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Egra subdivision

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Egra subdivision

Subdivision

The 19th century Dakhsina Kali temple at Bhagabanpur

Coordinates: 21°54′N 87°32′E / 21.90°N 87.53°E / 21.90; 87.53

Country

Headquarters

Area

• Total

940.96 km² (363.31 sq mi)

Population

• Total

958,939

• Density

1,000/km² (2,600/sq mi)

Languages

• Official

UTC+5:30 (IST)

Website

Egra subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Subdivisions[edit]

Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:^[1]

Subdivision

Headquarters

Area
km²

Population
(2011)

Rural
Population %
(2001)

Urban
Population %
(2001)

Tamluk

1084.30

1,791,695

94.08

5.92

Haldia

683.94

959,934

79.19

20.81

Egra

940.96

958,939

96.96

3.04

Contai

1251.21

1,385,307

93.55

6.45

Purba Medinipur district

Tamluk

4,713.00

5,095,875

91.71

8.29

Administrative units[edit]

8km
5miles

Alangiri

Panchrol

Paikbheri

Haldi River

Kajlagarh

Ramchandrapur

Gangadharbar

Golara Nij

Palpara

Kismat Bajkul

Tethi Bari

Madhabpur

Pratapdighi

Bhagabanpur

Patashpur

Hincha Gerya

Benudia

Amarshi Kasba

Egra

Cities and towns in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Egra subdivision has 3 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 708 mouzas, 682 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 3 census towns. The municipality is: Egra. The census towns are: Amarshi Kasba, Benudia and Hincha Gerya. The subdivision has its headquarters at Egra.^[2]^[3]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Area[edit]

Egra subdivision has an area of 940.96 km², population in 2011 of 958,939 and density of population of 1,019 per km². 18.82% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.^[4]

Police stations[edit]

Police stations in Egra subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:^[5]

Police Station

Area covered
km² *

Inter-state border

Municipal Town

CD Block

Patashpur

354.09

Patashpur I, Patashpur II

Bhagabanpur

179.95

Bhagabanpur I

Egra

431.5

Baleshwar district of Odisha on the south-west

Egra

Egra I, Egra II

*The data for area is as per the website of Purba Medinipur Police, but it appears that it has not been updated for a long time.

Blocks[edit]

Community development blocks in Egra subdivision are:^[4]^[6]^[7]

CD Block

Headquarters

Area
km²

Population
(2011)

SC %

ST %

Literacy
Rate %

Census
Towns

Patashpur I

Amarshi Kasba

172.26

173,377

14.04

0.65

86.58

Patashpur II

Pratapdighi

191.74

175,056

12.04

0.79

86.50

Bhagabanpur I

Kajlagarh

174.24

234,432

14.26

0.18

88.13

Egra I

Egra

197.10

167,163

9.25

1.57

82.83

Egra II

Madhabpur

184.71

178,763

10.96

0.24

86.47

Gram Panchayats[edit]

Front view of Aatchala Dakhsina Kali temple at Bhagabanpur

The subdivision contains 42 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:^[8]

Bhagabanpur I block: Benodia, Gurgram, Kalaberia, Shimulia, Bhagwanpur, Kajlagarh, Mahammadpur–I, Bivisanpur, Kakra and Mahammadpur–II.
Egra I Barida, Jumki, Rishi Bankimchandra, Chatri, Kasba–Egra, Jerthan, Panchrol and Saharha.
Egra II block: Basudevpur, Bibekananda, Dubda, Paniparul, Bathuari, Deshbandhu, Manjusree and Sarbaday.
Patashpur I block: Amarshi–I, Brajalalpur, Gokulpur, Amarshi–II, Chistipur–I, Gopalpur, Barhat, Chistipur–II and Naipur.
Patashpur II block: Argoyal, Mathura, Pataspur, Sreerampur, Khargram, Panchet and South Khanda.

Education[edit]

With a literacy rate of 87.66% Purba Medinipur district ranked first amongst all districts of West Bengal in literacy as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011.^[9] Within Purba Medinipur district, Tamluk subdivision had a literacy rate of 85.98%, Haldia subdivision 86.67%, Egra subdivision 86.18% and Contai subdivision 89.19%. All CD Blocks and municipalities in the district had literacy levels above 80%.^[10]

Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Purba Medinipur district for the year 2013-14.^[10]

Subdivision

Primary
School

Middle
School

High
School

Higher Secondary
School

General
College, Univ

Technical /
Professional Instt

Non-formal
Education

Institution

Student

Institution

Student

Institution

Student

Institution

Student

Institution

Student

Institution

Student

Institution

Student

Tamluk

1,084

84,258

5,789

43,408

144

171,516

12,728

2,747

2,704

112,411

Haldia

557

43,173

5,082

36,767

83,659

9,792

6,256

1,359

59,879

Egra

629

41,418

11,537

32,167

90,730

9,498

154

1,595

62,200

Contai

983

50,945

10,557

46,690

102

120,128

12,223

1,602

2,316

90,552

Purba Medinipur district

3,253

219,794

293

32,965

261

159,032

397

466,093

44,241

10,759

7,974

375,042

Note: Primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, polytechnics, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.^[10]

