Purba Medinipur district

Purba Medinipur district
পূ্র্ব মেদিনীপুর জেলা

Location of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal
State West Bengal, India
Administrative division Burdwan
Headquarters Tamluk
Area 4,736 km2 (1,829 sq mi)
Population 50,94,238 (2011)
Population density 1,076 /km2 (2,790 /sq mi)
Literacy 87.66 per cent
Sex ratio 936
Lok Sabha Constituencies Kanthi (Contai), Tamluk, Ghatal (partly), Medinipur (partly)
Assembly Seats Tamluk, Panskura Purba, Panskura Paschim, Moyna, Nandakumar, Mahisadal, Haldia, Nandigram, Chandipur, Patashpur, Kanthi Uttar, Bhagabanpur, Khejuri, Kanthi Dakshin, Ramnagar, Egra
Major highways NH 6, NH 41
Official website
For other uses, see Midnapore (disambiguation).

Purba Medinipur district (Bengali: পূর্ব মেদিনীপুর জেলা), or East Midnapore district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Burdwan division – one of the three administrative divisions of West Bengal. The headquarter is located at Tamluk. It was formed on January 1, 2002 after the Partition of Midnapore into Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur which lies at the northern and western border of it. The state of Orissa is at the south-west border whereas the Bay of Bengal lies in the south; the Hooghly river and South 24 Parganas district to the east and Howrah district to the north-east.

Purba Medinipur is formed of the sub-divisions of Tamluk, Contai and Haldia of erstwhile Midnapore district.[1] Another sub-division, Egra has been created out of the erstwhile Contai sub-division during the partition of Midnapore. In 2011, the state government has proposed to rename the district as Tamralipta district after the ancient port city of Tamralipta which used to lie near the modern district headquarter.

Purba Medinipur saw many political movements during the British Raj. A parallel government named the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar was formed during the Quit India Movement in Tamluk.[2] In 2007, Purba Medinipur witnessed the Nandigram violence, an incident of police firing that killed 14 farmers.[3]

Contents

Geography

Major cities and towns

Major cities and towns include: Panskura, Tamluk, Contai, Egra, Haldia, Mecheda, Mahisadal, Nandigram, Digha, Mandarmani, Khejuri, Ramnagar, Patashpur, Bhagabanpur, Manglamarro, Chandipur, Nandaigajan, Kolaghat and Paniparul.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Purba Medinipur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[4] It is one of the eleven districts in West Bengal currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[4]

Divisions

Administrative subdivisions

The district comprises four subdivisions: Tamluk, Haldia, Egra and Contai. Tamluk subdivision consists of Tamluk municipality, Panskura municipality and seven community development blocks: Nandakumar, Mayna, Tamluk, Shahid Matangini, Panskura–I, Panskura–II and Chandipur (Nadigram–III). Haldia subdivision consists of Haldia municipality and five community development blocks: Mahisadal, Nandigram–I, Nandigram–II, Sutahata and Haldia. Egra subdivision consists of Egra municipality and six community development blocks: Bhagawanpur–I, Bhagawanpur–II, Egra–I, Egra–II, Pataspur–I and Pataspur–II. Contai subdivision consists of Contai municipality and seven community development blocks: Kanthi–I, Kanthi–II, Kanthi–III, Khejuri–I, Khejuri–II, Ramnagar–I and Ramnagar–II.[5]

Tamluk is the district headquarters. There are 21 police stations, 25 development blocks, 5 municipalities and 223 gram panchayats in this district.[5][6]

Other than municipality area, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 10 urban units: 5 municipalities and 5 census towns.[6] Panskura municipality was established in 2001.[7]

Tamluk subdivision

Haldia subdivision

Egra subdivision

Contai subdivision

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Purba Medinipur district has a population of 5,094,238 ,[8] roughly equal to the United Arab Emirates[9] or the US state of Colorado.[10] This gives it a ranking of 20th in India (out of a total of 640).[8] The district has a population density of 1,076 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,790 /sq mi) .[8] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.32 %.[8] Purba Medinipur has a sex ratio of 936 females for every 1000 males,[8] and a literacy rate of 87.66 %.[8]

Culture

Places of interest

References

  1. ^ Jana, Naresh (2001-12-31). "Tamluk readies for giant's partition". The Telegraph (Kolkata). http://www.telegraphindia.com/1011231/national.htm#head3. Retrieved 2008-09-01. 
  2. ^ "Sushil Dhara:Dreams of ’42 Sevice in ‘90’s". janasamachar.net.. http://www.jansamachar.net/display.php3?id=&num=1287&lang=English. Retrieved 2009-08-22. 
  3. ^ "Red-hand Buddha: 14 killed in Nandigram re-entry bid". The Telegraph. 15 March 2007. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070315/asp/frontpage/story_7519166.asp. Retrieved 2007-03-15. 
  4. ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme". National Institute of Rural Development. http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf. Retrieved September 27, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008". West Bengal. National Informatics Centre, India. 2008-03-19. http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs(RevisedMarch-2008).doc. Retrieved 2008-12-06. 
  6. ^ a b "Administration Setup". Official website of Purba Medinipur district. http://purbamedinipur.gov.in/ADMIN.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06. 
  7. ^ "Municipalities: Panskura Municipality". Department of Urban Development, West Bengal. http://www.jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/DIS/MUNI_ULB_Panskura.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-06. 
  8. ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
  9. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "United Arab Emirates 5,148,664" 
  10. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Colorado 5,029,196" 

External links

Howrah district
West Midnapore district South 24 Parganas district
   Purba Medinipur district    
Balasore district, Orissa Bay of Bengal
Burdwan division
Jalpaiguri division
Presidency division
Purba Medinipur district topics
General
Subdivisions
Territories
Locations
other than cities and towns
Municipalities
Community development blocks
Rivers
Transport
Lok Sabha constituencies
Vidhan Sabha constituencies
Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies
See also
  • Cities and towns in Purba Medinipur district
  • People from Purba Medinipur district
  • Villages in Purba Medinipur district
  • Damodar Valley
Other districts in West Bengal
  • Bankura
  • Bardhaman
  • Birbhum
  • Cooch Behar
  • Dakshin Dinajpur
  • Darjeeling
  • Hooghly
  • Howrah
  • Jalpaiguri
  • Kolkata
  • Malda
  • Murshidabad
  • Nadia
  • North 24 Parganas
  • Paschim Medinipur
  • Purulia
  • South 24 Parganas
  • Uttar Dinajpur
Surrounding areas outside West Bengal
  • Orissa Cities and towns in Balasore district