Bolpur subdivision

Bolpur Subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Overview

Bolpur subdivision is part of the Suri-Bolpur Plain, a sub-micro physiographic region. It covers the interfluves of the Mayurakshi and Ajay, in the south-eastern part of the district. This area exhibits somewhat upland topography sloping from north-west to south-east.

Geography

Subdivisions

Birbhum district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Administrative units

Bolpur subdivision has 4 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 40 gram panchayats, 621 mouzas, 579 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 4 census towns. The municipality is: Bolpur. The census towns are: Ilambazar, Surul, Parota and Labhpur. The subdivision has its headquarters at Bolpur.

Police stations

Police stations in Bolpur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:

Blocks

Community development blocks in Bolpur subdivision are:

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 40 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks:

• Bolpur Sriniketan block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Bahiri–Panchshowa, Raipur–Supur, Sarpalehana–Albandha, Singhee, Kankalitala, Ruppur, Kasba, Sattor and Sian Muluk.
• Ilambazar block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Batikar, Ghurisha, Mongoldihi, Belati, Illambazar, Nanasole, Dharampur, Joydev–Kenduli and Sirsha.
• Labpur block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bipratikuri, Dwaraka, Jamna, Labpur–II, Chauhatta–Mahodari–I, Hatia, Kurunnahar, Thiba, Chauhatta & Mahodari –II, Indus and Labpur.
• Nanoor block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bara Saota, Daskalgram–Kareya–I, Chandidas Nanoor, Daskalgram–Kareya–II, Kirnahar–II, Kirnahar–I, Thupsara, Uchkaran, Charkalgram, Jalundi and Nawanagar Kadda.

Education

Birbhum district had a literacy rate of 70.68% as per the provisional figures of the census of 2011. Rampurhat subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.12%, Suri Sadar subdivision 71.16% and Bolpur subdivision 72.71%.

Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Birbhum district, with data for the year 2013-14:

The following institutions are located in Bolpur subdivision:

• Visva-Bharati was founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan in 1921. It was declared a central university and an “institution of national importance” in 1951.
• Bolpur College was established at Bolpur in 1950.
• Purni Devi Chaudhuri Girls' College was established at Bolpur in 2004.
• Bengal Institute of Technology & Management (BITM), a private engineering college on Santiniketan-Sriniketan Bypass, PO Dwaranda, was established in 2001.
• Santiniketan Institute of Polytechnic (SIP), a polytechnic college on Tatarpur, Muluk, Bolpur-Santiniketan, Birbhum, was established in 2010.
• Sambhunath College was established at Labhpur in 1963.
• Chandidas Mahavidyalaya was established at Khujutipara in 1972.
• Kabi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya was established at Ilambazar in 2007.

Healthcare

Medical facilities in Bolpur subdivision are as follows:

Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)<br/> Bolpur Subdivisional Hospital, Bolpur, well known as Sian Hospital, 125 beds<br/> Pearson Memorial Hospital, Santiniketan, 50 beds

Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD Block, location, beds) <br/> Labpur Rural Hospital, Labpur CD Block, Labhpur, 30 beds<br/> Nanoor Rural Hospital, Nanoor CD Block, Nanoor, 30 beds<br/> Ilambazar Rural Hospital, Ilambazar CD Block, Ilambazar, 30 beds

Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD Block, location, beds)<br/> Bolpur Block Primary Health Centre, Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block, Bolpur, 60 beds

Primary Health Centres: (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)<br/> Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block: Panchsowa (6), Sattore Kasba (PO Sattore) (10), Supur (PO Rajatpur) (10)<br/> Labpur CD Block: Bipratikuri (6), Dwaraka (6), Ramkrishnapur (PO Brahamanigram) (6), Thiba (10), Abhadanga (6)<br/> Nanoor CD Block: Banagram (PO Nanoor) (6), Khujutipara (10), Kirnahar (10)<br/> Ilambazar CD Block: Batikar (10), Jaydev Kenduli (6)

Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Bolpur subdivision were as follows:

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