Tufanganj II (community development block)

Tufanganj II
—  community development block  —
Tufanganj II
Location of Tufanganj II
in West Bengal and India
Coordinates
Country India
State West Bengal
District(s) Cooch Behar
Parliamentary constituency Alipurduars
Assembly constituency Tufanganj
Population

Density

167,428 (2001)

651 /km2 (1,686 /sq mi)

Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area 257.08 square kilometres (99.26 sq mi)
Website coochbehar.gov.in/

Tufanganj II (community development block) (Bengali: তুফানগঞ্জ II সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক) is an administrative division in Tufanganj subdivision of Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Tufanganj police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at .[1][2]

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Geography

Falimari, a constituent panchayat of the block, is located at .

Tufanganj II community development block has an area of 257.08  km2.[2]

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayats of Tufanganj II block/ panchayat samiti are: Barokodali I, Barokodali II, Bhanukumari I, Bhanukumar II, Falimari, Mahiskuchi I, Mahiskuchi II, Rampur I, Rampur II, Salbari I and Salbari II.[3]

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Tufanganj II block had a total population of 167,428, out of which 85,249 were males and 82,179 were females. Tufanganj II block registered a population growth of 13.60 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 14.15 per cent.[2]Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.[4]

Lliteracy

Tufanganj II block had a literacy rate of 67.34 per cent - males 77.33 per cent and females 56.96 per cent.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Contact details of Block Development Officers". Cooch Behar district. West Bengal Government. http://wbprd.gov.in/html/asp/bdo_contact.asp?cd=DL. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  2. ^ a b c "Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal , Table 4". Census of India 2001, Koch Bihar district (03). Census Commissioner of India. http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_3.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  3. ^ a b "Relation between Blocks & Gram Panchayats (GPs)". Cooch Behar District Administration. http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/District_Administration.html. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  4. ^ "Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/FrameTable4_1.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-20.