Purba Medinipur

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Midnapore East or Purba Medinipur (Bengali: পূ্র্ব মেদিনীপুর) is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. It was formed on January 1, 2002 after the Partition of Midnapore into Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur. The district has 4 sub-divisions: Tamluk, Contai, Egra and Haldia.

[edit] Major towns and cities

• Panskura
• Tamluk (headquarters)
• Contai
• Egra
• Haldia
• Mecheda
• Mahisadal
• Nandigram
• Digha
• Khejuri
• Ramnagar
• Potashpur
• Bhagabanpur

[edit] Tourism

Digha

[edit] External links

• News of district bifurcation
• Map of old Medinipur district (district has now been split)

Districts of West Bengal
Bankura | Bardhaman | Birbhum | Cooch Behar | Darjeeling | North Dinajpur | South Dinajpur | Hooghly | Howrah | Jalpaiguri | Kolkata | Malda | Midnapore East | Midnapore West | Murshidabad | Nadia | North 24 Parganas | South 24 Parganas | Purulia