Bolpur Subdivision is an administrative subdivision of

Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other impo ...

in the state of

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Overview

Bolpur subdivision is part of the Suri-Bolpur Plain, a sub-micro physiographic region. It covers the

interfluve An interfluve is a narrow, elongated and plateau-like or ridge-like landform between two valleys.Leser, Hartmut, ed. (2005). ''Wörterbuch Allgemeine Geographie'', 13th ed., dtv, Munich, p. 766, . More generally, an interfluve is defined as an ar ...

s 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 panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

s, 621

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s, 579 inhabited villages, 1

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and 4

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s. The municipality is:

Bolpur Bolpur is a city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bolpur subdivision. Bolpur municipal area includes Santiniketan, Sriniketan and Prantik. The city is known as a Cultu ...

. The census towns are:

Ilambazar Ilambazar is a census town, with a police station, in Ilambazar CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. A traditional weaving and trading centre it serves as a gateway to Birbhum district. History ...

Surul Surul is a census town in Bolpur Sriniketan CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Surul is a village adjacent to Visva-Bharati University, founded by Rabindranath Tagore. A major part of ...

, Parota and

Labhpur Labhpur is a census town in Labpur CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is known to the outside world as the native place of Tarashankar Bandopadhyay and one of the 51 Shakti Peethas. Ge ...

. The subdivision has its headquarters at

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

s under 4 community development blocks: *

Bolpur Sriniketan Bolpur Sriniketan is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Birbhum district is physiographically a part of the ancient Rarh region ...

block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Bahiri–Panchshowa, Raipur–Supur, Sarpalehana–Albandha, Singhee,

Kankalitala Kankalitala is a temple town in Bolpur Sriniketan CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location It is located about from Bolpur on the Bolpur–Labhpur road. It is situate ...

, Ruppur, Kasba, Sattor and Sian Muluk. *

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 Nanoor (also spelt Nanur, called Chandidas Nanoor), is a village in Nanoor CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal. Nanoor is the birthplace of 14th century lyric poet Chandidas of '' Vaishnava Padavali'' fame. It is d ...

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 India 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 (data in numbers) 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 Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

Santiniketan Santiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by hi ...

in 1921. It was declared a central university and an “institution of national importance” in 1951. *

Bolpur College Bolpur College, established in 1950, is a college located at Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. It is affiliated to University of Burdwan and teaches arts, science and commerce. Accreditation The college is recognized by the Univ ...

was established at

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

in 1963. * Chandidas Mahavidyalaya was established at

Khujutipara Khujutipara is a village in Nanoor CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district. Geography Location Khujutipara is located at . Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are ...

in 1972. * Kabi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya was established at

in 2007.

Healthcare

Medical facilities in Bolpur subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)
Bolpur Subdivisional Hospital,

, well known as Sian Hospital, 125 beds
Pearson Memorial Hospital,

, 50 beds Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD Block, location, beds)
Labpur Rural Hospital, Labpur CD Block,

, 30 beds
Nanoor Rural Hospital, Nanoor CD Block,

, 30 beds
Ilambazar Rural Hospital, Ilambazar CD Block,

, 30 beds Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD Block, location, beds)
Bolpur Block Primary Health Centre, Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block,

, 60 beds Primary Health Centres: (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)
Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block: Panchsowa (6), Sattore Kasba (PO Sattore) (10), Supur (PO Rajatpur) (10)
Labpur CD Block: Bipratikuri (6), Dwaraka (6), Ramkrishnapur (PO Brahamanigram) (6), Thiba (10), Abhadanga (6)
Nanoor CD Block: Banagram (PO Nanoor) (6),

(10),

Kirnahar Kirnahar is a village in Nanoor CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Kirnahar is located at . It has an average elevation of . Kirnahar is located in the south-eastern co ...

(10)
Ilambazar CD Block: Batikar (10),

Jaydev Kenduli Jaydev Kenduli is a village and gram panchayat in Ilambazar community development block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is believed by many to be the birthplace of Jayadeva, an issue that is sti ...

(6)

Electoral constituencies

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(parliamentary) and

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(state assembly) constituencies in Bolpur subdivision were as follows:

References

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