The following institutions are located in Egra subdivision:

Egra Sarada Shashi Bhusan College was established at Egra in 1968. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University and offers undergraduate courses in arts, science and commerce, It has hostel facilities.^[11]
Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya was established at Tethi Bari mouza, PO Kismat Bajkul, in 1964. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University.^[12]
Yogoda Satsanga Palpara Mahavidyalaya was established in 1964 at Palpara. It offers undergraduate, as well as B.Ed. and M.Ed. courses,^[13]

Healthcare[edit]

The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Purba Medinipur district.^[14]

Subdivision

Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB

Other
State
Govt
Deptts

Local
bodies

Central
Govt
Deptts /
PSUs

NGO /
Private
Nursing
Homes

Total

Total
Number
of
Beds

Total
Number
of
Doctors

Indoor
Patients

Outdoor
Patients

Hospitals

Rural
Hospitals

Block
Primary
Health
Centres

Primary
Health
Centres

Tamluk

1,506

61,84

1,251,099

Haldia

803

27,586

757,876

Egra

489

23,699

419,829

Contai

688

59,882

890,607

Purba Medinipur district

132

213

3,486

293

172,251

3,319,411

Medical facilities available in Egra subdivision are as follows:

Sharabhuja Gauranga Dalan temple at Panchrol, Egra subdivision

Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) ^[15]
Egra Subdivision Hospital, Egra, 68 beds
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)^[15]
Bhagabanpur Rural Hospital, Bhagabanpur I CD block, Bhagabanpur, 30 beds
Gangadharbar Rural Hospital, Egra II CD block, Gangadharbar, PO Pirijkhanbar, 30 beds
Patashpur Rural Hospital, Patashpur II CD block, Patashpur, 30 beds
Block Primary Health Centre: (Name, block, location, beds)^[15]
Gonara BPHC, Patashpur I CD Block, Golara Nij, PO Manglamaro, 10 beds
Ramchandrapur BPHC, Egra I CD Block, Ramchandrapur, PO Kharbandhi, 10 beds
Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)^[15]
Egra I CD block: Chatla (2), Kasabagola, PO Panchrol (2)
Egra II CD block: Paniparul (10), Betamaheshpur, PO Maheshpur (10), Shyampur, PO Bidurpur (2)
Patashpur I CD block: Borhat, PO Katranka (6)
Patashpur II CD block: Pratapdighi (10), Argoal (10)
Bhagabanpur I CD block: Bibhisanpur (10), Kajalgarh (6), Seulipur, PO Paschimbarh (6)

Electoral constituencies[edit]

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Purba Medinipur district were as follows:^[16]

Lok Sabha constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Reservation

CD Block and/or Gram panchayats

Ghatal

Panskura Paschim

None

Panskura CD Block

Other assembly segments in Paschim Medinipur district

Tamluk

None

Tamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayatsofTamluk CD Block, and Sahid Matangini CD Block

Panskura Purba

None

Kolaghat CD Block

Moyna

None

Moyna CD Block, Anantapur I, Anantapur II, Nilkunthia, Sreerampur I and Sreerampur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block

Nandakumar

None

Nandakumar CD Block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block

Mahisadal

None

Mahisadal and Haldia CD Blocks

Haldia

Haldia municipality and Sutahata CD Block

Nandigram

None

Nandigram I and Nandigram II CD Blocks

Kanthi

Chandipur

None

Chandipur CD Block and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block

Paashpur

None

Patashpur I CD Block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayatsofPatashpur II CD Block

Kanthi Uttar

None

Deshapran CD Block, Brajachauli, Debendra, Kanaidighi, Kumirda, Lauda and Marishda GPs of Contai III CD Block and Bathuari GP of Egra II CD Block

Bhagabanpur

None

Bhagabanpur, Kajlagarh, Kalaberia and Shimulia GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block, Arjunnagar, Basudevberia, Baroj, Itaberia, Jukhia, Mugberia and Radhapur GPs of Bhagabanpur II CD Block, and Argoyal and Mathura GPs of Patashpur II CD Block

Khejuri

Khejuri I and Khejuri II CD Blocks, and Garbari I and Garbari II GPs of Bhagabanpur II CD Block

Kanthi Dakshin

None

Contai municipality, Contai I CD Block, and Durmuth and Kusumpur GPs of Contai III CD Block

Ramnagar

None

Ramnagar I and Ramnagar II CD Blocks

References[edit]

^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.1. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

^ "Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008". West Bengal. National Informatics Centre, India. 19 March 2008. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

^ ^a ^b "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

^ "BDO Offices under Purba Medinipur district". West Bengal Public Library Network, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

^ "Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal". Paschim Medinipur - Revised in March 2008. Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

^ "Provisional Population Totals Paper 1 of 2011 : West Bengal". Statement-4 Ranking of Districts by Literacy Rate in 2001 and 2011. Office of the Registrar General and & Census Commissioner, India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

^ ^a ^b ^c "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

^ "Egra Sarada Sashi Bhusan College". ICBSE. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

^ "Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya". BMM. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

^ "Yogoda Satsanga Palpara Mahavidyalaya". YSPM. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 3.1, 3.3. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2016.