Bishnupur subdivision explained

Bishnupur subdivision
Settlement Type:Subdivision
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:23.08°N 87.32°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bankura
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Bishnupur
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1870.05
Population Total:1,111,935
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Iso Code:IN-WB
Registration Plate:WB 88
Website:http://bankura.gov.in/

Bishnupur subdivision is a subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Subdivisions

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

Subdivision Headquarters
Area
km2 		Population
(2011) 		Rural Population %
(2001)		Urban Population %
(2001)
Bankura SadarBankura2596.111,439,14889.2711.43
KhatraKhatra2407.491,045.591100.000
Bishnupur Bishnupur1870.751,111,93591.048.96
Bankura districtBankura6882.003,596,67492.637.37

Bishnupur subdivision has a density of population of 595 per km2. 29.07% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.[2]

Administrative units

Bishnupur subdivision has 6 police stations, 6 community development blocks, 6 panchayat samitis, 56 gram panchayats, 890 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities and 1 census town. The municipalities are Bishnupur and Sonamukhi. The census town is: Kotulpur. The subdivision has its headquarters at Bishnupur.[3] [4]

Police stations

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

Police Station Area covered
km2		Municipal Town CD Block
Bishnupur365.73BishnupurBishnupur
Jaypur262.74- Joypur
Kotulpur250.50- Kotulpur
Sonamukhi380Sonamukhi
Patrasayer321.07- Patrasayer
Indas255.10- Indas

Blocks

Community development blocks in Bishnupur subdivision are:[6] [7]

CD Block HeadquartersArea
km2 		Population
(2011) 		SC %ST %Literacy
Rate %		Census
Towns
BishnupurBishnupur365.73156,822 35.677.5366.30
IndasIndas254.99169,78343.751.8571.76
JoypurJaypur263.82156,92038.882.0574.57
PatrasayerPatrasayer322.62184,07046.453.0164.87
KotulpurKotulpur250.38188,77535.383.2978.011
SonamukhiSonamukhi378.85158,69743.893.5066.16

Gram Panchayats

The subdivision contains 56 gram panchayats under six community development blocks:[8]

Education

Bankura district had a literacy rate of 70.26% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Bankura Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.56%, Khatra subdivision 69.79% and Bishnupur subdivision 71.60%. [9]

Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Bankura 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, 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]

SubdivisionPrimary
School		Middle
School		High
School		Higher Secondary
School		General
College, Univ		Technical /
Professional Instt		Non-formal
Education
InstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudent
Bankura Sadar1,371117,82014417,9519069,3299178,909914,782142,8652,22869,919
Khatra1,20086,78611316,8055028,17811293,919613,06767021,99351,849
Bishnupur97986,75011215,0925728,7388178,915610,552144,1701,64957,769
Bankura district3,550291,35636949,848197126,245284251,7432138,401347,7375,870179,537

Educational institutions

The following institutions are located in Bishnupur subdivision:

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 Bankura district.[23]

SubdivisionHealth & Family Welfare Deptt, WB Other
State
Govt
Deptts		Local
bodies		Central
Govt
Deptts /
PSUs		NGO /
Private
Nursing
Homes		TotalTotal
Number
of
Beds		Total
Number
of
Doctors		Indoor
Patients		Outdoor
Patients
Hospitals
Rural
Hospitals
Block
Primary
Health
Centres
Primary
Health
Centres
Bankura Sadar262253align="center"-231712,628320147,8902,634,248
Khatra17121align="center"-align="center"-align="center"-4346987758,2581,440,172
Bishnupur15123align="center"-align="center"-align="center"-11416987768,0681,351,349
Bankura district4184693align="center"-2461464,152459274,2165,425,769

Medical facilities

Medical facilities in Bishnupur subdivision are as follows:

Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) [24]

Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [25]

Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[26]

Primary Health Centres : (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)[27]

Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Bankura district were as follows:[28]

