Dinhata I (community development block)

Dinhata I (community development block)
Dinhata I
—  community development block  —
Dinhata I
Location of Dinhata I
in West Bengal and India
Coordinates 26°08′30″N 89°26′03″E / 26.1417237°N 89.4340324°E / 26.1417237; 89.4340324Coordinates: 26°08′30″N 89°26′03″E / 26.1417237°N 89.4340324°E / 26.1417237; 89.4340324
Country India
State West Bengal
District(s) Cooch Behar
Parliamentary constituency Cooch Behar
Assembly constituency Dinhata, Sitai
Population

Density

254,449 (2001)

1,024 /km2 (2,652 /sq mi)

Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area 248.54 square kilometres (95.96 sq mi)
Website coochbehar.gov.in/

Dinhata I (community development block) (Bengali: দিনহাটা I সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক) is an administrative division in Dinhata subdivision of Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dinhata police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Dinhata. There is one census town in this block: Bhangri Pratham Khanda.[1][2]

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Geography

Petla, one of the constituenct panchayats of the block, is located at 26°08′30″N 89°26′03″E / 26.1417237°N 89.4340324°E / 26.1417237; 89.4340324.

Dinhata I community development block has an area of 248.54  km2.[2]

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayats of Dinhata I block/ panchayat samiti are: Bara Atiabari I, Bara Atiabari II, Bara Soulmari, Bhetaguri I, Bhetaguri II, Dinhata Village I, Dinhata Village II, Gitaldaha I, Gitaldaha II, Gosainmari I, Gasainmari II, Matalhat, Okrabari, Petla, Putimari I and Putimari II.[3]

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Dinhata I block had a total population of 254,449, out of which 130,656 were males and 123,793 were females. Dinhata I block registered a population growth of 6.04 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

Dinhata I block had a literacy rate of 64.16 per cent - males 73.27 per cent and females 54.55 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. 

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