Alipurduar district

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Alipurduar District
District of West Bengal
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Clockwise from top-left: Evening at Jaldapara National Park, ruins of Buxa Fort, Hut used by Toto aboriginals, Jayanti Hills in Buxa Tiger Reserve, Bhutan gate near Jaigaon
Location of Alipurduar District in West Bengal
Location of Alipurduar District in West Bengal
Country India
State West Bengal
DivisionJalpaiguri
HeadquartersAlipurduar
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesAlipurduar
 • Vidhan Sabha constituenciesAlipurduars, Kumargram, Falakata, Madarihat, Kalchini
Area
 • Total3,136 km2 (1,211 sq mi)
Population
[1]
 • Total1,491,250
 • Density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websitealipurduar.gov.in

Alipurduar District is the 20th district in the state of West Bengal, India.[2]The district has its headquarters at Alipurduar. It was made a district by bifurcating Jalpaiguri district on 25 June 2014.[3]

It consists of Alipurduar municipality, Falakata municipality and six community development blocks: Madarihat–Birpara, Alipurduar–I, Alipurduar–II, Falakata, Kalchini and Kumargram. The six blocks contain 66 gram panchayats and nine census towns.

Administration[]

Apart from the Alipurduar municipality and Falakata municipality, the district contains eight census towns and rural areas of 66 gram panchayats under six community development blocks: Madarihat-Birpara, Alipurduar-I, Alipurduar–II, Kalchini, Falakata and Kumargram.[4] Geographically the district lies in between 26.4°N to 26.83°N and 89°E to 89.9°E.

The nine census towns are Paschim Jitpur, Chechakhata, Alipurduar Railway Junction, Bholar Dabri, Sobhaganj, Jaygaon and Uttar Latabari and Uttar Kamakhyaguri.[5]

Railway network[]

Alipurduar railway division has at least 710 km of railway track. It is the largest division of the NFR zone. In Alipurduar district there are two major stations, Alipurduar junction(APDJ) and New Alipurduar (NOQ). There are other stations in the district viz. Falakata Railway Station, Kamakhyaguri Railway Station, Dalgaon Railway Station,Hasimara Railway Station, Rajabhatkhawa, Hamiltongunj etc.

Legislative segments[]

There are 5 assembly constituency in Alipurduar district :

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the area under Kumargram block and seven gram panchayats under Alipurduar–II block, viz. Bhatibari, Kohinoor, Parokata, Mahakalguri, Shamuktala, Turturi and Tatpara–I will constitute the Kumargram assembly constituency of West Bengal. The Majherdabri gram panchayat under Alipurduar–II block and the area under Kalchini block will constitute the Kalchini assembly constituency. The Alipurduar municipality, the Alipurduar Railway Junction census town, and the gram panchayats of Chaporer Par–I, Chaporer Par–II and Tatpara–II under Alipurduar–II block and ten gram panchayats of Alipurduar–I block, viz. Banchukamari, Parorpar, Shalkumar–I, Vivekananda–I, Chakowakheti, Patlakhawa, Shalkumar–II, Vivekananda–II, Mathura and Tapsikhata will form the Alipurduars assembly constituency. The other gram panchayat of Alipurduar–I block, viz. Purba Kanthalbari will form the Falakata assembly constituency along with the area under Falakata block. Madarihat block will be part of Madarihat assembly constituency. Kumargram, Kalchini and Madarihat constituencies will be reserved for Scheduled tribes (ST) candidates. Falakata constituency will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates. All these five assembly constituencies will be part of Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency), which will be reserved for ST candidates.[6]

Demographics[]

As of the 2011 census, Alipurduar district has a population of 1,491,250, of which 1,183,704 are rural and 307,456 are urban. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 456,706 and 382,112 which is 30.62% and 25.62% of the population respectively.[1]

Religion in Alipurduar district (2011)[7]
Hinduism
 
 80.07%
Islam
 
 8.74%
Christianity
 
 7.52%
Buddhism
 
 2.37%
Other or not stated
 
 1.31%

Hindus have a population of 1,194,102, Muslims 130,339, Christians 112,091 and Buddhists 35,318. Other religions make up 19,400.[1]

Languages of Alipurduar district (2011)

  Bengali (50.28%)
  Sadri (16.80%)
  Nepali (9.70%)
  Hindi (3.67%)
  Rajbongshi (3.17%)
  Kurukh (3.13%)
  Boro (2.38%)
  Bhojpuri (1.39%)
  Santali (1.32%)
  Others (8.16%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 50.28% spoke Bengali, 16.80% Sadri, 9.70% Nepali, 3.67% Hindi, 3.17% Rajbongshi, 3.13% Kurukh, 2.38% Boro, 1.39% Bhojpuri and 1.32% Santali as their first language.[1]

Visitor attractions[]

An elephant safari through the Jaldapara Sanctuary
Hill Down View of Jaigaon

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "District Census Handbook-Jalpaiguri" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ TNN (21 June 2014). "Roy Alipurduar: Alipurduar a new district on June 25". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ^ IANS (25 June 2014). "Alipurduar becomes Bengal's 20th district | Business Standard News". Business Standard. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008". West Bengal. National Informatics Centre, India. 19 March 2008. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  5. ^ "District Wise List of Statutory Towns (Municipal Corporation, Municipality,Notified Area and Cantonment Board), Census Towns and Outgrowths, West Bengal, 2001". Census of India, Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Press Note, Delimitation Commission" (PDF). Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal. Delimitation Commission. pp. 4–5, 23. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  7. ^ "C-1 Population By Religious Community". Census. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

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