Lok Sabha constituency Vidhan Sabha constituency ReservationCD Block and/or Gram panchayats
BankuraRaghunathpurSCIn Purulia district
SaltoraSCSaltora and Mejia CD Blocks; Banasuria, Barashal, Lachhmanpur and Latiaboni gram panchayats of Gangajalghati CD Block
ChhatnaNoneChhatna CD Block; Veduasol, Brahmandiha, Hatgram, Indpur and Raghunathpur GPs of Indpur CD Block
RanibandhSTRanibandh, Hirbandh and Khatra CD Blocks
RaipurSTRaipur and Sarenga CD Blocks
TaldangraNoneBibarda, Fulmati, Harmasra, Khalgram, Panchmura and Taldangra GPs of Taldangra CD Block; Brojarajpur and Gaurbazar gram panchayats of Indpur CD Block; and Simlapal CD Block
BankuraNoneBankura municipality; Bankura I CD Block; and Junbedia, Mankanali and Purandarpur GPs of Bankura II CD Block
Bishnupur (SC)BarjoraNoneBarjora CD Block; and Bhaktabandh, Gangajalghati, Gobindadham, Kapista, Nityanandapur and Piraboni GPs of Gangajalghati CD Block
OndaNoneOnda CD Block; and Bikna, Kosthia, Narrah and Sanbandha GPs of Bankura II CD Block
BishnupurOpenBishnupur municipality; Bishnupur; and Amdangra, Saltora and Satmauli GPs of Taldangra CD Block
KatulpurSCDeshrahkoyalpara, Gopinathpur, Kotulpur, Lego, Mirzapur and Sihar GPs of Kotulpur CD Block; Gelia, Jagannathpur, Kuchiakol, Maynapur,Salda, Uttarbarh, Hetia, Routkhanda and Shyamnagar GPs of Joypur CD Block
IndasSCIndas CD Block; Balsi I, Balsi II, Biur Betur, Jamkuri and Kushdwip GPs of Patrasayer CD Block; and Laugram, Madanmohanpur GPs of Kotulpur CD Block
SonamukhiSCSonamukhi municipality; Sonamukhi CD Block; and Belut Rasulpur, Beersingha, Hamirpur, Narayanpur and Patrasayar GPs of Patrasayer CD Block
KhandaghoshNoneIn Bardhaman district

Notes and References

  1. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura . Table 2.2, 2.4(a) . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 15 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
  2. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura . Table 2.2 . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 15 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
  3. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura . Table 2.1 . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 15 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
  4. Web site: Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008 . 19 March 2008 . 9 September 2016 . West Bengal . National Informatics Centre, India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090225032419/http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs%28RevisedMarch-2008%29.doc . 25 February 2009 . dmy .
  5. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura . Tables 2.1, 2.2 . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 15 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
  6. Web site: Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, Bankura District . 18 August 2016 . Census of India 2001 . Census Commission of India. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928204920/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_13.htm . 28 September 2011.
  7. Web site: C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) . 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 29 August 2016.
  8. Web site: Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal . Bankura - Revised in March 2008 . Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal . 27 August 2016.
  9. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura . Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 15 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
  10. Web site: Ramananda College . Ramananda College . 14 December 2016.
  11. Web site: Mallabhum Institute of Technology . MIT. 14 December 2016.
  12. Web site: KG Engineering Institute . KGEI . 14 December 2016.
  13. Web site: Mallabhum Institute of Polytechnic . 14 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161213023615/http://mitbishnupur.ac.in/polytechnic/ . 13 December 2016 . dead .
  14. Web site: Bishnupur Public Institute of Engineering . BPIE . 14 December 2016.
  15. Web site: Sonamukhi College . Sonamukhi College . 14 December 2016.
  16. Web site: Chatra Ramai Pandit Mahavidyalaya . CRP Mahavidyalaya . 16 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161223063748/http://crpmahavidyalaya.org/index.php?id=about-college . 23 December 2016 . dead .
  17. Web site: Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya . Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya . 29 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170106075345/http://www.patrasayermahavidyalaya.org/ . 6 January 2017 . dead .
  18. Web site: Indas Mahavidyalaya . College Admission. 14 December 2016.
  19. Web site: Akui Kamalabala Women's College . AKWC . 24 April 2020.
  20. Web site: Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa Mahavidyalaya . SDDKM . 8 August 2017.
  21. Web site: Nikhil Banga Sikshan Mahavidyalaya . NBSM . 1 December 2016.
  22. Web site: Joypur B.Ed. College . University of Burdwan . 14 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120035/http://www.buruniv.ac.in/colleges/joypur-bed-college . 20 December 2016 . dead .
  23. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bankura . Table 3.1, 3.3 . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 15 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook . 21 January 2019 . dead .
  24. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics - Hospitals . Government of West Bengal . 10 April 2020 . 14 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200914160418/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/Hospitals.pdf . dead .
  25. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Hebedsalth Statistics – Rural Hospitals . Government of West Bengal . 10 April 2020 . 8 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008143352/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf . dead .
  26. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics – Block Primary Health Centres . Government of West Bengal . 10 April 2020 . 16 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200816074737/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/BPHC.pdf . dead .
  27. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres . Government of West Bengal . 10 April 2020 . 21 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180421215645/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/PHC.pdf . dead .
  28. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 . 24 November 2016. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.

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