Egra subdivision

Egra subdivision
এগরা মহকুমা
Subdivision
Egra subdivision
Egra subdivision

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 21°54′N 87°32′E / 21.90°N 87.53°E / 21.90; 87.53Coordinates: 21°54′N 87°32′E / 21.90°N 87.53°E / 21.90; 87.53
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Headquarters Egra
Area
 • Total 940.96 km2 (363.31 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 958,939
 • Density 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN
Vehicle registration WB
Website wb.gov.in

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

Subdivisions

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

Subdivision Headquarters
Area
km2 		Population
(2011) 		Rural
Population %
(2001)		Urban
Population %
(2001)
TamlukTamluk1084.301,791,69594.085.92
HaldiaHaldia683.94959,93479.1920.81
EgraEgra940.96958,93996.963.04
ContaiContai1251.211,385,30793.556.45
Purba Medinipur districtTamluk4,713.005,095,87591.718.29

Administrative units

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, Benudiya and Hincha Gerya. The subdivision has its headquarters at Egra.[2][3]

Area

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

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

Police Station Area covered
km2 *		Inter-state borderMunicipal Town CD Block
Patashpur354.09 - - Patashpur I, Patashpur II
Bhagabanpur179.95 - - Bhagabanpur I
Egra431.5Baleshwar district of Odisha on the south-westEgraEgra 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

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

CD Block Headquarters
Area
km2 		Population
(2011) 		SC %ST %Literacy
Rate %		Census
Towns
Patashpur IAmarshi172.26173.37714.040.6586.58 1
Patashpur IIPratapdighi191.74175,05612.040.7986.50 -
Bhagabanpur IBhagabanpur174.24234,43214.260.1888.13 2
Egra IEgra197.10167,1639.251.5782.83 -
Egra IIMadhabpur184.71178,76310.960.2486.47 -

Gram Panchayats

The subdivision contains 42 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:[7]

Education

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.[8] 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%.[9]

Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Purba Medinipur district for the year 2013-14. It may be noted that 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.[9]

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 78 5,789 77 43,408 144 171,516 6 12,728 17 2,747 2,704 112,411
Haldia 557 43,173 40 5,082 54 36,767 77 83,659 5 9,792 16 6,256 1,359 59,879
Egra 629 41,418 76 11,537 49 32,167 74 90,730 3 9,498 2 154 1,595 62,200
Contai 983 50,945 99 10,557 81 46,690 102 120,128 5 12,223 10 1,602 2,316 90,552
Purba Medinipur district 3,253 219,794 293 32,965 261 159,032 397 466,093 19 44,241 45 10,759 7,974 375,042

Healthcare

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.[10]

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 - 7 14 - - - 70 92 1,506 96 61,84 1,251,099
Haldia 1 2 3 10 - - - 19 35 803 67 27,586 757,876
Egra 1 1 4 11 - - - 21 38 489 42 23,699 419,829
Contai 2 - 8 16 - - - 22 48 688 88 59,882 890,607
Purba Medinipur district 5 3 22 51 - - - 132 213 3,486 293 172,251 3,319,411

Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Purba Medinipur district were as follows:[11]

Lok Sabha constituency Vidhan Sabha constituency ReservationCD Block and/or Gram panchayats
GhatalPanskura PaschimNonePanskura CD Block
Other assembly segments in Paschim Medinipur district
TamlukTamlukNoneTamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of Tamluk CD Block, and Sahid Matangini CD Block
Panskura PurbaNoneKolaghat CD Block
MoynaNoneMoyna CD Block, Anantapur I, Anantapur II, Nilkunthia, Sreerampur I and Sreerampur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block
NandakumarNoneNandakumar CD Block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block
MahisadalNoneMahisadal and Haldia CD Blocks
HaldiaSCHaldia municipality and Sutahata CD Block
NandigramNoneNandigram I and Nandigram II CD Blocks
KanthiChandipurNoneChandipur CD Block and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block
PaashpurNonePatashpur I CD Block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Patashpur II CD Block
Kanthi UttarNoneDeshapran CD Block, Brajachauli, Debendra, Kanaidighi, Kumirda, Lauda and Marishda GPs of Contai III CD Block and Bathuari GP of Egra II CD Block
BhagabanpurNoneBhagabanpur, Kajlagarh, Kotbarh 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
KhejuriSCKhejuri I and Khejuri II CD Blocks, and Garbari I and Garbari II GPs of Bhagabanpur II CD Block
Kanthi DakshinNoneContai municipality, Contai I CD Block, and Durmuth and Kusumpur GPs of Contai III CD Block
RamnagarNoneRamnagar I and Ramnagar II CD Blocks

References

  1. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.1. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "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. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Tables 2.1, 2.2,. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. 1 2 "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 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 3.1, 3.3. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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