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memari_II" title="Memari II">Memari II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnapore_Sadar_(community_development_block)" title="Midnapore Sadar (community development block)">Midnapore Sadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minakhan" title="Minakhan">Minakhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirik_(community_development_block)" title="Mirik (community development block)">Mirik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bazar_(community_development_block)" title="Mohammad Bazar (community development block)">Mohammad Bazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohanpur_(community_development_block)" title="Mohanpur (community development block)">Mohanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongalkote_(community_development_block)" title="Mongalkote (community development block)">Mongalkote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyna_(community_development_block)" title="Moyna (community development block)">Moyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murarai_I" title="Murarai I">Murarai I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murarai_II" title="Murarai II">Murarai II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad-Jiaganj" title="Murshidabad-Jiaganj">Murshidabad-Jiaganj</a></li> <li><b>N</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabadwip_(community_development_block)" title="Nabadwip (community development block)">Nabadwip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabagram_(community_development_block)" title="Nabagram (community development block)">Nabagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagrakata_(community_development_block)" title="Nagrakata (community development block)">Nagrakata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakashipara_(community_development_block)" title="Nakashipara (community development block)">Nakashipara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalhati_I" title="Nalhati I">Nalhati I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalhati_II" title="Nalhati II">Nalhati II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namkhana_(community_development_block)" title="Namkhana (community development block)">Namkhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandakumar_(community_development_block)" title="Nandakumar (community development block)">Nandakumar</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/Nanoor_(community_development_block)" title="Nanoor (community development block)">Nanoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoda_(community_development_block)" title="Naoda (community development block)">Naoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayangarh_(community_development_block)" title="Narayangarh (community development block)">Narayangarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalbari_(community_development_block)" title="Naxalbari (community development block)">Naxalbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayagram_(community_development_block)" title="Nayagram (community development block)">Nayagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neturia_(community_development_block)" title="Neturia (community development block)">Neturia</a></li> <li><b>O</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Malda_(community_development_block)" title="Old Malda (community development block)">Old Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onda_(community_development_block)" title="Onda (community development block)">Onda</a></li> <li><b>P</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchla_(community_development_block)" title="Panchla (community development block)">Panchla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandabeswar" title="Pandabeswar">Pandabeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandua_(community_development_block)" title="Pandua (community development block)">Pandua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura" title="Panskura">Panskura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Para_(community_development_block)" title="Para (community development block)">Para</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> <li><a href="/wiki/Patharpratima_(community_development_block)" title="Patharpratima (community development block)">Patharpratima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrasayer_(community_development_block)" title="Patrasayer (community development block)">Patrasayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phansidewa" title="Phansidewa">Phansidewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingla_(community_development_block)" title="Pingla (community development block)">Pingla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polba_Dadpur" title="Polba Dadpur">Polba Dadpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puncha_(community_development_block)" title="Puncha (community development block)">Puncha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purbasthali_I" title="Purbasthali I">Purbasthali I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purbasthali_II" title="Purbasthali II">Purbasthali II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pursurah_(community_development_block)" title="Pursurah (community development block)">Pursurah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia_I" title="Purulia I">Purulia I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia_II" title="Purulia II">Purulia II</a></li> <li><b>R</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathganj_I" title="Raghunathganj I">Raghunathganj I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathganj_II" title="Raghunathganj II">Raghunathganj II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathpur_I" title="Raghunathpur I">Raghunathpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathpur_II" title="Raghunathpur II">Raghunathpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiganj_(community_development_block)" title="Raiganj (community development block)">Raiganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raina_I" title="Raina I">Raina I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raina_II" title="Raina II">Raina II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raipur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Raipur, Bankura (community development block)">Raipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajarhat_(community_development_block)" title="Rajarhat (community development block)">Rajarhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajganj_(community_development_block)" title="Rajganj (community development block)">Rajganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnagar_(community_development_block)" title="Rajnagar (community development block)">Rajnagar</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> <li><a href="/wiki/Rampurhat_I" title="Rampurhat I">Rampurhat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rampurhat_II" title="Rampurhat II">Rampurhat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat_I" title="Ranaghat I">Ranaghat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat_II" title="Ranaghat II">Ranaghat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangli_Rangliot_(community_development_block)" title="Rangli