Kharagpur subdivision

Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions, after separation of Jhargram subdivision from the district in 2017:^[1]

Kharagpur subdivision has a population density of 787 per km². 48.02% of the district population resides in this subdivision.^[1]

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Kangsabati River

H

Satyapur

H

Raj Ballabh

H

Loyada

H

Jalchak

H

Dhaneshwarpur
Madhyabar

H

Chak Bajit

F

IIT, Kharagpur

M

Kharagpur

R

Hijli

R

Satkul

R

Salua

R

Pingla

R

Maligram

R

Madpur

R

Gangaram Chak

R

Debra

R

Changual

CT

Kharagpur
Railway Settlement

CT

Kalaikunda

CT

Balichak

   

Cities and towns in the northern part of Kharagpur subdivision (including Khararagpur I & II, Debra and Pingla CD blocks) of Paschim Medinipur district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, F: facilities
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

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D

I

S

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A

H

Adasimla

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Tilantapara

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Shrirampur

H

Kolanda

H

Kerur

H

Dubrajpur

H

Bhemwa

H

Kurumbera Fort

H

Moghalmari

R

Sabang

R

Narayangarh

R

Mohanpur

R

Lutunia

R

Khandrui

R

Keshiary

R

Kashmuli

R

Dhaneswarpur

R

Dantan

R

Belda

CT

Deuli

CT

Chaulia

   

Cities and towns in the southern portion of Kharagpur subdivision (including Dantan I & II, Mohanpur, Keshiary, Narayangarh and Sabang CD blocks) of Paschim Medinipur district
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

Kharagpur subdivision has 10 police stations, 10 community development blocks, 10 panchayat samitis, 99 gram panchayats, 2,679 mouzas, 2486 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 5 census towns. The single municipality is at Kharagpur. The census towns are: Balichak, Chaulia, Deuli, Kharagpur Railway Settlement and Kalaikunda. The subdivision has its headquarters at Kharagpur.^[2][3]

Police stations in Kharagpur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:^[4]

The subdivision contains 99 gram panchayats under 10 community development blocks:^[5]

• Dantan I block: Ainkola, Chak Ismailpur, Monoharpur, Alikosha, Dantan–I, Salikotha, Angua, Datan–II and Tarurui.
• Dantan II block: Haripur, Porolda, Sauri Kotbar, Turka, Jenkapur, Sabra and Talda.
• Pingla block: Dhaneswarpur, Jalchak–II, Kshirai, Pindurui, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Kusumda, Jalchak–I, Karkai and Maligram.
• Kharagpur I block: Arjuni, Gopali, Kalaikunda, Vetia, Barkola, Hariatara and Khelarh.
• Kharagpur II block: Chakmakampur, Kaliara–II, Paparara–I, Changual, Lachhmapur, Paparara–II, Kaliara–I, Palsya and Sankoa.
• Sabang block: Balpai, Danrra, Nawgaon, Bhemua, Bishnupur, Dashgram, Narayanbarh, Bural, Debhog, Sabang, Chaulkuri, Mohar and Sharta.
• Mohanpur block: Mohanpur, Sautia, Tanua, Neelda and Shialsai.
• Narayangarh block: Bakhrabad, Hemchandra, Manya, Pakurseni, Belda–I, Khursi, Mokrampur, Ranisarai, Belda–II, Kunarpur, Narayangarh, Tutranga, Gramraj, Kushbasan, Narma and Kashipur.
• Keshiari block: Baghasthi, Keshiari, Lalua, Gaganeswar, Khajra, Nachipur, Ghritagram, Kusumpur and Santrapur.
• Debra block: Bhabanipur, Duan–I, Khanamohan, Satyapur, Bharatpur, Duan–II, Malighati, Snarpur–Loyada, Debra–I, Golgram, Radhamohanpur–I, Debra–II, Jalimanda, Radhamohanpur–II.

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

Paschim Medinipur district had a literacy rate of 78.00% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Medinipur Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 76.23%, Kharagpur subdivision 80.51% and Ghatal subdivision 82.55%. ^[8]

The table below gives a subdivision-wise comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Paschim Medinipur district, after separation of Jhargram subdivision, for the year 2013-14.^[8]

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, 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, adult high schools, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.^[8]

The following institutions are located in Kharagpur subdivision:

• Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur was established in 1951.^[9]
• Kharagpur College at Kharagpur was established in 1949.^[10]
• Keshiary Government College at Keshiary established in 2015.
• Hijli College at Hijli was established in 1995.^[11]
• Government General Degree College, Kharagpur-II at Ambigere, Madpur, in Kharagpur II CD Block was established in 2015.^[12]
• Belda College was established in 1963 at Belda.^[13]
• Debra Thana Sahid Kshudiram Smriti Mahavidyalaya was established in 2006 at Gangaram Chak.^[14]
• Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya was established in 1965 at Maligram.^[15]
• Bhatter College was established in 1963 at Dantan.^[16]
• Sabang Sajani Kanta Mahavidyalaya at Lutunia was established in 1970.^[17][18]
• Government General Degree College, Dantan-II was established at Kashmuli in 2015.^[19]
• Government General Degree College, Mohanpur was established in 2015.
• Government General Degree College, Narayangarh was established in 2017 at Narayangarh.

The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the subdivision-wise medical facilities available and patients treated, after the separation of Jhargram, in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Paschim Medinipur district.^[20]

• Excluding Nursing Homes

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Paschim Medinipur district were as follows from 2006:^[25]

• Muhammad Momtaz, inaugural MLA of Kharagpur
• Sheikh Najmul Haque, six-time MLA of Kharagpur
• Sheikh Siraj Ali, two-time MLA of Kharagpur