Rangliot (community development block)">Rangli Rangliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranibandh_(community_development_block)" title="Ranibandh (community development block)">Ranibandh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raniganj_(community_development_block)" title="Raniganj (community development block)">Raniganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raninagar_I" title="Raninagar I">Raninagar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raninagar_II" title="Raninagar II">Raninagar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratua_I" title="Ratua I">Ratua I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratua_II" title="Ratua II">Ratua II</a></li> <li><b>S</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabang_(community_development_block)" title="Sabang (community development block)">Sabang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagar_(community_development_block)" title="Sagar (community development block)">Sagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagardighi_(community_development_block)" title="Sagardighi (community development block)">Sagardighi</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/Sainthia_(community_development_block)" title="Sainthia (community development block)">Sainthia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salanpur_(community_development_block)" title="Salanpur (community development block)">Salanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salboni_(community_development_block)" title="Salboni (community development block)">Salboni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltora_(community_development_block)" title="Saltora (community development block)">Saltora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samserganj_(community_development_block)" title="Samserganj (community development block)">Samserganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali_I" title="Sandeshkhali I">Sandeshkhali I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali_II" title="Sandeshkhali II">Sandeshkhali II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankrail_(community_development_block)" title="Sankrail (community development block)">Sankrail, Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankrail,_Jhargram_(community_development_block)" title="Sankrail, Jhargram (community development block)">Sankrail, Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santipur_(community_development_block)" title="Santipur (community development block)">Santipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santuri_(community_development_block)" title="Santuri (community development block)">Santuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarenga,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Sarenga, Bankura (community development block)">Sarenga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyampur_I" title="Shyampur I">Shyampur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyampur_II" title="Shyampur II">Shyampur II</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Simlapal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singur_(community_development_block)" title="Singur (community development block)">Singur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitai" title="Sitai">Sitai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitalkuchi" title="Sitalkuchi">Sitalkuchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonamukhi_(community_development_block)" title="Sonamukhi (community development block)">Sonamukhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonarpur_(community_development_block)" title="Sonarpur (community development block)">Sonarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreerampur_Uttarpara" class="mw-redirect" title="Sreerampur Uttarpara">Sreerampur Uttarpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri_I" title="Suri I">Suri I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri_II" title="Suri II">Suri II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutahata_(community_development_block)" title="Sutahata (community development block)">Sutahata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suti_I" title="Suti I">Suti I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suti_II" title="Suti II">Suti II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarupnagar" title="Swarupnagar">Swarupnagar</a></li> <li><b>T</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taldangra_(community_development_block)" title="Taldangra (community development block)">Taldangra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(community_development_block)" title="Tamluk (community development block)">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_(community_development_block)" title="Tapan (community development block)">Tapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarakeswar_(community_development_block)" title="Tarakeswar (community development block)">Tarakeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehatta_I" title="Tehatta I">Tehatta I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehatta_II" title="Tehatta II">Tehatta II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thakurpukur_Maheshtala" title="Thakurpukur Maheshtala">Thakurpukur Maheshtala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufanganj_I" title="Tufanganj I">Tufanganj I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufanganj_II" title="Tufanganj II">Tufanganj II</a></li> <li><b>U</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udaynarayanpur" title="Udaynarayanpur">Udaynarayanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uluberia_I" title="Uluberia I">Uluberia I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uluberia_II" title="Uluberia II">Uluberia II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</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_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></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align:left"><div> <ol><li>Similar to <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsils</a> in many states of India</li></ol> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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Station">Mejia Thermal Power Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piardoba_Airfield" title="Piardoba Airfield">Piardoba Airfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</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/Bauris" class="mw-redirect" title="Bauris">Bauri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagdi_caste" class="mw-redirect" title="Bagdi caste">Bagdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhumij_people" title="Bhumij people">Bhumij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doms" class="mw-redirect" title="Doms">Dom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hari_caste" title="Hari caste">Hari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahishya" title="Mahishya">Mahisya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santal_people" title="Santal people">Santal people</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subdivisions</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/Bankura_Sadar_subdivision" title="Bankura Sadar subdivision">Bankura Sadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_subdivision" title="Bishnupur subdivision">Bishnupur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khatra_subdivision" title="Khatra subdivision">Khatra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territories</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/Bardhamanbhukti" title="Bardhamanbhukti">Bardhamanbhukti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandabhukti" title="Dandabhukti">Dandabhukti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhalbhum" title="Dhalbhum">Dhalbhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Mahals" title="Jungle Mahals">Jungle Mahals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallabhum" class="mw-redirect" title="Mallabhum">Mallabhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rarh_region" title="Rarh region">Rarh region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantabhum" title="Samantabhum">Samantabhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tungbhum" title="Tungbhum">Tungbhum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Municipalities</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/Bankura" title="Bankura">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupur, Bankura"> Bishnupur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonamukhi" title="Sonamukhi">Sonamukhi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_development_blocks_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community development blocks in India">Community development<br />blocks</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/Bankura_Sadar_subdivision" title="Bankura Sadar subdivision">Bankura Sadar 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/Saltora_(community_development_block)" title="Saltora (community development block)">Saltora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mejia_(community_development_block)" title="Mejia (community development block)">Mejia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangajalghati_(community_development_block)" title="Gangajalghati (community development block)">Gangajalghati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhatna_(community_development_block)" title="Chhatna (community development block)">Chhatna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_I" title="Bankura I">Bankura I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_II" title="Bankura II">Bankura II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barjora_(community_development_block)" title="Barjora (community development block)">Barjora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onda_(community_development_block)" title="Onda (community development block)">Onda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_subdivision" title="Bishnupur subdivision">Bishnupur 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/Indas_(community_development_block)" title="Indas (community development block)">Indas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joypur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Joypur, Bankura (community development block)">Joypur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrasayer_(community_development_block)" title="Patrasayer (community development block)">Patrasayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotulpur_(community_development_block)" title="Kotulpur (community development block)">Kotulpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonamukhi_(community_development_block)" title="Sonamukhi (community development block)">Sonamukhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Bishnupur, Bankura (community development block)">Bishnupur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Khatra_subdivision" title="Khatra subdivision">Khatra 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/Indpur_(community_development_block)" title="Indpur (community development block)">Indpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranibandh_(community_development_block)" title="Ranibandh (community development block)">Ranibandh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khatra_(community_development_block)" title="Khatra (community development block)">Khatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirbandh_(community_development_block)" title="Hirbandh (community development block)">Hirbandh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raipur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Raipur, Bankura (community development block)">Raipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarenga,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Sarenga, Bankura (community development block)">Sarenga</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Simlapal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taldangra_(community_development_block)" title="Taldangra (community development block)">Taldangra</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/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarakeswar_River" title="Dwarakeswar River">Dwarakeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandheswari_River" title="Gandheswari River">Gandheswari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangsabati_River" title="Kangsabati River">Kangsabati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sali_River_(West_Bengal)" title="Sali River (West Bengal)">Sali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilabati_River" title="Shilabati River">Shilabati</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hills</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/Biharinath" title="Biharinath">Biharinath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susunia" title="Susunia">Susunia</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-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_60_(India,_old_numbering)" title="National Highway 60 (India, old numbering)">NH 60</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/Bankura%E2%80%93Masagram_line" title="Bankura–Masagram line">Bankura–Masagram line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheoraphuli%E2%80%93Bishnupur_branch_line" title="Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line">Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_Junction_railway_station" title="Bankura Junction railway station">Bankura Junction railway station</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-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupur railway station">Bishnupur</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-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_University" title="Bankura University">Bankura University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_Sammilani_Medical_College_and_Hospital" title="Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital">Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_Unnayani_Institute_of_Engineering" title="Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering">Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallabhum_Institute_of_Technology" title="Mallabhum Institute of Technology">Mallabhum Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_Christian_College" title="Bankura Christian College">Bankura Christian College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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